Aquarius Marine Coatings Ltd. (AMC) has launch its anti-foul coating, Coppercoat-Commercial, in the offshore oil and gas sector. The coating, which contains exceptionally high levels of copper, a natural anti-microbial agent, protects subsea infrastructure against layers of plant…
Revolutionary technology proven to operate successfully in 3,000-hour shallow-water testSwiss-Swedish multinational electrical engineering and global power systems technology specialist ABB has announced the commercial availability of its groundbreaking…
Oilfield services company Halliburton introduced the Xtreme Single-Trip Multizone (XSTMZ) system for completing wells in deepwater and ultra-deepwater conditions up to 15,000-psi, to be used by a major operator in the Gulf of Mexico in 2020…
The Thunder Cranes Group said it has secured a contract to support Chevron on a three-year plug and abandonment project in the Gulf of Thailand that will include some 3,000 wells.The multimillion-dollar contract will see Thunder Cranes add a further three brand new TC90XL cranes to its fleet…
A new full motion compensation system from Dutch offshore access provider Ampelmann is designed to transfer personnel as well as cargo up to 5,000kg in rough waters offshore. It is expected to be operational in the third quarter of 2020The E5000 system is based on the proven technology of the E1000…
Offshore lifting hoists and chains specialist William Hackett has launched SSL5 offshore and subsea lever hoist, incorporating its patented quad pawl (QP) mechanism.“It’s a piece of engineering innovation that will transform safety levels globally…
Oilfield services company Halliburton has unveiled a new logging-while-drilling technology that provides real-time images of the borehole to help operators identify fractures, improve wellbore stability and optimize completion design.When drilling with oil or water-based fluids…
Oilfield services firm Weatherford has introduced ForeSite Flow, a flow-measurement solution driven by Production 4.0 intelligence.Unveiled this week at ADIPEC 2019, ForeSite Flow is a full-range, non-nuclear multiphase flowmeter paired with Weatherford ForeSite intelligence…
A new cutting and sealing tool for the decommissioning sector has been put through its paces in Balmoral Subsea Test Center's submersion tanks in Aberdeen, UK.Accrington-based Allspeeds, manufacturer of Webtool hydraulic remotely operated vehicle (ROV) cutters and systems…
A new tool designed to help reduce the cost of decommissioning is being developed by Aberdeen-based oil and gas technology company Deep Casing Tools (DCT) in collaboration with the Oil and Gas Technology Center (OGTC) and Total.The UK is expected…
Forum Subsea Technologies’ latest remotely operated vehicle (ROV), the XLe Spirit, has completed sea trials in Norway, the manufacturer announced on Wednesday.The vehicle is the first of a new generation of electric observation class ROVs. It is the smallest in the new range…
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One of the missing links for some fully subsea production systems has been subsea storage, either for production fluids, later periodic offtake or production chemicals.NOV has been working on a gravity-based subsea storage unit (SSU), based on a design initially developed by Kongsberg…
New mobile mixer technology from annular isolation technology specialist CannSeal facilitates the company’s proprietary epoxy resin to be mixed on-site, opening up new markets independent of location as it removes constrictions associated with storage and curing times…
CGG's equipment business Sercel has launched GPR, a new ocean bottom node (OBN) jointly developed in partnership with BGP and designed to leverage Sercel’s QuietSeis broadband digital sensor technology for reservoir characterization and field development efforts…