Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) won the second phase of the recent SBRI competition to develop a long endurance marine unmanned surface vehicle (LEMUSV). ASV will undertake the detailed production design, build, commissioning and sea trials of a fully operational…
AW-Lake Company launched its SABRE Turbine flowmeter for the subsea market. To keep the electronics dry and in a pressure-regulated environment, the meter was designed with integral, sealed electronics, allowing more valuable real estate in the subsea electronics module canister…
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…
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…
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…
OceanTools Ltd. completed a redesign of their MA500 Precision Altimeter. DSP electronics combined with frequency swept CHIRP technology are housed in a hard anodized aluminium housing rated to 3000m as standard. The MA500 uses a new composite…
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)…
The Next 50 Years is the strap-line of this year’s SPE Offshore Europe— underpinning those five decades will be technology, says BP’s North Sea regional president. Elaine Maslin reports. This year SPE Offshore Europe is celebrating its…
Houston-based Cobalt International Energy has said it expects the results of two deepwater exploration wells offshore Angola during the second half of this year. It is drilling the Mavinga #1 pre-salt exploratory well with Diamond Offshore's Ocean…
Appraisal drilling on the Barents Sea Norvarg gas discovery has confirmed the “extensive” nature of the field, it has been announced. The well (7225/3-2), in license PL 535 offshore Norway, was drilled in 377m deep water by Total using the Leiv Eiriksson semisubmersible drilling rig…
BigLift Shipping's new vessel Happy Sky started its her maiden voyage from Shanghai to Cape Lambert, Australia, on Monday. The vessel is transporting three large modules – 1 x 935 mt / 1 x 818mt / 1 x 777 mt – to be installed as part of the Port B…