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OFFSHORE INDUSTRY [23 records]

Record 1 2023-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gas Industry
  • Oil and Natural Gas Extraction
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

The offshore oil and gas industry is composed of a conglomerate of companies and organizations engaged in the exploration and extraction of resources in all the world.

Key term(s)
  • off-shore oil and gas industry
  • off shore oil and gas industry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du gaz
  • Extraction du pétrole et du gaz naturel
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Oil and Natural Gas Extraction
OBS

The International Regulators’ Forum(IRF) is a group of 11 countries’ regulators of health and safety in the offshore upstream oil and gas industry. It exists to drive forward improvements in health and safety in the sector through collaboration on joint programmes and information sharing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Extraction du pétrole et du gaz naturel

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Engineering
CONT

Corrosion engineers study, monitor, measure, control, and prevent corrosion processes.

CONT

Corrosion engineers are most frequently found working in the energy industry, often with hydroelectric plants that rely on underwater turbines. They are also employed by oil companies who do offshore platform drilling in corrosive saltwater conditions. They can even be found working in mining and waste management professions. Whatever the industry, a corrosion engineer typically works to collect data via reports, inspections, and measurements to determine the speed and spread of corrosion and rust onset on metal parts and structures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Ingénierie

Spanish

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Record 4 2018-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Organizations
  • Regulations (Water Transport)
  • Shipbuilding
CONT

A non-governmental organisation in the shipping industry, a classification society establishes and maintains technical standards for construction and operation of marine vessels and offshore structures.

OBS

The primary role of the society is to classify ships and validate that their design and calculations are in accordance with the published standards.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisations maritimes
  • Réglementation (Transport par eau)
  • Constructions navales
DEF

Organisme qui établit des règles, à la fois techniques (concernant, pour un navire, sa coque, ses machines et ses équipements) et administratives (fréquence et étendue des inspections par exemple), et les publie.

OBS

[Ces règles] peuvent concerner aussi bien le navire en projet que le navire en construction ou en service.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organizaciones marítimas
  • Reglamentación (Transporte por agua)
  • Construcción naval
DEF

Organización no lucrativa que contrata a inspectores especializados, encargados de la inspección de los buques, tanto en la fase de construcción como de las inspecciones periódicas.

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Record 5 2018-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Research and Development (Petroleum Tech.)
OBS

A small local organization founded in 1999, [whose mission is] to fund and facilitate research and development on behalf of the offshore oil and gas industry of Newfoundland and Labrador.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Recherche et développement (Technol. pétrol.)

Spanish

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Record 6 2017-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
OBS

offshore industry : terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
OBS

industrie côtière : terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada.

Spanish

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Record 7 2017-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Trade
OBS

The Maritimes Energy Association is an independent, not-for-profit organization representing businesses that provide goods and services to the energy industry in eastern Canada – offshore and onshore, renewable and non-renewable, domestic and export markets. [Its] membership primarily consists of local businesses that are part of the supply chain and employ thousands of people, injecting millions of dollars into our regional economy.

OBS

The mandate of the Association is to support the maximization of Atlantic Canadian participation in the supply of both goods and services to meet the needs of the energy industry. Its purpose is to identify, promote and support the development of opportunities for member companies. It accomplishes this through its member activities and services, industry advocacy and policy research.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Commerce

Spanish

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Record 8 2017-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Periodicals
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
OBS

Published since 1963, this monthly journal features articles, notes, and discussions related to new developments in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, and applied sciences. The topics of papers written by researchers, theoreticians, and engineers/scientists active in industry include soil and rock mechanics, material properties and fundamental behaviour, site characterization, foundations, excavations, tunnels, dams and embarkments, slopes, landslides, geological and rock engineering, ground improvement, hydrogeology and contaminant hydrogeology, geochemistry, waste management, geosynthetics, offshore engineering ice, frozen ground and northern engineering, risk and reliability applications, and physical and numerical modelling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de périodiques
  • Mécanique des sols
OBS

Publiée depuis 1963, cette revue mensuelle contient des articles, des notes et des discussions portant sur les découvertes dans les grands domaines du génie géotechnique et géoenvironnemental, et des sciences appliquées. Les articles sont signés par des chercheurs, des théoriciens et des ingénieurs ou des scientifiques œuvrant dans l'industrie. Les sujets abordés sont notamment les suivants : mécanique des sols et des roches, propriétés des matériaux et comportement fondamental, caractérisation de sites, fondations, excavations, tunnels, barrages et digues, talus, glissements de terrain, géologie appliquée et mécanique des roches, amélioration du sol, hydrogéologie et hydrogéologie des contaminants, géochimie, gestion des déchets, matériaux géosynthétiques, techniques extracôtières, glace, sols gelés et génie nordique, applications relatives aux risques et à la fiabilité, et modélisation physique et numérique.

