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…
Pharaonic Petroleum Company (PhPC) awareded OneSubsea an US$80 million subsea supply contract for the East Nile Delta END-3 development offshore Egypt. The contract calls for the supply of four well systems including subsea production equipment…
Automation in Drilling FIG 1: Typical remote communications network and components. Most of the general public is unaware that there is an automation revolution happening in the exploration and drilling segment of the Oil & Gas Industry…
Thalassa has agreed a deal to buy Go Science for £3.6 million from administrators. Go Science, which employs six people, provides mobile sensor grid services and products, in the UK and overseas, to the oil and gas, defense and homeland security sectors…
Jessica Alm, head of communications at Sandvik Coromant, has been appointed Executive Vice President and Head of Group Communications as well as member of the Group Executive Management of Sandvik AB. She will take up her new position as of 1 July 2013…
Christophe Barnini has been appointed as Senior Vice President, group communications for CGG. Barnini will report to Jean-Georges Malcor, CEO of CGG, and has become a permanent member of CGG’s management committee. This appointment took effect on 15th May 2013…
Milton Korn of ABS explains how industry is monitoring well conditions and fluids for efficient and safe production. The task of monitoring and controlling operations is difficult onshore, and when subsea drilling and production are taking place in ultra-deep water…
Promoting from within Houston-based service company TAM International elevated Mike Machowski to chief operating officer in February. Machowski previously served as TAM’s vice president and director of Canadian operations. In his…
Tech talk. With the 44th Offshore Technology Conference in Houston just on the horizon, OE sought answers to the question, “What emerging technology will have a direct impact on the offshore market?” Our think tank had this to say: In…
Managing access to crucial data while maintaining a secure environment in the offshore communications sector can be taxing for many operators. Whether the information is moving from rig to shore, to the seabed, or to the drilling equipment, offshore communication has a host of inherent issues…
Engineers from the US Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have developed a new wireless underwater communication system to control ROVs in real-time. This new method may eliminate the need for long tether cables, offering a new degree of freedom in underwater robotics…
Stefan Nerpin has been named DNV’s new group VP of communications & external relations. Nerpin will report to CEO Henrik O Madsen. Rune Torhaug is promoted to MD of DNV Research & Innovation. Torhaug has worked in leadership roles at DNV Energy, DNV Maritime and DNV Business Assurance.
DNV has appointed Stefan Nerpin as its new Group Vice President of Communications and External Relations for the DNV Group. Mr Nerpin brings with him extensive international leadership experience and a strong track record of corporate communications and branding…
Radius Oceanic Communications and the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (Cyta) announced the launch of the Poseidon project, a high capacity undersea cable system intended to provide advanced telecommunications facilities to the offshore oil & gas industry in the Eastern Mediterranean region…
Russell McCulley reviews recent developments and talking points in the offshore communications arena.Florida-based Harris Corporation followed its summer 2010, $525 million acquisition of CapRock Communications with the purchase of Schlumberger's Global Connectivity Services (GCS) in November…