VIKING Life-Saving Equipment introduced a new dual-approved thermal lifejacket with broad appeal for the offshore and commercial shipping industries operating in harsh, cold environments. The PV9720 has been tested and approved according…
Precision Polymer Engineering (PPE) broadened its range of advanced sealing. The new products are a range of spring seals—elastomer seals which incorporate a spring and are suitable for applications encountering high pressures, high temperatures or aggressive media and environments…
Baker Hughes launched their MPRESS™ drilling fluid system, which allows operators to reduce stand pipe pressure and apply more horsepower to the bottomhole assembly and drill bit, increasing rates of penetration and decreasing non-productive time…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A group of 24 nations and the EU are meeting in Bremerhaven, Germany, July 11-16, to discuss revised proposals to create two marine protected areas (MPAs) in the ocean surrounding Antarctica. If approved, these may become the largest marine reserves on Earth…
Technip won a major contract for the supply of flexible pipes by Petrobras for the Iracema Sul (former Cernambi Sul) field, located in the Santos Basin pre-salt area, Brazil at a water depth of up to 2,500 m. The contract covers the qualification…
Kongsberg Mesotech Ltd announced the release of the 1171 Series Multi Frequency High- Resolution Fan/Cone Sonar Head.The operating frequency of the cone transducer can be selected by choosing one of four frequencies and the frequency of the…
Produced Water Absorbents of Ohio launched its Osorb technology at OTC 2013 for the treatment of oil and gas wastewater streams. Osorb is a regenerable granular media, which PWA says removes up to 99% of free, dispersed, emulsified and soluble hydrocarbons…
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