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PLATFORMS WITHSTAND HARSH CLIMATE, EARTHQUAKES
 

PLATFORMS WITHSTAND HARSH CLIMATE, EARTHQUAKES

A few kilometres off Sakhalin Island stand three huge oil and gas platforms. They can withstand storm-whipped waves 10 metres high in spring and autum...

A RECORD-BREAKING OFFSHORE LIFT
 

A RECORD-BREAKING OFFSHORE LIFT

After decades supplying oil and gas to northern Europe, the 24,200-tonne Brent Delta platform was lifted and carried to an industrial recycling centre...

UNLOCKING ENERGY FROM DEEP WATER
 

UNLOCKING ENERGY FROM DEEP WATER

Vast resources of oil and gas lie in waters up to several kilometres deep – energy the world’s growing population will need. We have decad...

MASTERING DEEP-WATER CHALLENGES
 

MASTERING DEEP-WATER CHALLENGES

Producing energy the world needs from kilometres below the ocean’s surface in freezing temperatures, immense water pressure and pitch darkness m...