Efficiency gains could be made through better use of digital technologies, but the industry is still shy on the uptake. Nada Ahmed, senior consultant, DNV GL - Oil & Gas, looks at the opportunities and risks. Images from DNV GL…
Not all projects for clients come to fruition, but the work done along the way can lead to greater things as Norway’s Inovatum Lifting is finding out. Elaine Maslin reports. Two 150-tonne INOshackles…
Seacon released its newly designed A259 Ruffnek MUX series as an enhancement to the 7991 Ruffnek MUX series used on subsea BOP systems. Three key changes to the connector design include: Integrating a rubber molded face onto the…
ABS and Lloyds Register’s (LR) joint venture company Common Structural Rules Software (CSR Software) released new software tools for meeting the requirements of the IACS Common Structural Rules (CSR), which were put into effect on 1 July 2015…
TE Connectivity (TE) announced a new Macro Sensors SSBR-937 Series CANBus LVDT Position Sensor with a CANopen interface compliant to CiA 443 for subsea instruments. The subsea CiA 443 LVDT position sensor…
NUTECH has partnered with WellDatabase to launch NuQuest, the industry’s first comprehensive and intuitive digital platform providing standard well data coupled with corresponding reservoir characterization, and engineering expertise. The…
Halliburton has released the Dash 3in subsea safety system, a solution for electrohydraulic control of Halliburton’s subsea safety tree. Previously, control was provided through direct hydraulic pressure from the surface. This latest edition…
Level and flow instrumentation manufacturer Magnetrol International launched the Pulsar Model R96 non-contact radar transmitter for level control in process applications. The two-wire, loop-powered, 6 GHz radar transmitter measures a variety…
Roxtec, a manufacturer of cable and pipe seals, has launched the Roxtec SPM seal. The light-weight, non-weld seal can be used with metal pipe onboard marine or offshore structures to provide protection against fire, gas, and water. The…
STATS Group, an Aberdeenshire-based pipeline technology company, has developed a flangeless subsea launcher (FSL) which can be positioned at any given position in depths of up to 2220m. The flangeless solution, can be lowered to the seabed…
Hydratight, a joint integrity specialist, and Connector Subsea Solutions, a deepwater pipeline specialists, have partnered to design the subsea Riser Cleaning and Inspection Tool (RCIT). “The RCIT can be deployed either near to or onto the riser where it will traverse into position…
HAWXEYE, developed by Xodus engineers as an alternative to spreadsheets, is a cloud-based web app geared to screen assets for vibration, erosion and corrosion related issues. Complex data from monitors and piping and instrumentation…
ROVOP, a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) service provider, and WFS Technologies, a wireless instrumentation and control solutions developer, have announced a collaboration effort to reduce certain operating costs by up to 80% and extend asset life by years…
Impact Subsea has launched the ISD4000, a survey grade depth and temperature sensor with optional integrated HMRU. The sensor measures full scale depth with 0.01% accuracy, temperature with accuracy within 0.01°C, and can be supplied with an integrated HMRU…
READ has launched a new micro-leak detection solution, which will deliver answers for on the spot well integrity management decisions, to help maximize operational safety and minimize downtime, the company said. The diagnostic solution…