Optical and even quantum sensing is being assessed to help monitor the subsea oilfields of the future as part of remote sensor networks. Elaine Maslin reports on work in the field by the University of Aberdeen. A…
Nautronix has commissioned the largest NASDive digital diver communications system for GDA. The vessel provides support for the Swedish Navy, and is fitted with hyperbaric chambers to facilitate rescue of submariners in the event of an incident…
Rockwell Automation and Cisco launched a training course to help information technology (IT) and operations technology (OT) professionals overcome the challenges of converging network technologies. Managing Industrial Networks with Cisco Networking Technologies (IMINS) is a hands-on…
Sweden's SKF Group announces that President and CEO Tom Johnstone has decided to step down, effective 1 January 2015. Photo at right from SKF. Leif Östling, Chairman of the Board of SKF, comments: “Under Tom’s leadership, SKF has developed into a knowledge engineering company…
Oilfield services company, Expro, plans to open a major new base in Tananger, Norway in summer 2015. The 19,000sq m facility will consolidate the company’s three current Stavanger area locations and house Expro’s Well Testing and Drill…
One of the biggest oil events in the global calendar opens in Stavanger on Monday, with speakers, exhibitors and delegates expected from all corners of the globe. The last event, held in 2012, attracted nearly 60,000 visitors, 1264 companies…
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…
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (FET) completed the expansion of its DYNACON facilities in Bryan, TX. The expansion doubles the square footage of manufacturing space to 110,775sq ft, which includes larger welding and assembly shops. FET also added a 53…
Internal and external rupture disks. Photos from Halliburton. Halliburton’s Antônio Mataruco…
Production began from two “high-rate” wells at Murphy Oil’s Dalmatian development in the US Gulf of Mexico. The US-based company announced that the project came online during its 2Q 2014 earnings report. Murphy Oil said the results were “better than planned…
There is no doubt networking plays a vital role in the offshore oil and gas industry right now and it will be even more important in the future. With the potential of remote management of multiple platforms from an onshore location, as well…
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…
The Society of Petroleum Engineers' (SPE) Aberdeen section is making a milestone this year - it is the group's 40th anniversary - with a black tie dinner at top tier industry speakers from Shell, BP, Statoil, and Schlumberger. The…
BATS Wireless (BATS) and specialist distributor Purdicom have announced a new offshore communications network project, with one of Purdicom's service provider partners, for a multinational oil company. The project calls for BATS to provide its state-of-the-art DVM-50 systems…
Rockwell Automation announced the launch of the Allen-Bradley Stratix 5100 wireless access point (WAP) featuring a work group bridge, designed to make accessing critical production data easier within the manufacturing enterprise.Unlike typical…
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