Research & Development

SBM Atlantia is active in the development of new technology and new systems and components to enable safe and economic energy recovery from offshore oil and gas fields.  The major focus of the present R&D effort remains on deepwater floating production.

Development of new products and technology remains at the heart of the Company’s growth strategy. The focus is on delivering solutions to meet the known and anticipated needs of the energy sector in deep water and ultra deep water. By placing high emphasis on the development of new technologies, the Company adds to their product line the necessary pieces of technology to deliver innovative, robust, reliable and cost effective solutions for deep water and ultra deep water applications. Cooperation with SBM Offshore sister companies utilizes additional expertise to maximize the quality of new and innovative technologies.

Current R&D activities in the SBM Offshore group include Deepwater Systems, LNG Production, transfer and storage systems, and Renewable energy systems.  The deepwater systems initiatives/efforts are managed by the SBM Atlantia Product and Technology Development group.  

• Ultra-deep TLP

  A TLP in ever increasing water depths requires longer tendons, and the axial stiffness of the tendon system decreases resulting in an increase of the heave, roll and pitch…

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• Fatigue Resistent Pipe Connector

  SBM Atlantia has developed a pipe connector in conjunction with GMC. This connector can be used to make up Oil Offloading Lines (OOL), Steel Catenary Risers (SCRs) and…

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• Steel Catenary Riser (SCR) Studies

  In ultra-deep water, beyond 2,000 m (6,600 ft), riser systems become increasingly technically challenging and comprise a major part of the overall field development costs.…

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  Dry-tree Semi

  In ultra-deep water beyond the traditional range of application of TLP technology, dry-tree semisubmersibles (DTS) provide an attractive field development option…

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