The TUP (transfer under pressure) Diving System, designed and built in-house by N-Sea, has undergone a refit and been converted to allow it be used as a mobile system, deployable from most DPII support vessels and platforms. The system will be online August 2013…
SPEX Group, an Aberdeen-based provider of technology solutions and services to the oil and gas industry, won an excellence award for its success in the Technology Innovation category and was jointly named rising star at the Scottish regional judging of the PwC / HSBC Private Business Awards 2013…
Devan International Ltd., a subsidiary of Keppel Corporation Ltd. (KCL), acquired a 20% shareholding interest in the enlarged share capital of KrisEnergy Ltd. KrisEnergy is currently an associated company of KCL. In connection with the acquisition…
Smith Bits, a Schlumberger company, released the ONYX 360° rolling polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) cutter. This technology enables a PDC cutter to rotate 360° while drilling, improving drillbit durability in abrasive formations and extending drillbit life and footage drilled per run…
TAM International Inc. established a new line of TAM FastSwell™ elastomers, adding to their extensive FREECAP® swellable packer product offering. TAM FastSwell™ provides a fast, controlled swell time at lower temperatures and high salinities…
ESAB’s new Warrior cutting tool is a heavy-duty, multi-process welding machine with wire feeder. It was developed for reliability, minimal downtime, and maximum productivity. The machine will perform MIG/MAG (metal inert gas/metal active gas)…
Technip has been awarded two contracts to supply flexible pipes for Total's Egina field offshore Nigeria. These contracts cover the qualification and supply of 12 dynamic flexible jumpers from 3.5' to 12.5' for oil production, gas lift…
Salamander Energy plc began its six-well exploration program in block G4/50, Gulf of Thailand. The first well, G4/50-4, was spudded at the end of June. It is being drilled on the Rayong prospect in the northeast section of the block in the central Kra sub-basin…
Aberdeen-based Nautronix enhanced the functionality of the Nautronix NASDrill USBL acoustic positioning systems by incorporating a new transducer design. The company used its acoustic digital spread spectrum (ADS2) signaling technology to house the hydrophone within a ruggedized…
Germany’s Raytheon Anschütz launched a new generation, maintenance- free gyro compass. The Horizon MF is a strap-down compass system that uses hemispherical resonator gyros (HRG) to measure angular rates for heading calculation. The system…
This event aired on August 20, 2013 Click to AccessThe offshore oil and gas industry continues moving into deeper waters, creating challenges in operations that would be common place in shallow-water projects. New synthetic materials…
WFS Technologies and Stork Technical Services unveiled their Seatooth Smart CP, a subsea wireless cathodic protection (CP) monitoring system designed for retrofit to existing fields. The system monitors the effects of corrosion by measuring…
Oklahoma-based Tulsa Power’s offshore loading stations are designed to eliminate hoses being laid on deck and dangling from saddles – avoiding trip hazards; reducing UV exposure, hose kinks and fatigue/breakage failures, and reducing the chance of spills…
Using multiple work centers and close project management, L&T delivered the MNP jacket on schedule. Larsen & Toubro (L&T), India was awarded the Mumbai High North (MHN) process platform, living quarters, and process gas compressor module project by ONGC…
Lundin Petroleum AB commenced drilling of exploration well 7120/1-3 in PL492 in the Barents Sea. The well will target the Gohta prospect, which is located 150km northwest of the Norwegian coast, approximately 185km northwest of Hammerfest…