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LR reveals VR Safe Simulator at OTC

May 01, 2017

Lloyd’s Register (LR), a global provider of engineering and technology-centric professional services, has launched its Virtual Reality (VR) Safety Simulator at the Offshore Technology Conference 2017 in Houston, Texas, to help further support…

Danger from above

May 01, 2017

Chris Corcoran, of ABS, highlights the importance of further improving safety to reduce the number of dropped object incidents on offshore facilities. Statistics show that dropped objects cause up to 10% of industrial fatalities…

GE offers new service, OnBoard

Apr 27, 2017

GE Water & Process Technologies’ new service offering, OnBoard, is a customizable, total integrated water treatment solution and service plan for offshore oil and gas producers. OnBoard incorporates digital technologies, remote monitoring and diagnostic software…

Updated: PSA: 'Serious deficiencies' found at Martin Linge

Apr 27, 2017

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) reported today (27 April) that it has found serious deficiencies at the Total-operated Martin Linge project, which is 42km west of Oseberg, Norway. The project is due onstream in 2018. Map of Martin Linge…

eDrilling, Mims Well form partnership

Apr 26, 2017

eDrilling, a provider of drilling and well performance solutions, and Mims Well, an integrated solution and service provider, have partnered to support the upstream oil and gas companies in Norway and the US.  The partner initiative is designed…

ASV Global opens mission control center

Apr 24, 2017

Mark Garnier MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, has opened a Mission Control Center developed by ASV Global, an autonomous vessel technology developer, at its headquarters in Portchester, UK.  This new center will be the hub…

C6 Technologies starts ComTrac field trials

Apr 21, 2017

C6 Technologies, an oilfield technology company offering new solutions for well intervention and conveyance utilizing composite materials, is performing field trials on its new ComTrac system after extensive test well runs.   C6 Technologies – a joint venture by Archer Ltd…

Ampelmann develops Icemann crew transfer system

Apr 20, 2017

Ampelmann, a provider of safe offshore access to the energy industry, has released it latest Walk to Work system which has been specially designed for operation in extreme cold conditions. The N-type, nicknamed Icemann, was officially launched in Rotterdam…

Interventek develops 20K in-riser valve

Apr 20, 2017

Aberdeen-based well intervention technology specialists, Interventek Subsea Engineering, has developed an ultra-high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) version of their Revolution safety valve for in-riser landing string systems, the 20K in-riser Revolution valve…

KLAW develops marine breakaway coupling

Apr 19, 2017

KLAW has developed the Marine2, a new marine breakaway coupling. The Marine2 is 32% shorter and 25% lighter than alternative marine breakaway couplings on the market and is designed to reduce stress on hoses used on offshore hose reel applications…

Siemens opens Gulf Coast facility

Apr 12, 2017

Siemens has officially opened the doors of a new service center in Geismar, Louisiana, devoted to serving the region’s oil and gas industry, and related markets.  With 28,000sq ft of shop floor space, the service center can repair and…

Trelleborg completes Catcher elastomeric bearings

Apr 06, 2017

Trelleborg’s engineered products operation recently completed a milestone project for BW Offshore for the complete in-house design and fabrication of floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) elastomeric bearing structures. Supplied to Premier Oil's Catcher FPSO in 2016…

Well-Centric, Hunting win asset maintenance contract

Apr 06, 2017

Late life-cycle integrity specialists, Well-Centric and Hunting, have been awarded an approximately US$6.2 million (£5 million) contract by a major North Sea exploration and production operator. The collaboration will see Well-Centric and Hunting join forces to provide maintenance…

Servelec Controls to install Apache safety system

Apr 05, 2017

Apache Corp. awarded Servelec Controls a contract to modify the fire and gas safety systems on the Beryl Alpha platform in the North Sea to enable the safe expansion of its current processing capability. Beryl Alpha…

Improving passive fire protection systems

Apr 01, 2017

UK-based technical consultancy MMI Engineering discusses issues around passive fire protection integrity, and the launch of a new industry network – PFPNet. Weather erosion of lightweight concrete passive fire protection…

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