Eeeteng Khoo and Christopher Serratella, of ABS, examine how lifecycle databases can improve structural integrity management. ABS HM3D is a lifecycle tool that promotes streamlined structural integrity management鈥
Norwegian offshore technology company inApril has won its first commercial agreement, worth US$25-30 million for Venator, its node-based seabed seismic acquisition system. In development since 2012, the Venator node-on-a-rope system鈥
Gazprom Neft has signed a memorandum of cooperation with IBM at this year鈥檚 St Petersburg International Economic Forum covering the use of information technologies in exploration and production (E&P). The agreement outlines the key areas of technical collaboration鈥
Riyaz Ali from Emerson Process Management describes the problems and possible solutions for testing the final control element of Safety Instrumented Function loops. Accidents in process industries have created concern as to whether functional safety protects personnel鈥
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) now offers ControlEdge Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), a new addition to Honeywell鈥檚 next generation family of controllers leveraging the power of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). ControlEdge PLC鈥
FEI, a provider of microscopy workflow solutions, has released the latest version of its Auto Slice & View three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction software, designed to makes 3D imaging faster, easier, more accurate, and cost effective. The鈥
The iXblue鈥檚 Phins Compact Family has been designed to offer the AUV industry players the ability to choose an inertial navigation system (INS) adapted to their vehicle. Based on iXblue鈥檚 fiber-optic gyroscope technology, Phins C3, C5, and鈥
Schlumberger has acquired Omron Oilfield and Marine, a US-based OMRON Corp. group company, which provides automation technology and solutions. 'The addition of Omron Oilfield and Marine will enable us to strengthen our industrial automation鈥
Automating data collection reduces operator exposure to offshore hazards, as well as making it easier, says Emerson Process Management鈥檚 Craig Abbott. Statoil鈥檚 Gullfaks鈥 B platform. Photo from Statoil鈥
With big data also comes big risks to security. DNV GL鈥檚 Nada Ahmed discusses how security standards can be raised within the oil and gas industry. New IT infrastructures and technologies鈥
A new report from DNV GL paints a very automated future for many oil and gas processes and sectors. Melissa Sustaita sets out the details. Sames. Image from OE staff. Over the鈥
Aker Solutions and ABB have agreed to work together on subsea processing solutions, bringing together their strengths in subsea, power and automation technologies. The cooperation will integrate Aker Solutions' subsea capabilities and鈥
Wood Group has acquired Ingenious Inc., a supplier of proprietary software and consulting services to the global chemical, oil and gas, and energy industries. The acquisition provides a manufacturing operations management systems capability鈥
The future of oil and gas technology looks increasingly automated, digital and smarter according to a new technology outlook report published by DNV GL. Image from DNV GL. The鈥
The lack of automation in the oil and gas industry is a puzzle to Brian Evans from Curtin University, Australia. Elaine Maslin learned how he hopes to redress the situation. Professor Brian Evans鈥
