Technology News

 

New JV to develop Portuguese floating wind farm

Nov 16, 2015

EDP Renewables (EDPR), Mitsubishi (through its subsidiary Diamond Generating Europe), Chiyoda (through its subsidiary Chiyoda Generating Europe), Engie and Repsol entered into an agreement to implement a floating offshore wind farm off the coast of Northern Portugal…

Weatherford, Maersk Training enter partnership

Nov 12, 2015

Weatherford Secure Drilling Services and Maersk Training have entered a strategic partnership to enhance scenario-based training and competency for critical wells. The training will provide Weatherford, operator and rig-crew personnel with…

Ceragon, Statoil sign communications agreement

Nov 10, 2015

Ceragon Networks announced that Statoil, has formally awarded Ceragon Networks a five-year frame agreement, with an option to extend for five consecutive two-year periods. Most recently, Statoil has placed orders for Ceragon's IP-20 platform…

Ziebel gets new CEO

Nov 10, 2015

Image: Francis Neill/Ziebel Ziebel, a provider in composite rod well intervention for the oil and gas industry, announced that Francis Neill has been appointed to the position of chief executive officer…

LR Energy releases Axxim solution

Nov 09, 2015

Oil and gas decision-makers are coming under increasing pressure to reduce asset downtime, according to new research. Commissioned by Lloyd’s Register Energy, the research polled 80 senior decision-makers in the oil and gas industry in October 2015…

Schlumberger, Ikon Science in software agreement

Nov 09, 2015

Schlumberger and Ikon Science has announced an agreement to further develop the existing quantitative seismic interpretation capability in the Petrel exploration and production software platform. The collaboration will make high-value seismic…

Ashtead secures glider agreement

Nov 06, 2015

Image from Ashtead Technology. Ashtead Technology has secured a global asset management agreement with Blue Ocean Monitoring to store, maintain and supply underwater gliders for ocean data monitoring…

Cyberhawk ROAV inspects FPSO

Nov 02, 2015

Cyberhawk Innovations completed its first ROAV inspection of a cargo oil tank on an operational floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel.  The inspection took place on board the Gryphon FPSO, owned and operated by Maersk Oil in the UK North Sea…

Tablet-based software for Ex inspections and maintenance

Nov 01, 2015

René Larsen, of Inspection and maintenance software specialists SafeEx, discusses how Ex inspection software was deployed on a gas compression jackup rig destined for the Cantarell field offshore Mexico. Data collection…

Understanding pore pressure

Nov 01, 2015

Gregory Hale discusses how managed pressure drilling helps to eliminate the guess work. Automated managed pressure drilling is the future of conventional drilling. Photos from Weatherford. Realizing…

Going deep, but still some way to go

Nov 01, 2015

ROV technology developers gave an update on their progress at the Subsea UK ROV Conference. Elaine Maslin reports on some progress, as well as where one operator thinks ROV and AUV technology could improve. Platform-based ROV being deployed…

Visualizing downhole data

Nov 01, 2015

Melanie Luthi, Sanna Zainoune, and Stephen Forrester, of NOV, discuss how streaming downhole data on a job in the Norwegian North Sea helped improve both the drilling process and decision making. The time-based log shows the annular pressure…

Lloyd’s Register: more collaboration needed

Oct 29, 2015

A new report reveals that whilst the current environment is creating opportunities for innovation, almost half of oil and gas executives admit they have fallen short of their innovation goals. The number of respondents saying they have fallen…

DNV GL develops BOP retrieval decision tool

Oct 29, 2015

Retrieving an unreliable blowout preventer (BOP) is a necessary but expensive operation, costing upwards of US$1-2 million dollars. This cost can easily escalate in developing ultra deepwater regions such as Brazil, West Africa and Gulf of Mexico…

Keppel FELS delivers jackup to ADC

Oct 28, 2015

Keppel FELS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) delivered the ARABDRILL 70 jackup rig to Arabian Drilling (ADC).  ARABDRILL 70 is the fourth KFELS B Class jackup rig to work for ADC. Keppel FELS had previously delivered two jackup rigs…

Current News

BP, Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies Pledge $500M to Boost Energy Access

BP, Equinor, Shell and TotalEn

Seatrium Delivers Fifth Jack-Up to Borr Drilling

Seatrium Delivers Fifth Jack-U

Cargotec to sell MacGregor to Triton for Over $500M

Cargotec to sell MacGregor to

Terradepth Launches Cloud-Based Ocean Mapping Tool for Offshore Energy Firms

Terradepth Launches Cloud-Base

Subscribe for OE Digital E‑News

Offshore Engineer Magazine