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Xodus app screens asset lifecycle

Feb 02, 2016

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…

Finding meaning in standardization and replication

Feb 01, 2016

To create meaningful cost reduction – or value creation – the industry will need to be more aligned in its understanding of what exactly terms like standardization and fit-for-purpose mean. Meg Chesshyre reports. The…

ROVOP, WFS partner to cut OPEX

Feb 01, 2016

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…

GE announces US$1 billion Russian investment

Feb 01, 2016

GE entered into a US$1 billion sourcing program, signing a series of agreements with its Russian strategic partners at the 17th GE Oil & Gas Annual Meeting in Florence. Expanding the scope of their 2013 strategic partnership, GE and Rosneft…

Blueshift, Univ of Strathclyde design aerogel blanket

Feb 01, 2016

US tech firm Blueshift has been working with the UK’s Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) and the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, to support the development of a polymer aerogel blanket.  Aerogels are “solid materials” composed of 99…

Impact Subsea releases ISD4000 sensor

Feb 01, 2016

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…

For AUV eyes only

Feb 01, 2016

Heather Saucier investigates how wireless technologies used by AUVs can make sea-bottom surveillance more cost-effective and time-efficient. A multibeam sonar system  (EM 2040) image…

Jan De Nul to install cables on Marjan Field

Jan 28, 2016

Jan De Nul Group will install two additional power cables for Saudi Aramco’s Marjan Field, offshore Saudi Arabia, in the Persian Gulf. For the Marjan gas oil separation plant project executed by McDermott, Jan De Nul Group will install two 115 kV cables…

Siemens gets Finnish wind order

Jan 27, 2016

Siemens has been awarded its first commercial offshore wind order from Finland. The company will supply, install and commission 10 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 4 MW and a rotor diameter of 130m, for the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea…

READ, GE launch leak detection solution

Jan 27, 2016

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…

Trelleborg elastomers pass industry standards

Jan 26, 2016

Two elastomers developed by Trelleborg Sealing Solutions , Isolast XploRTM J9523 perfluoroelastomer (FFKM) and XploRTM V9T82 fluoroelastomer (FKM), have now met the ISO 23936 standard as well as revision three of NORSOK M-710. FFKM and FKM…

Trelleborg opens seal inspection facility

Jan 20, 2016

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has opened a dedicated climate-controlled swivel stack seal inspection facility for the validation of custom seals for floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) operators. The facility, located in Barendrecht…

Paradigm upgrades Sysdrill 10 suite

Jan 20, 2016

Paradigm has released Paradigm Sysdrill 10.5, the latest version of its integrated suite of well planning and drilling engineering applications.  New features in this release include updated modelling, including HDGM for declination calculation and ISCWSA Rev 4 error models…

Statoil upgrades to AVEVA E3D

Jan 19, 2016

AVEVA has announced that it has entered a multiyear agreement with Statoil for AVEVA Everything3D (E3D). Statoil has selected AVEVA E3D to be its strategic 3D design software platform, upgrading from its existing design system, AVEVA PDMS…

Trendsetter TEX-5 gets API qualification

Jan 19, 2016

Trendsetter Engineering has announced the successful qualification of our high‐temperature, metal‐to‐metal sealing TEX‐5 gasket. The TEX‐5 gasket is featured in Trendsetter’s proprietary Trendsetter Connection System (TCS) vertical flowline connection system…

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