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Strong tailwinds

Jun 14, 2016

Offshore wind is headed toward new highs with the North Sea region serving as the backbone of the global market, says Douglas-Westwood’s Celia Hayes. Image from iStock. The offshore…

iXblue offers INS range for AUVs

Jun 14, 2016

The iXblue’s Phins Compact Family has been designed to offer the AUV industry players the ability to choose an inertial navigation system (INS) adapted to their vehicle. Based on iXblue’s fiber-optic gyroscope technology, Phins C3, C5, and…

Diamond, Trelleborg in joint riser development pact

Jun 13, 2016

Diamond Offshore Drilling and Trelleborg's offshore operation have announced a joint development agreement to develop, manufacture and market Helical Buoyancy riser technology developed by Diamond Offshore. According to Diamond, its patented…

GE completes connector qualification

Jun 08, 2016

GE Oil & Gas has completed the qualification of its upgraded 36kV high voltage wet mate connector. MECON WM 36/500 is designed to offer greater reliability and predictability in subsea power system connections, and can be used with equipment such as transformers…

Materia introduces Proxima resin for subsea equipment

Jun 06, 2016

Materia, a catalyst and advanced polymer developer and manufacturer, has introduced Proxima thermoset resins for applications in subsea thermal insulation, subsea buoyancy, and for downhole tools.   Proxima HTI resins for high temperature…

DNV GL wins Statoil MSA

Jun 02, 2016

Statoil has awarded DNV GL - Oil & Gas a master service agreement (MSA) that includes a broad scope of studies on topics such as safety, platform technology, structural reanalysis and pipeline technology. In addition, it offers hull and structural inspection services…

Plasma power

Jun 02, 2016

Elaine Maslin reports how Slovakian company GA Drilling hopes to make short shrift of section milling using a plasma-based downhole tool technology. Assembly of a plasma testing prototype. Photos from GA Drilling…

Scottish firms head to Myanmar

Jun 01, 2016

Dr. Lena Wilson, chief executive of Scottish Enterprise and chair of Scotland’s Energy Jobs Taskforce, is leading the first ever delegation of Scottish companies to Myanmar in a bid to identify trade, investment and collaboration opportunities in the market…

A ‘Valiant’ effort

Jun 01, 2016

Jerry Lee discovers how Marathon and ConocoPhillips teamed up to drill difficult deepwater wells in the Gulf of Mexico using a custom MPD system onboard the Maersk Valiant drillship. The drill floor is the heart of the Maersk Valiant…

A small Fortuna

Jun 01, 2016

Floating LNG – it’s a big business, taking decades to develop and involving the world’s largest vessels and cutting edge technology. Or is it? Elaine Maslin explains how operator Ophir Energy is taking a different tack off West Africa. Block R…

Downhole disintegration

Jun 01, 2016

A new concept in well tools could see one-off tools built, run and left downhole to disintegrate. Elaine Maslin reports. A computer graphic of the FLI design. Images from Well-Sense Disintegrating…

Propelling subsea innovation

Jun 01, 2016

Jerry Lee takes a look at Bastion Technologies’ PYRO-Accumulator, which could potentially help meet requirements laid out in BSEE’s new well control rules. Two 7gal, 10,000psi rate PYRO-Accumulators  Photos from Bastion Technologies…

Seatools launches HeaveMate

May 27, 2016

Seatools introduces an intelligent active heave compensation module: HeaveMate. This active heave compensator is an easy-to-integrate system for both new as well as existing offshore and subsea equipment such as winches, cranes, and LARS systems…

NOV debuts RFID, asset management improvements

May 26, 2016

National Oilwell Varco (NOV) introduced an advancement in radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and asset management software for the oil and gas industry. NOV’s latest generation RFID tag, TracTagTM, has been field-proven…

HBW to manage and grow RPSEA

May 23, 2016

The Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA) has engaged HBW Resources to manage and grow its capabilities and opportunities to focus research on the development and deployment of safe and environmentally sensitive technologies to efficiently deliver domestic energy resources…

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