Sparrows Group, and its cable and pipe-lay solutions (CPLS) division, has been awarded a contract by Oceaneering International, a provider of engineered services and products to the offshore oil and gas industry, to design and manufacture two 500-tonne powered and jack-able under-rollers…
Weatherford achieved a new world record by landing an 1180-ton (2,360,700-lb) casing string at a total depth of 26,805 ft (8170 m). The job was performed on a deepwater rig in the Gulf of Mexico this fall. The operator of a deepwater rig in the Green Canyon required installation of a heavy…
AnTech, provider of products and services for the upstream oil and gas industry, has launched three new products within its Wellhead Outlet range. The Type-C Wellhead Outlet, which was designed and developed by the company for use in hazardous environments…
WFS Technologies demonstrated a wirelessly-enabled OneSubsea Subsea Control Module (SCM) at a recent demonstration at NASAs Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) using Seatooth enabled subsea wireless radio products in conjunction with a Seatooth…
International oil spill player Aptomar has developed a new method for environmental monitoring, designed for the oil companies to have round the clock monitoring, detection and reporting on unintended oil spills. Image…
Offshore Technical Compliance (OTC) in partnership with Hecate Software has announced the introduction of Greenlight, a digital pressure testing software suite which provides reliable pressure analysis and compliance oversight. Greenlight uses proprietary algorithms to conduct…
As a result of working closely with industry and listening to the needs of users, load cell designer and manufacturer LCM Systems has announced the launch of their re-designed wireless load shackles. The Telshack range is designed specifically for use in harsh…
Image: AVEVA Everything 3D 2.1 /AVEVA AVEVA announced the commercial launch of AVEVA Everything3D 2.1 (AVEVA E3D). The software is designed to increase productivity for EPCs and owner operators…
Barge Master launched its motion compensated gangway. The model 3.0 compensates vessel motions in significant wave heights (Hs) up to 3m by actively telescoping, slewing and luffing the bridge. Tip compensation allows for landing on an offshore facility…
Weatherford International has announced the development of the HeatWave Extreme service for commercial use by Chevron Thailand. The HeatWave Extreme service includes a logging-while-drilling (LWD) tool string capable of withstanding temperatures of up to 410˚F (210˚C)…
Paradigm released Paradigm Geolog 7.4, the latest version of its Geolog formation evaluation software suite. Geolog 7.4 offers engineering functionalities that expand the product's reach into additional phases of the production cycle…
E Plug has been named 2015 winner of the Intervention & Coiled Tubing Association (ICoTA) European Chapter’s Innovation Award. Scott Mitchell, Chair of the European Chapter of ICoTA (left), presents the award to Thomas Johansen…
SKF supplied magnetic bearings for use in the world’s first subsea gas compression system at the Åsgard gas field off the Norwegian coast. As part of the subsea gas compression system, the bearings will contribute to recovering additional…
Oil and gas decision-makers are coming under increasing pressure to reduce asset downtime, according to new research. Commissioned by Lloyd’s Register Energy, the research polled 80 senior decision-makers in the oil and gas industry in October 2015…
Image from Baker Hughes. Baker Hughes announced the commercial release of FATHOM XT SUBSEA525 inhibitor that helps control asphaltene deposition in deepwater wells. The…