Aberdeen’s Ashtead Technology launched a first-of-its-kind subsea training academy in Aberdeen in the world-renowned subsea center of excellence at Westhill. Ashtead has invested more than US$804,000 in theAshtead Subsea Technology Training…
Through water communication and positioning technology firm Nautronix has secured an order to supply NASNet, an underwater positioning system, to Subsea 7. The system will be used on Statoil's Aasta Hansteen field, in the northern Norwegian Sea…
Schlumberger’s Patrick Smith reviews technological developments that are increasing the accuracy of 4D seismic reservoir monitoring. Schematic representation of the reconstruction of a multi-measurement shot record…
GE Oil & Gas is releasing industrial internet solutions at Rio Oil & Gas that include: Sealytics BOP Advisor, Field Vantage, LNG Max Reliability, Naxys A10 and System 1 Fleet Management. The Naxys A10 is an integrated acoustic solution for monitoring equipment and its surrounding environment…
Internal and external rupture disks. Photos from Halliburton. Halliburton’s Antônio Mataruco…
Subsea 7, announced it has received a delivery of a consignment of acoustic release transponders and accompanying heavy duty release frames from Sonardyne International Ltd. The Oceanographic Release Transponders (ORTs) will be used, up to 17 at a time…
Marine science and ocean research programs across the United States are set to benefit from access to more affordable underwater technology thanks to a new discount scheme introduced by Houston-based Sonardyne Inc. Under the terms of the company’s Academic Discount Partnership…
Diving support vessel (DSV) provider, Seamec Ltd. has chosen Sonardyne acoustic position reference technology to support its dynamic positioning operations. The company has upgraded the Ranger 1 system installed on the SEAMEC Princess to…
An OptaSense instrument well with a vibroseis unit conducting OptaSense DAS-VSP. Photos from OptaSense. OptaSense is collaborating with Shell to develop a fully-marinizied DAS system. OptaSense's David Hill explains…
Decreasing ice cover is currently spurring increased activity in hydrocarbon extraction and shipping in the Arctic. Motivated by the threat of future oil spills in this environmentally sensitive area, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution…
UTEC Survey has advanced its service offering by doubling its AUV fleet to 4 vehicles in response to increasing demand for its highly regarded AUV services, the company reports as it prepares to head to OTC (Houston). The firm now operates a fleet of four…
Subsea wireless video transmission. image source: WFS Technologies Subsea wireless communication is moving into a new era. The Subsea Wireless Group (SWIG) hopes to help the industry better understand-and use this technology…
Kongsberg Maritime has been chosen to deliver technology packages for ten new pipelaying vessels ordered by Brazilian multinational energy corporation, Petrobras. In contracts valued about US$19.85 million, the scope of supply includes Kongsberg…
Portsmouth, UK, based Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) has launched an oilfield services unmanned surface vehicle, the C-Worker (pictured). The 20ft-long multi-use offshore unmanned surface vehicle was developed to conduct subsea positioning…
A new acoustic positioning technique to improve the quality and accuracy of pipeline touchdown monitoring has been successfully utilized by leading project management, engineering and construction company Technip. The company has installed…
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