Spanish

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Record 9 2015-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wind Energy
CONT

Floating wind power is no longer science fiction. Promising results from five test platforms operating worldwide-including three in Japan-are turning into project plans for a first generation of floating wind farms.... Putting wind turbines on offshore platforms akin to those developed for the petroleum industry provides a means of exploiting high-quality offshore winds-which are stronger and more consistent than onshore winds-in waters too deep for today's bottom-fixed foundations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergie éolienne
CONT

L'éolien flottant a les mêmes caractéristiques que l'énergie éolienne posée à terre ou en mer : elle produit de l'électricité à partir de l'énergie mécanique du vent. Elle présente l'avantage de s'affranchir des contraintes liées notamment à la profondeur, tout en profitant de vents marins forts.

Spanish

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Record 10 2014-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Water Pollution
OBS

OSPAR is the mechanism by which fifteen governments of the western coasts and catchments of Europe, together with the European Union, cooperate to protect the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic. It started in 1972 with the Oslo Convention against dumping. It was broadened to cover land-based sources and the offshore industry by the Paris Convention of 1974. These two conventions were unified, up-dated and extended by the 1992 OSPAR Convention.... The fifteen governments are Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germay, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Finland [is not included but was] historically... involved... Luxembourg and Switzerland are Contracting Parties due to their location within the catchments of the River Rhine.

OBS

OSPAR: An abbreviation that refers to the original Oslo and Paris Conventions ("OS" for Oslo and "PAR" for Paris).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Pollution de l'eau
OBS

OSPAR est le mécanisme par lequel quinze gouvernements des côtes et îles occidentales d’Europe, avec l'Union européenne, coopèrent pour protéger l’environnement marin de l’Atlantique du Nord-Est. Cette coopération a débuté en 1972 avec la Convention d’Oslo sur les immersions. Son champ a été étendu aux pollutions d’origine tellurique et à l’industrie pétrolière par la Convention de Paris en 1974. Enfin, ces deux conventions ont été unifiées, mises à jour et étendues par la Convention OSPAR en 1992. La nouvelle annexe sur la biodiversité et les écosystèmes a été adoptée en 1998 pour couvrir les activités humaines non-polluantes qui peuvent avoir un effet négatif sur la mer.

OBS

OSPAR : abréviation qui fait référence aux conventions originales d'Oslo et de Paris («OS» pour Oslo et «PAR» pour Paris).

Spanish

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Record 11 2012-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Union Organization
  • Research and Development (Petroleum Tech.)
OBS

UK Offshore Operators Association(UKOOA) is the representative organisation for the UK offshore oil and gas industry. Its members are companies licensed by the Government to explore for and produce oil and gas in UK waters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Organisation syndicale
  • Recherche et développement (Technol. pétrol.)

Spanish

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Record 12 2011-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering
  • Tolerances and Modular Co-ordination (Construction)
  • Long-Distance Pipelines
CONT

The Proponents pointed out that, since the Norman Wells Oil Pipeline was designed, advances have been made in industry pipeline codes, pipe-soil geothermal analysis tools, steel making, welding, non-destructive examination technologies and in-line inspection tools. In addition, there has been worldwide experience with other strain-based designed pipelines, such as high-pressure, high-temperature offshore pipelines and pipelines in seismically active areas. The Proponents noted that they had taken advantage of this information in designing the Project's pipelines in accordance with current industry practice for strain-based design.

Key term(s)
  • strain based design

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ingénierie
  • Calcul, tolérances et modulation (Construction)
  • Canalisations à grande distance
OBS

Un défi particulier pour la recherche et le développement concerne les exigences liées à la pose de conduites dans des régions dont le sol est instable ou a tendance à bouger en raison, par exemple, de tremblements de terre ou du gel. Pour ces situations, un nouveau concept, nommé «Strain Based Design» est appliqué : il garantit une grande aptitude des aciers à la déformation.

Spanish

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Record 13 2011-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Long-Distance Pipelines
  • Transport of Oil and Natural Gas
  • Engineering
CONT

In addition, there has been worldwide experience with other strain-based designed pipelines, such as high-pressure, high-temperature offshore pipelines and pipelines in seismically active areas. The proponents noted that they had taken advantage of this information in designing the project's pipelines in accordance with current industry practice for strain-based design.

