April 22nd, 2018

JEAN CURUTCHET: THE SAVIOR OF EKOFISK

April 22, 2018

Jean Curutchet was awarded the Legion of Honour, Knight Class, by the French government for one outstanding achievement: the raising of the Ekofisk Field production facilities offshore Norway. He also directed the Frigg Gas Field in the North Sea, and was named to the Order of Commander of St Olaf by the Norwegian government. But the distinguished career of Jean Curutchet with Elf Aquitaine started much earlier with his contribution and responsibility for killing the Gassi-Touil #2 blow out in Algeria. In the mid-1980s the Ekofisk field as a whole and the platforms in particular were found to be suffering from an unexpected degree ofsubsidence. It would almost be 6 metres (20 ft) at the end of the concession of Phillips Petroleum, too much to keep the platforms secure. Under the supervision of Technip and Jean Curutchet, five of the Ekofisk platforms were simultaneously lifted about 6 meters. The four days lifting was completed on August 17, 1987 at 11:30 pm, thanks to 108 hydraulic cylinders perfectly synchronised.

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April 19, 2018

Transocean fleet update: the last quarterly Fleet Status Report that provides the current status of and contract information for the company’s fleet...

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April 19, 2018

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