Battling corrosion and wear offshore is a challenge faced by many operators. Elia Barnett surveys the companies tasked with inspections to find out more about today’s solutions. A Stork inspector…
TAM International has appointed Tim Davis global technical director for TAM, overseeing global technical support for operations, training, product line management, and marketing. Image: Tim Davis…
Fluor Corp. and Stork has announced that Fluor has signed an agreement with UK-based private equity firm Arle Capital Partners to acquire 100% of Stork Holding B.V., based in the Netherlands, for an investment of approximately US$755 million (€695 million)…
Gregory Hale explains how avoidable downtime costs producers billions of dollars every year, with equipment failures being the most common culprit. Engineers remotely monitor all aspects of oil production…
Image: John Bradshaw/IMCA John Bradshaw has joined the technical team at the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) as a technical adviser. Eight technical advisers work with the Association’s technical director…
Stork successfully installed Emerson Process Management’s Roxar SandLog wireless sand erosion monitoring solutions on a major North Sea operator’s installation. The collaboration with Stork marks the first installation of the Roxar…
Stork’s Advanced Online Desanding (AOD) system, now in its 3rd generation, sets a new standard for sand management that’s safe, environmentally friendly and cost effective. AOD removes and cleans sand from live separators without causing…
Meridium, provider of the Asset Performance Management (APM) software and services, announced an expanded partnership with Stork Asset Management Consultancy. Stork became a Meridium Certified Services Provider (MCSP) earlier this year…
Equalizer Group has set up a separate service company headed up by general manager Alan Morrison to take forward the development of its award-winning Xtegrity system. As GM of Equalizer Flange Integrity Systems (EFIS) Morrison, who has almost 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas sector…
Well Flow International named Osama M. Hasan Baiej as its vice president of business development for the Arabian Gulf and North Africa. Baiej has more than 15 years of experience in business development and strategy, oilfield services…
Statoil has handed out the largest contracts for the UK North Sea’s Mariner field that are worth more than US$1.57 billion (£1 billion) to the companies established in Aberdeen. Mariner. Image from Statoil…
Wood Group Kenny (WGK) will provide technical advisory services for carbon capture and storage (CCS) policies, as well as potential projects across the UK, as part of a framework agreement with the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC)…
The waiting is over - the shortlist for the 2015 Offshore Achievement Awards has been announced today (12 January 2015). Supported by OE, the annual awards are organized and hosted by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen…
Left: Martin Wilson; Right: Dr. Mark Burton The Aberdeenshire-headquartered STATS Group opened a new intervention engineering and technical support hub and recruited two pipeline intervention services team members…
A Cyberhawk ROAV in flight. Photos from Cyberhawk. Chris Fleming explains how using remotely operated aerial vehicles for inspections are reducing plant shutdowns at oil and gas production facilities in the UK and around the world…