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[ 18 October 2019 ] Conductor-supported platforms: Demystifying the industry’s best-kept secret Analysis
[ 18 October 2019 ] OPITO works with industry to support drilling safety Exploration
[ 18 October 2019 ] Transocean Ltd. provides quarterly Fleet Status Report Contracts
[ 18 October 2019 ] Siemens Gamesa surpasses a company country record with three new contracts Contracts
[ 18 October 2019 ] BHGE changes its name to Baker Hughes Company Mergers

Hywind Tampen floating wind farm concept [not to scale]

Hywind Tampen development investment moves forward

11 October 2019 Editor 0

Equinor and the Snorre and Gullfaks partners have made a final investment decision for the Hywind Tampen offshore wind farm development. Today, two updated plans for development and operation will be submitted to Norwegian authorities. […]

The Kognifai® Dynamic Digital Twin – a dynamic virtual representation of the gas plant and its behaviour – will continuously update with integrated information reflecting the status of the facility in real time

Kongsberg Digital and Shell sign agreement on digitalisation partnership

11 October 2019 Editor 0

Kongsberg Digital, a subsidiary of KONGSBERG, has signed an agreement to digitalise the Nyhamna facility, a gas processing and export hub for Ormen Lange and other fields connected to the Polarled pipeline. A/S Norske Shell […]

LinerBridge® uses robust and proven electrofusion welding technology adapted from the onshore utilities gas industry to provide a continuous polymer corrosion barrier from pipeline end to end

Swagelining delivers world-first ‘all polymer’ connector to trio of operators

9 October 2019 Editor 1

Swagelining, polymer lining specialist for subsea pipelines, has successfully installed its LinerBridge® connector technology for the first time. The Swagelining team installed the LinerBridge® polymer lining connectors within Pipeline Bundles for one of Equinor’s developments […]

Digitalisation and automation potential by budget costs (source: Rystad Energy ServiceCube, September 2019)

Digitalisation can save oil industry USD 100 billion

9 October 2019 Editor 0

In a new in-depth study, Rystad Energy estimates that as much as USD 100 billion can be eliminated from E&P upstream budgets through automation and digitalisation initiatives in the 2020s. Service companies are reinventing themselves […]

‘Transocean Spitsbergen’ – a harsh-environment ultra-deepwater dual-activity semisubmersible drilling rig

World’s first hybrid floating drilling unit

3 October 2019 Editor 0

Transocean Ltd. has announced that it has successfully deployed the world’s first hybrid energy storage system aboard a floating drilling unit. The system is now operational on the Transocean Spitsbergen, engaged in drilling operations at […]

The NeoSteer ABSSs improve horizontal well drilling performance by providing high-dogleg capability and increased rate of penetration in the curve and the lateral

Schlumberger introduces at-bit steerable system for drilling single run horizontal wells

2 October 2019 Editor 0

Schlumberger has introduced the NeoSteer* at-bit steerable system (ABSS) at the Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (SPE ATCE). The NeoSteer ABSSs improve horizontal well drilling performance by providing high-dogleg capability and […]

Liqueflex™ targets the small and medium scale natural gas liquefaction market, such as the local distribution of LNG

New Saipem natural gas liquefaction technology

1 October 2019 Editor 0

Saipem’s latest technological solution for application to the LNG market, known as Liqueflex™, was presented the at the latest GASTECH, the international conference dedicated to the natural gas and LNG industry recently held in Houston, […]

Aegis armour cladding technology leverages material science to improve bit body design flexibility and erosion resistance

Schlumberger introduces armour cladding alloy for drill bits

1 October 2019 Editor 0

Smith Bits, a Schlumberger company, has introduced Aegis* armour cladding that significantly improves bit body design flexibility and erosion resistance, increasing rate of penetration (ROP) and bit durability for longer runs. Composed of a proprietary […]

Valve technology will improve safety and reduce operational costs for cable deployed ESPs

Pragma to improve safety and drive down costs with latest ESP safety valve

30 September 2019 Editor 0

Aberdeen-based oil and gas production technology business, Pragma, has developed an advanced downhole safety valve to create an improved well control solution for cable deployed Electric Submersible Pumps (ESPs) retrofitted to production wells. The new […]

Integrated cloud access to analytics technology complements Schlumberger’s petrotechnical software

Schlumberger and TIBCO collaborate on DELFI environment advanced analytics

27 September 2019 Editor 0

Schlumberger has announced the integration of TIBCO Spotfire® and TIBCO® Data Virtualization technologies into the DELFI* cognitive E&P environment. The collaboration will augment Schlumberger domain science applications with new analytics capabilities, significantly expanding DELFI environment […]