Technology News


Collaboration wins at Jack/St. Malo

Jul 20, 2015

Chevron information technology teams from around the world put their stamp on Jack/St. Malo, providing the technical support that helped the major capital project achieve first oil in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico (GOM), reports the company…

LR Senergy unveils IC software solution

Jul 20, 2015

LR Senergy, an energy services company, unveiled its geological software solutions, IC, while exhibiting at the Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) Annual Symposium in California. IC is a fully modularized package…

Halliburton releases new pulsed-neutron tool

Jul 16, 2015

Halliburton's wireline and perforating business introduced the Reservoir Monitor Tool 3-Detector (RMT-3D) pulsed-neutron tool that helps solve for water, oil, and gas saturations within reservoirs using three independent measurements (Sigma…

Repsol, RSI announce joint technology project

Jul 16, 2015

Repsol and RSI have signed a three-year, US$11.5 million agreement under which they will co-develop a state-of-the-art platform for the integrated interpretation and joint inversion of seismic and CSEM data within a rock physics modeling framework…

BATS delivers microwave systems

Jul 15, 2015

BATS Wireless announced the successful test and delivery of 10 of its stabilized microwave systems, including eight DVM ExP2 ATEX/IECEx Zone 1 systems for the Martin Linge Project – located off the coast of Norway. The systems, when installed…

ABB receives Hyundai Heavy Industries orders

Jul 15, 2015

ABB received orders from Hyundai Heavy Industries for electrical and telecommunication systems. The order is worth around US$100 million, with about half booked in the 4Q of 2014, almost $27 million in the 1Q of this year and $20 million in 2Q…

Permasense opens Aberdeen office

Jul 14, 2015

Permasense has opened an Aberdeen office to demonstrate its commitment to upstream clients. This follows the recent launch of ET210 – Permasense’s product for the real-time monitoring of corrosion and erosion at upstream oil and gas assets…

Fugro completes monitoring system project

Jul 13, 2015

Fugro delivered a bespoke structural monitoring system for Exxon Neftegas, as operator for, and on behalf of, the Sakhalin-1 consortium, to monitor the structural integrity of its Berkut oil platform in the Arkutun Dagi field. Located…

Chukar Waterjet introduces SUB-JET 3000

Jul 13, 2015

Chukar Waterjet, a manufacturer of deepwater subsea ultra-high pressure (UHP) waterjet technology, introduces its new SUB-JET 3000 subsea waterjet system for work class ROVs. Operable at depths up to 3000m (10,000ft), the SUB-JET 3000 cuts steel up to 250mm thick and blasts away coatings…

ProSep awarded PEMEX contract

Jul 13, 2015

Houston-headquartered ProSep, an oil, gas and water treatment specialist, has been awarded a contract with PEMEX to supply its ProBlend mixer technology. The six-month project – awarded through ProSep’s in-country agent AGA Process – will…

GE awards SRP connector development contract

Jul 09, 2015

Subsea Riser Products (SRP) and part of its marine risers and moorings business, has secured a contract to develop and qualify its Nimway 510 and Nimway 710 completion and workover riser connectors for GE Oil & Gas. The connectors are designed for water depths of up to 3000m…

OneSubsea, Chevron form subsea JIP

Jul 09, 2015

OneSubsea, a Cameron and Schlumberger company, and Chevron USA Inc. agreed to form a joint industry program (JIP) to develop subsea systems technology for 20,000-psi applications. The JIP, known as the 20Ksi Subsea System Development Program…

ConocoPhilips deploys six Wave Gliders

Jul 08, 2015

Six autonomous, self-propelled robotic crafts that collects ocean meteorological and natural resources data, were deployed in the Barents Sea on 1 July.  The crafts collect a wide range of information such as wave height, current speed and direction…

C-Nav upgrades C-Scape software

Jul 08, 2015

C-Nav, a division of C & C Technologies an Oceaneering International company providing dynamic DGNSS Precise Point Positioning systems, has introduced a recently upgraded version of its C-Scape software. C-Scape provides independent, real-time monitoring of dynamic positioning (DP) systems…

Strategic Corrosion Management releases new systems

Jul 08, 2015

Strategic Corrosion Management (SCM) launched new systems to support improved tracking and management of integrity and corrosion anomalies for both on and offshore assets, supporting safety, productivity and cost management targets. An anomaly management module has been created for SCM’s…

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