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Keppel working on 3D-Printed Offshore Grade Steel

Jan 15, 2020

Singapore-based offshore rig builder Keppel O&M is working on a system that will enable it to 3D print offshore grade materials, to speed up production and lower cost. The company has teamed up with local university and research and technology…

Aker Solutions in Study to Electrify North Sea Platforms

Jan 15, 2020

Norway's Equinor has awarded a front-end engineering (FEED) study to Aker Solutions for the electrification of the Troll B and C platforms in the North Sea from shore, with the aim to reduce CO2 emissions from the field.The contract includes an option for the engineering…

Crosby Takes Over Mooring Equipment Firm Feubo

Jan 14, 2020

US-based lifting and rigging accessories manufacturer Crosby has completed the acquisition of offshore mooring company Feubo.The purchase includes the Feubo facility located in Hattingen, Germany that will become Crosby’s center of excellence for mooring components…

Rovco Nets $6.5 Mln Investment

Jan 13, 2020

Subsea technology firm Rovco announced it has secured £5 million ($6.5 million) in new funding to support international expansion and continued development of 3D computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI) subsea technology.The funding includes a £3…

3D Printing for Offshore Wind Turbines Introduced

Dec 30, 2019

IT service provider Accucode is partnering up with RCAM Technologies, a specialist in large-scale concrete additive manufacturing, to develop large-scale, 3D printed concrete structures supporting offshore wind turbines.The partnership with Accucode comes on the heels of a grant announcement…

Ensuring Riser Readiness

Dec 25, 2019

As drilling costs keep coming down for land-based wells in unconventional plays, offshore drillers face increased pressure to lower their costs. A key focus area: maintenance budgets for marine drilling risers. Instead of the traditional five-year…

Understanding Market Needs Can Shape Control Valve Design

Dec 24, 2019

When it comes to smooth, safe drilling, you’d be hard-pressed to argue that the blowout preventer (BOP) stack isn’t the key to the whole operation. A series of mechanisms to regulate pressure levels in a well and prevent blowouts, which could potentially endanger personnel and the environment…

An Unconventional Cement Packer Repair

Dec 23, 2019

CannSeal unlocks development of an additional reservoir by restoring integrity to an unconventional cement packer designAnnular isolation technology specialist CannSeal aided the successful repair of an unconventional cement packer design, 4 ½” in 9 5/8” with limited cement…

Norway Plans North Sea Power Grid

Dec 20, 2019

Norwegian energy firm BKK announced plans to build an offshore power grid in the North Sea, in a more than $2 billion project to help the country's oil and gas industry cut greenhouse gas emissions.It will undertake the project with infrastructure company CapeOmega…

A Blue/Green Energy Revolution

Dec 17, 2019

A seismic shift in the dialogue around big oil and climate has occurred in the past 12 months. It’s a change in how big oil is orientating itself around what many call the energy transition. Climate goals - governmental, international and industry…

Forum Upgrades Hyperbaric Test Site

Dec 17, 2019

Forum Energy Technologies has completed a three-month upgrade to its hyperbaric testing facility, which will result in an operational time saving to clients of more than 35%.Located at the company’s Kirkbymoorside base in North Yorkshire, UK…

Equinor Inks Safety and Automation Deals

Dec 16, 2019

A new compensation format will help improve efficiency asEquinor said it has awarded framework agreements to five suppliers to provide safety and automation systems for the company’s installations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) and onshore plants in Norway…

Optimizing Recovery at Mad Dog 2

Dec 16, 2019

BP’s Mad Dog field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico is a good news story that keeps delivering, and the reservoir management team aims to keep it that way.When discovered in 1998, the field in Green Canyon blocks 825, 826 and 782 was thought to hold 1 billion barrels of oil in place…

OneSubsea to Supply 20K SPS for Chevron's Anchor

Dec 12, 2019

Oilfield services company Schlumberger announced Thursday that its subsea arm has received a contract from Chevron to provide an integrated subsea production and multiphase boosting system for the deepwater Anchor field in the US Gulf of Mexico…

Enabling AI in E&P

Dec 11, 2019

Oilfield services company Schlumberger and software firm Dataiku have teamed up to enable the exploration and production (E&P) industry to build and deploy their own artificial intelligence (AI) solutions across the full breadth of their upstream workflows within the DELFI cognitive E&P environment…

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