Italian engineering companies could offer competitive engineering, procurement and construction services in the Mediterranean Sea, should activity pick up, but West Africa is currently the hot spot for contracts. Litchendjili鈥
Protecting, inspecting and repairing pipelines in the shallow waters of the Middle East isn鈥檛 as easy as it sounds. Elaine Maslin reports. McDermott鈥檚 DP2 offshore construction support vessel Thedbaud Sea in the Middle East鈥
For Shell, exploration isn鈥檛 just about the seismic, it鈥檚 about joining up the petabytes鈥 worth of seismic dots between its global team of experts. Meg Chesshyre reports. Subsurface imaging, but鈥
Often I am asked 鈥 what is classification? We get this question a good bit in the offshore industry where the role of class might not be as pronounced as it is in the marine industry. Watson. From ABS鈥
Denise Smiles, of Optical Metrology Services Ltd (OMS), discusses how to correct internal HiLo misalignment between butted pipes. OMS鈥 automatic pipe end dimensioning tool. Images from OMS. Deepwater鈥
Efficiency, cost-effectiveness and optimized analyses are crucial in upstream asset development. OE spoke with Paradigm鈥檚 Indy Chakrabarti to chart the pathway to success. Jeannie Stell reports. Indy Chakrabarti鈥
Kongsberg Maritime entered into a US$26.5 million contract to supply a complete electrical, instrument and telecom solution, including e-house, for the new Yinson Genesis floating production storage offloading unit (FPSO). The FPSO contract鈥
Houston-based Eco-Engineering Solutions selected to use Paradigm鈥檚 Sysdrill software for well planning and drilling engineering. Image of well path positional uncertainty displayed in Sysdrill 3D viewer鈥
Subsea 7 awarded FES International a contract for the supply of fully automated diverless bend stiffener connectors (DBSCs). DBSCs are one of FES鈥檚 most successful product lines and this is the 10th fully automatic end fitting release system DBSC鈥
Aberdeen-based IT software and services specialist Adept Solutions has secured two new contracts worth a total of £600,000. The firm will supply tailored hydrocarbon accounting software to two new projects on behalf of EOG Resources and DONG Oil Pipe鈥
Ikon Science announced the agreement for the commercial licensing of CoViz Lite, developed by California based Dynamic Graphics, Inc., as part of its RokDoc software packages to create a new RokDoc state-of-the-art visualization system. 4D鈥
Industrial Internet of Things is out there, but 鈥榳ork needs to be done.鈥 Industrial Internet of Things (IIot) is nebulous term bandied about in just about any conversation when it comes to automation, when in reality, the level of communication鈥
Automation systems provider Cougar Automation has developed and commissioned a control system for Balltec to use on the first buoy supported riser (BSR) system installed on Brazil鈥檚 Guara-Lula project. Buoy supported riser tether adjustment鈥
The MacArtney Group is premiering its latest feats of innovation and system development within the realm of underwater technology with the brand new NEXUS MK VII multiplexer. The group says that the NEXUS MK VII is a highly versatile HD and standard video鈥
ABB shows off the newest addition to its line of Azipod electric propulsion offering, the Azipod D. ABB says that the electric propulsion behind ABB鈥檚 Azipod units enables ship owners and operators to lower maintenance costs and cut fuel consumption鈥
