A small scale “hydrogen generator” uses light and a two-dimensional graphene platform to boost production of the hard-to-make element. The research also unveiled a previously unknown property of graphene where the two-dimensional chain of carbon atoms not only gives and receives electrons…
Oil and gas companies are now able to enhance worker training and demonstrate technical concepts and techniques via stronger 3D animation and imagery. FuelFX's Oliver Diaz. Part creative content provider and part technologist…
Refinery safety remains paramount as production continues its upward swing as equipment and people end up pressed to increase a facility’s capabilities. It is no secret with new technologies for fracking and drilling that are giving a…
Other than the idea of keeping operators safe, Formula One racing has quite a bit in common with the manufacturing automation industry. As an automaker first focused on Formula One and now on other industries like energy, health and wellness…
According to officials, the offshore drilling industry needs to develop a comprehensive public database to help improve safety and prevent spills in federal waters. “Currently individual operators are collecting a lot of the data we need to properly assess risk…
One contractor died and two others suffered injuries 13 September while conducting maintenance on a Chevron natural gas pipeline off the Louisiana coast. From Chevron. The contractor…
Oil and gas continues to be a hotbed of activity when it comes to automation and that also means security is top of mind. When it comes to designing a network diagram for any kind of oil and gas environment, everyone has to understand…
A fire at an offshore natural gas platform in Alaska’s Cook Inlet forced four workers to evacuate and destroyed the crew’s living quarters. According to officials, no one suffered injuries and the environmental risk was minimal. Photo from Nikiski Fire Dept…
Technology is there for companies to use and take advantage of, but is it being used as much as it could be to gain insight into operations. Gregory Hale takes a look. With the digital oilfield…
The rapid expansion of oil and gas telecommunications systems in order to facilitate the development digital oilfields in increasingly remote locations, enhance safety, and maximize data use, was the theme of a conference on oil and gas telecommunications organized by SMi Group in London…
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order from Armada Kraken Pte, a subsidiary of Bumi Armada Berhad, a Malaysia-based international offshore oilfield services provider. ABB will provide power and automation technologies for the floating…
The importance of technological innovation in the oil and gas industry has risen over the past two years, according to a survey by Lloyd's Register Energy. Image from Lloyd's Register Lloyd's Register surveyed operators in America…
Norway's Cubility has appointed Jose Limia as the company’s regional manager for North America. Limia’s role will be to grow sales of the MudCube technology across the North American market, with specific emphasis on offshore drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico…
Appearing at the at the Society of Petroleum Engineers conference in Dubai in 2013, Dr. Robert Dale discusses how Natural Language Generation is being used to help operators make sense of their data; his company Arria NLG's technology could be used to help the industry…
Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine announced they invested millions of dollars in the purchase of an American company and in a new facility in Singapore. The SSP Hub is capable of integrated delivery…
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