Elaine Maslin examines how better data trending and a focus on key hubs could help improve ailing production efficiency rates and extend asset life on the UK Continental Shelf and beyond. NI CompactRIO…
Aberdeen-based Return To Scene Limited, a SeaEnergy subsidiary, has been awarded a contract for provision of an R2S visual asset management system by Mexican national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), following a competitive public international tender process…
Properly implemented, structural integrity management can provide structural integrity assurance from design to decommissioning, explains Mohammad Nabavian of Wood Group PSN. The concept of structural integrity management (SIM) for offshore installations is maturing…
Glasgow, Scotland-based I.D.E.A.S. has developed software and technology that improves the quality and accuracy of integrity and life time analysis for oil and gas assets. The analysis can be applied in all phases of the development of an installation…
Optimizing operational efficiencies by making critical asset information instantly searchable whenever and wherever from multiple devices, and secure. One of the many challenges faced by the offshore industry globally is effectively managing…
Next Tuesday, April 30, OE will host new Expert Access webinar, this time featuring Patrick Zirnhelt and Jeremiah Woodford of IFS North America. Zirnhelt penned an article for OE’s April issue entitled “Increasing returns from asset management investment…
Asset Guardian Solutions Ltd (AGSL), which specialises in protecting companies’ process critical software assets, announced that it has secured an important contract with Stena Drilling Ltd of Aberdeen, Scotland. This contract represents a significant development for AGSL…
The offshore industry is perhaps the single most demanding environment for assets. Exposure to the elements, the remote nature of drilling equipment, limited space, a volatile project-oriented environment, and risk management concerns, all…
Aberdeen-based XPD8 Solutions has reported a strong start to 2013 after its condition monitoring team secured work worth more than £2 million and announced plans to expand its workforce.The company, which specialises in the management of maintenance systems for oil and gas producing assets…
This event aired on April 30, 2013 Click to AccessJoin Patrick Zirnhelt and Jeremiah Woodford for a Live Presentation and Q&A session on the many ways companies can improve their production, avoid unscheduled shutdowns, control costs…
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announces that Sevan Drilling ASA, an international ultra-deepwater (UDW) drilling contractor, has chosen IFS Applications for Offshore Service to streamline its onshore and offshore operations…
Asset Guardian Solutions Ltd. (AGSL), which specializes in critical control software asset protection for the process and manufacturing industry, announced that it has secured a significant contract with Woodside. The company is Australia’s leading oil and gas producer…
Aker Solutions plans to purchase Canadian asset integrity management (AIM) company Thurm Energy, the company announced on 22 November 2012.The financial details were undisclosed; however, Aker said the acquisition will grow its AIM portfolio and boost its presence in the Atlantic Canada market…
The integrated energy services and production management divisions of Petrofac and Schlumberger, respectively, have signed a co-operation agreement under which they will establish a working relationship to deliver integrated and high-value production…
Ultimately, the life of existing offshore assets will have to be extended, safely and reliably, and balancing production against integrity requires a comprehensive understanding of those assets and the use of management strategies that engage employees at all levels…
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