Taking a look back on the year that was 2017, our OEdigital.com website's most popular stories pretty much tell everything you need to know. While the industry is still adjusting to the downturn, the bright spots are few, but significant鈥
Australia's Woodside Energy is setting out to achieve a world first by installing a microgrid with a 1MW lithium-ion PowerStore Battery energy storage system on an offshore platform. Working with power and automation group ABB, the solution will be installed on Woodside's Goodwyn A platform鈥
St. Louis-based technology firm Emerson Electric has once again offered to buy Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation, this time proposing to acquire all of Rockwell鈥檚 outstanding shares in a deal valued at $29 billion. David N鈥
US drilling contractor Nabors Industries is nearing completion of its its acquisition of Tesco Corp. following anti-trust clearance from the US Department of Justice and the Canada Competition Bureau. An approval process with the Federal鈥
While automation has begun to be slowly implemented offshore, it鈥檚 going to take a full business transformation to get IoT and other technologies fully implemented. Karen Boman reports. The industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) could鈥
Stampede subsea layout. Photo from Hess. A combination of LEAN business practices, technology, and a digital approach will enable Hess to bring online its Stampede tension leg platform project鈥
Avitas Systems, a GE Venture, announced today (26 October) that it has formed a strategic partnership with Kraken Robotics to integrate autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), acoustic and laser sensor technology, and artificial intelligence鈥
St. Louis-based technology and engineering firm Emerson announced today (16 October) it has agreed to acquire Paradigm, a provider of software solutions for the oil and gas industry, for $510 million. Source: Emerson Paradigm鈥
Technology group Wärtsilä has performed the remote operation of a North Sea platform supply vessel in the North Sea - from San Diego, California, 8000km away. The four-hour test, which involved driving the vessel through a sequence of鈥
With a need to find more cost-effective solutions, for more complex systems, converging with the big data era, could it be time for the all-electric subsea system? Elaine Maslin reports. Daniel Abicht鈥
The Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF) and Akselos have announced they will work together to investigate the potential to revolutionise asset management in the oil and gas industry. The initiative will bring a joint industry project (JIP) to ITF member companies and beyond鈥
Underwater robotics company, Saab Seaeye, has joined the National Oceanography Centre鈥檚 (NOC) Marine Robotics Innovation Centre, as an Associate Member. Since its foundation in 1986, Saab Seaeye has pioneered many innovations that have鈥
Shareholders of Robotic Drilling Systems (RDS) voted to sell all company shares to Nabors Industries, Norway drilling firm Odfjell Drilling has announced. Odjfell, which holds about 37% of the shares in RDS through Odfjell Drilling Technology鈥
Emerson Automation Solutions has launched the latest product within its polymer completions solutions range, the PolyOil JAR Handling Clamp, for increased safety and well integrity. PolyOil JAR Handling Clamp鈥
The Internet of Things is becoming ever more embedded in the oil psyche. Steve Hamlen reports. Mackinnon The increasing use of sensors coupled with the progress in data collection鈥
