Sophisticated monitoring systems on floating production systems can provide real time information for operational support and to improve performance, but a holistic approach is needed to be fully beneficial. Louise Ledgard, head of oil and gas business development鈥
Wärtsilä鈥檚 acquisition of the British-headquartered, global engineering company Hamworthy early in 2012 has added a portfolio of high technology products and systems to the Finnish power solutions company鈥檚 offering including vessel internal electrostatic coalescer (VIEC) technology鈥
Active heave compensation has become a must-have for offshore lifting and landing. But is it the best solution? Heave compensation systems were introduced to the offshore market in the early 1980s to enable the safe landing and lifting of loads鈥
ION Geophysical Corp. established a GX Technology (GXT) seismic data processing center in Perth, to serve the needs of oil & gas companies in Australia and throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The new center is staffed with experienced geoscience鈥
Glasgow, Scotland-based I.D.E.A.S. has developed software and technology that improves the quality and accuracy of integrity and life time analysis for oil and gas assets. The analysis can be applied in all phases of the development of an installation鈥
Last month鈥檚 Annual Meeting of the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) in London was by far the largest in the EAGE鈥檚 history. Over 8000 delegates showed up at the conference and exhibition at the Excel Centre in London to create plenty of buzz鈥
NASA directors and staff gathered at Johnson Space Center in Houston to sign a new alliance with risk management firm Deloitte on June 27. The new partnership aims to utilize NASA鈥檚 proven practical applications such as risk analysis programs鈥
Oil in water monitoring firm Pro Analysis has taken up the challenge of developing its technology for subsea use. Ever increasing water levels in production wells and stricter environmental standards are driving a research and development project to have a subsea oil-in-water monitor by 2015鈥
Subsea monitoring outfit Naxys has gained access to top research facilities after being bought out by global giant GE. Naxys鈥 work in the field of subsea monitoring systems led it to be snapped up by Measurement & Control, a business of GE Oil & Gas earlier this year鈥
ClampOn won a Spotlight award last year鈥攏ow its corrosion erosion monitoring system is taking off. Corrosion erosion is seeing increased interest in the subsea sector, both on old and new developments. It is proving a growing business area for ClampOn鈥
High oil prices are helping boost spending, and Norway鈥檚 subsea industry has been quick to provide full system packages to those looking to spend鈥攁t home and broad. High oil prices, a growing level of subsea infrastructure, and a drive鈥
Norwegian technology development company Biota Guard has developed a subsea leak and environmental monitoring system for the oil and gas industry. Monitoring the heart-beat of mussels and their shell movements may not sound like a traditional activity within the upstream oil and gas industry鈥
Transmark Subsea CEO Johan Møller Warmedal joined the company on January 1 this year. Before joining Transmark, he worked for AGR, FMC Technologies and Schlumberger, where he started his career more than 25 years ago as a wireline logging engineer鈥
As more equipment goes on the seafloor, the industry is increasing its hunt for permanent underwater robotics solutions. Elaine Maslin got a view from Kongsberg Maritime. This year, two of Kongsberg Maritime subsidiary Hydroid鈥檚 REMUS鈥
Technology development firm WiSub hopes to make subsea data transfer easier and faster. A chance meeting at a subsea conference has resulted in the development of a technology aimed at making subsea connections easier, faster, and pinless鈥
