Augmented reality is a new communication tool that brings the print and digital worlds closer together. Scanning a page with a smart phone or smart device reveals additional “hidden” content. Interactive print campaigns are slowly spreading into the oil & gas industry…
Parker Hannifin's instrumentation products division in Barnstaple, UK, is to supply valves and tube connection fittings for the Gina Krog deveopment offshore Norway. The Statoil-operated Gina Krog (formerly known as Dagny) field development is a gas…
The Statoil-operated Peregrino field, one of Brazil’s most significant offshore producers, is a wealth of resources, including Norwegian- developed technology. Sarah Parker Musarra chatted with Statoil Brazil Country President Thore E. Kristiansen…
Three styles of modular fluid distribution manifolds were launched by Parker Hannifin. Two of the manifolds, the Hi-Pro Distribution Manifold (up to 6000 psi) and the Hi-Pro Air Header Manifold (up to 800psi), are based on ball valves for quick on-off control…
The Caspian Sea is a land-locked interior basin with established oil and gas production that has seen increasing activity since the bordering nations gained independence from the former USSR in the late 1990s. Five nations surround the sea: Russia…
Harkand has confirmed the acquisition of the main assets and business of Veolia Marine Services (VMS). The transaction is in line with the announcement of May 21, 2013. The acquisition adds 150 onshore and offshore staff, three dynamically…
DCN invests in ROV division DCN Diving has launched its own ROV division led by Fred Bosman as ROV operations manager. Bosman acquired his experience with robotic underwater systems with the Royal Dutch Navy, and for the past 13 years…
Après the moratorium of deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, operators are once again exploring for opportunities offshore. Yet, escalating costs for production facilities can prohibit the profitability of some marginal fields. Jeannie…
A 278km-long highvoltage power cable was recently installed between Ireland and Wales. Gary Parker of Sensa, a Schlumberger company, describes how a distributed temperature sensor (DTS) system is monitoring the performance and safety of critical parts of the cable in real-time…
Stone Energy Corp. hired an ENSCO drilling rig for its Cardona program at Mississippi Canyon block 29, the company announced on April 8, 2013.an ENSCO 8500 series drilling rigThe Ensco 8500 series dynamically-positioned deepwater drilling rig…
Saudi Aramco president and CEO Khalid Al-Falih has committed to opening a new technology center on Houston's northside, Houston Mayor Annise Parker announced on 11 November 2012.A press release put out by the mayor's office said the arrangement will bring 100 new jobs to the city…
Gary Rich has joined Parker Drilling as president and CEO. A 30-year veteran of the drilling services sector, Rich spent 25 of those years with Baker Hughes, serving most recently as VP global sales and prior to that as president of the company's European operations.
The water depth record for conventional mooring offshore Brazil was improved by another 12m – to 2027m – by InterMoor recently under its one-year mooring and positioning support operations contract with Shell using the mobile offshore drilling unit Noble Clyde Boudreaux (pictured)…
Siemens last month increased its stake in UK tidal energy company Marine Current Turbines to 45%, with Michael Axmann, CFO of Siemens Energy's newly established solar & hydro division, declaring: ‘We will actively shape the commercialization process of innovative marine current power plants…
Mooring Chevron's Jack/St MaloMore than 164,000ft of polyester mooring rope plus accessories and field inspection support services are to be supplied by Parker Hannifin's energy products division for Chevron's Jack/ St Malo floating production unit…