Key term(s)
  • strain based designed pipeline
  • strain based design pipeline

French

Domaine(s)
  • Canalisations à grande distance
  • Transport du pétrole et du gaz naturel
  • Ingénierie
CONT

De plus, il y a eu de l'expérience à l'échelle mondiale avec d'autres pipelines aptes à se déformer, tels que les pipelines à pression et à température élevées situés au large des côtes et les pipelines dans des zones d'activité sismique. Les promoteurs ont indiqué qu'ils ont mis à profit cette information dans la conception des pipelines du projet conformément aux pratiques actuelles de l'industrie pour la conception axée sur la déformation.

Spanish

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Record 14 2011-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

... a fishing industry trade association dedicated to the conservation of the offshore lobster fishery and preservation of the fishing industry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
CONT

Permis octroyés par le ministre des Pêches pour la pêche au homard en haute mer [...]

Spanish

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Record 15 2010-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Utilization (Oil and Natural Gas)
DEF

The amount of oil a purchaser expects to take from a field as reported to a regulatory agency that has to do with state proration.

CONT

"This second Call for Nominations of lands in the Beaufort Sea region, which will be followed by a Call for Bids later this year, demonstrates to industry that the Government of Canada and the territorial governments are committed to a regular process of offshore exploration rights issuance in the North, "said Mr. Siddon. He further indicated that "this Call demonstrates how settled land claims offer opportunity for progress.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation commerciale (Pétrole et gaz naturel)
OBS

Expressions employées chez Pétro-Canada selon la terminologue de l'entreprise. La définition qu'on donne de ces termes est : «avis donné, pour un acheteur, indiquant ses besoins d'approvisionnement». Un géologue du ministère du Commerce et de l'Industrie avait aussi suggéré l'expression «engagement d'achat».

Spanish

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Record 16 2008-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Technology - Safety
CONT

A glory hole in the context of the offshore petroleum industry is an excavation into the sea floor designed to protect the wellhead equipment installed at the surface of a petroleum well from icebergs or pack ice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité (Technologie pétrolière)
CONT

Les têtes de puits seront placées dans des dépressions en entonnoir creusées au fond de l'océan comme mesure de protection contre les icebergs.

Spanish

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Record 17 2007-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Protection of Life
  • Petroleum Technology - Safety
  • Research and Development (Petroleum Tech.)
CONT

As the offshore oil industry continues to grow in eastern Canada, both government and industry recognize the need for continuous research and information dissemination in safety issues for the offshore oil industry. As well, it has become imperative that offshore escape, evacuation and rescue(EER) standards are developed and implemented.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des personnes
  • Sécurité (Technologie pétrolière)
  • Recherche et développement (Technol. pétrol.)
CONT

En raison de l'augmentation soutenue du forage marin, le gouvernement et l'industrie du pétrole reconnaissent l'importance fondamentale de la recherche continue et de la diffusion de renseignements sur la sécurité de l'industrie pétrolière en mer. L'élaboration et la mise en place de normes de sortie, d'évacuation et de sauvetage (SES) en mer sont également devenues essentielles.

Spanish

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Record 18 2006-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Smelting (Metal Processing)
DEF

[One of CANMET-MTL' s six functional groups, which is primarily dedicated to assure] the integrity of structures used in the energy industry-notably pipelines, marine vessels, and offshore structures; this [also entails] the development of in-depth capabilities in mechanical testing and corrosion control, and extensive involvement in the writing of national and international standards.

OBS

Expertise and facilities are available for full structural integrity analyses, including static and dynamic toughness testing and finite element analysis, and for corrosion assessment and control, including hydrogen and H2S interaction, erosion/wear, and high-temperature corrosion.

OBS

CANMET-MTL: Materials Technology Laboratory - Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Fusion (Transformation des métaux)
DEF

[Un des six groupes fonctionnels du LTM-CANMET, dont le premier mandat est de travailler] à assurer l'intégrité des ouvrages utilisés dans le secteur de l'énergie, notamment les pipelines, les navires et les constructions en mer; [...] au fil du temps, le LTM-CANMET [et ce groupe fonctionnel en particulier ont] acquis des capacités exceptionnelles dans le domaine des essais mécaniques et de la prévention de la corrosion; [ils ont] de plus apporté une contribution majeure à la rédaction de normes nationales et internationales.

OBS

Les compétences et les installations du LTM-CANMET permettent à ce groupe d'effectuer des analyses complètes de l'intégrité structurale, entre autres des essais statiques et dynamiques de ténacité et des analyses par éléments finis, et de travailler à l'évaluation et à la prévention de la corrosion, notamment à l'interaction de l'hydrogène et du H2S, à l'érosion et/ou l'usure et à la corrosion à haute température.

OBS

LTM-CANMET: Laboratoire de la technologie des matériaux - Centre canadien de la technologie des minéraux et de l'énergie.

