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ADNOC Embraces Digital to Reduce Offshore Personnel

Aug 29, 2019

The future of the oil field is digital.Qasem Al Kayoumi, ADNOC’s SVP, technical center, said all the company’s new field developments will rely on digital technology. Speaking at the Life 2019 Landmark Innovation Forum & Expo in Houston, he…

Borr Drilling Inks Deal with RigNet

Aug 28, 2019

Networking solutions provider RigNet announced on Wednesday that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Borr Drilling to exclusively provide enhanced managed communication services on any band (C, Ku or Ka) on all of the offshore drilling…

N-Sea Invests in Data Management

Aug 28, 2019

Survey and inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) subsea solutions provider N-Sea announced an investment in its data management capabilities by acquiring a new storage system valued in excess of €1.8 million ($2 million).Based on the latest technology…

Blue Logic: Entering a New Era

Aug 28, 2019

Blue Logic, based near Stavanger in Norway, is not the only firm producing inductive subsea connectors (WiSub, near Bergen is doing similar), but Blue Logic has been heavily involved in building a key piece of the infrastructure that will enable…

Neodrill Eyes US and Mexico Opportunities

Aug 27, 2019

Norway-based offshore services company and provider of drilling technology products Neodrill announced it is bringing its Conductor Anchor Node (CAN) technology to the US and Mexico.To support this effort, the company has hired Tony Smith in…

Swire Seabed Completes Unmanned Pipeline Inspection

Aug 27, 2019

Swire Seabed said it has completed a second offshore pipeline campaign for Equinor in the North Sea. The campaign, undertaken in July 2019, is the first fully unmanned offshore pipeline inspection ‘over the horizon’ ever completed, surveying up to 100 kilometers from the shore…

Equinor Seeks to Accelerate Start-ups

Aug 27, 2019

The second class of global start-up companies selected to participate in the Techstars Energy Accelerator, Norwegian energy company Equinor announced on Tuesday.The 10 start-ups within oil and gas, renewables, new business models and digitalization…

3D Printing Brings New Dimensions to Field Commissioning

Aug 27, 2019

Access to and use of additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, has increased in recent years due to the expiring of patents on techniques and technologies, says Hugues Greder, Lead Petroleum Engineer at Total.Computing power is…

Increasing Efficiency and Oil Productivity with AICDs

Aug 26, 2019

In June, independent global completions service company Tendeka announced it had secured the world’s largest sand and inflow control contract for the Troll field on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).The four-year contract with Equinor will…

TechnipFMC to Split into Two Companies

Aug 26, 2019

Franco-American oil services firm TechnipFMC Plc said on Monday it would spin off its engineering and construction operations into a separate company, leaving it as a technology-focused equipment supplier to oil and gas companies.TechnipFMC…

What Use is Innovation if No One Adopts It?

Aug 26, 2019

New research delivered in partnership with the Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) and Robert Gordon University (RGU) has reached a milestone in understanding the psychological processes that govern technology adoption and deployment decisions…

Worley, AVEVA to Roll Out Cloud-based EPC Solution

Aug 26, 2019

Engineering and industrial software company AVEVA announced that Worley has selected AVEVA’s Enterprise Resource Management solution as its preferred  materials management platform. The partnership combines Worley’s engineering, procurement…

Safe Commuting Offshore

Aug 25, 2019

The inherent risk associated with working in an offshore environment for oil, gas and wind energy production means transfer methods must fully consider and overcome challenges such as wind speed, sea state, visibility, temperature and vessel…

Premier Oil Testing PB3 PowerBuoy in the North Sea

Aug 23, 2019

US-based ocean energy solutions company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) said it has deployed a PB3 PowerBuoy to serve as an autonomous intelligent platform to provide communications and remote monitoring services for its customer Premier Oil…

A Fluid Conversation

Aug 23, 2019

Using produced liquids in a wireless completionTendeka’s PulseEight re-deployable wireless completion systems have been deployed in a number of areas to carry out downhole functions. The PulseEight Ambient Valve has recognized safety incidents…

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