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Metal-to-metal completion technology

Aug 01, 2014

Metalmorphology is the process of shaping metal downhole to provide a metal-to-metal, gas-tight seal for the life of the well. Photos from Meta. Well integrity has been defined by…

TIP recognized by ASCE and Deep Foundations Institute

Jul 31, 2014

The Thermal Integrity Profiler (TIP) was awarded the 2015 winner of the Charles Pankow Award for Innovation by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The award celebrates collaboration in innovative design, materials, or construction…

WFS, Fugro offer wireless ROV integration

Jul 29, 2014

WFS Technologies and Fugro Subsea Technologies announced an agreement to offer subsea wireless capability on all FCV Work Class ROVs beginning in 2015. The partnership will deliver enhanced ROV solutions for subsea projects. With this agreement…

ABS, MPA sign MOU

Jul 28, 2014

ABS and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) today to promote maritime research and development (R&D) and innovation. Over the next five years, ABS and MPA will collaborate on maritime…

JDR opens center in Cambridge

Jul 25, 2014

JDR is opening a new offshore engineering technology center in Cambridge on 28 July. The new Cambridge R&D team will evolve JDR’s specialist knowledge of subsea production umbilicals and subsea power cables to take on exploration challenges faced by oil…

Trending upward

Jul 25, 2014

Launched in 2010, CGG’s Oceanic Vega is a purpose-built high-capacity seismic vessel optimized for reduced noise and fuel consumption. It carries DNV-CLEAN notation for the lowest environmental impact. Photo from CGG…

GE announces Meridium investment

Jul 24, 2014

GE’s Measurement & Control business announced a minority equity investment in Meridium. The companies will enter into a joint development and distribution agreement that will integrate Meridium’s asset performance management (APM) software…

Majors sign up for FMC subsea JIP

Jul 21, 2014

FMC Technologies established a joint industry program focused on developing a new generation of standardized subsea production equipment and systems, the company has announced. The JIP, which includes Anadarko Petroleum, BP, ConocoPhillips…

Paradigm offers Geolog-Petrel connector

Jul 17, 2014

Paradigm announced the release of the latest version of its Geolog formation evaluation and petrophysics analysis solution suite.  The release includes a plug-in that enables direct data transfer from Geolog to Petrel seismic to simulation software…

Sercel launches QuietSea marine mammal monitoring system​

Jul 17, 2014

Sercel has launched QuietSea, its new passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) system designed to detect the presence of marine mammals during seismic operations. Totally different from other commercially available PAM systems, QuietSea is set to revolutionize PAM within the seismic industry…

Inflatable seals for critical offshore applications

Jul 16, 2014

Figure 1: Inflatable seals. Images from Technectics Group.  Inflatable sealing technology is used in a number of critical applications including offshore production, storage and offloading (FPSO)…

Offshore drilling optimization: Utilizing the future of technology

Jul 16, 2014

In today’s oil and gas markets, there are many drilling situations in which an operator faces adversity. A growing difficulty to successfully and economically drill and produce wells has created a global demand for proper well optimization…

Analyzing wireless machine condition monitoring for offshore applications

Jul 14, 2014

The SKF wireless machine condition sensor collects data on three key machine conditions: temperature; overall machine condition; and rolling element bearing and has ATEX Zone 0 certification. There…

Automation can fulfill skills shortage remotely

Jul 14, 2014

A radio surveillance system in Den Helder in the Netherlands monitors the prodution operations in the southern section of the North Sea. Photo from Wintershall. It wasn’t long ago that Wintershall’s…

Energistics publishes new unit-of-measure standard

Jul 10, 2014

Energistics, the upstream oil and gas open standards consortium, has published the Unit of Measure (UOM) Standard V1.0. This new standard includes the Unit of Measure Dictionary and the Unit Symbol Grammar Specification. This standard is a harmonization of several industry UOM standards…

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