Spanish

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Record 19 2006-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

An immobile, offshore structure constructed on pilings from which wells are either drilled, produced, or both.

CONT

The drilling platform, built on a large-diameter pipe frame, supports the drilling of a number of wells from the location.

CONT

The ability to accurately measure and predict the dynamic response properties of a fixed offshore drilling platform is an important concern to the industry.

CONT

Offshore fixed drilling platform.

CONT

Offshore self-elevating drilling platform.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)
CONT

[...] les compagnies pétrolières ont créé des plates-formes de forage en épaississant la couverture de la glace.

OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • plateforme de forage

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
  • Equipo para extracción de petróleo y gas natural
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Record 20 2006-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

Offshore units used by the petroleum industry to explore, develop, and produce oil and gas can be categorized as follows : 1. Fixed platforms,... permanently attached to the ocean floor and... not moveable. 2. Mobile platforms... designed for mobility and intended to be at a given location a limited time period. The three general types of mobile platforms are :(a) the self-elevation units ;(b) the surface-type units(ship units and barge units) ;and(c) column-stabilized or semisubmersible units.

CONT

There are four basic forms of offshore rig: (a) Fixed Multi-well Platform ; (b) Mobile Jack-up Platform ; (c) Drill ship ; (d) Semi-submersible Platform.

CONT

As the men got farther out into the Gulf, they began to see many offshore rigs with their platforms, and tall derricks, where drilling was going on. Those on which drilling had finished and derricks were removed are also called platforms.

CONT

Destined for operation on Lake Erie this summer this offshore drilling rig built for Petrolia Oil Drilling Ltd. of Calgary by Davie Shipbuilding at Lauzon, heads up the St. Lawrence Seaway for final fitting at Port Maitland. The final overall width of the rig will be 134 feet, with 220-foot-long jacking legs extending to the lake bottom. Source: The Gazette 21-5-69.

CONT

On deep land rigs and on most offshore rigs there will be two 1300 or 1500 hp pumps.

CONT

More than half of the offshore rigs in operation are working in United States water, predominantly in the Gulf of Mexico.

PHR

Fixed offshore drilling platform.

PHR

Offshore fixed drilling plaform.

PHR

Offshore self-elevating drilling platform.

OBS

Strictly speaking, the platform and derrick are parts of a drilling rig.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
DEF

Surface plate équipée de différents matériels servant au forage de puits de pétrole en mer.

CONT

Il y a aujourd'hui trois grandes familles d'engins de forage en mer : les navires de forage, les plates-formes auto-élévatrices et les plates-formes semi-submersibles.

CONT

[...] le SS-55T est utilisé pour des missions de desserte des plates-formes de forage pétrolier en mer [...]

OBS

Au sens strict, la plate-forme et le derrick sont des composantes de l'engin de forage.

OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • plateforme de forage en mer
  • plateforme de forage pétrolier en mer
  • plateforme de forage sous-marin
  • plateforme marine de forage
  • plateforme offshore

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Perforación de pozos petrolíferos
DEF

Explotación que posibilita la extracción de hidrocarburos mediante sondeos en zonas poco profundas de las plataformas continentales.

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Record 21 2001-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil and Natural Gas Extraction
  • Oil Drilling
CONT

Shell Canada has led the Canadian petroleum industry in offshore exploration.

OBS

See also "offshore exploration and production."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Extraction du pétrole et du gaz naturel
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
CONT

Shell Canada a devancé l'industrie nationale en exploration du sous-sol de la mer.

Key term(s)
  • exploration en mer

Spanish

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Record 22 1999-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Polar Geography
  • Oceanography
DEF

A grounded mass of mostly manmade ice.

CONT

Twenty-five year's experience in the arctic waters of Canada, Alaska, Russia and China combine Sandwell' s marine skills with a knowledge of ice sciences. Our services to the petrochemical industry include the design of offshore and arctic drilling platforms, and artificial ice islands.

CONT

Ice management includes ... constructing and positioning ice booms and artificial ice islands to encourage the formation of an ice cover outside the main shipping channel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géographie du froid
  • Océanographie

Spanish

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Record 23 1998-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Research and Development (Petroleum Tech.)
  • Training of Personnel
OBS

The Petroleum Industry Training Service(P. I. T. S.) is a non-profit training organization governed by a Board of Directors made up of senior representatives from the petroleum industry. These services operate throughout Canada, with the head office in Calgary, Alberta; the major training facility in Nisku, Alberta; and an offshore well control training simulator in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The objectives of the organization are to identify training needs of the industry, develop and offer training programs, provide training advice and guidance, and help establish standards which will be accepted and supported by the industry and various regulatory agencies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Recherche et développement (Technol. pétrol.)
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel

Spanish

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