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	The Opportunity for Digital Disruption in Downstream 6th September 2019 Why is now the right time for downstream companies to drive digital innovation?There are several industry factors and limits that create the right opportunity for downstream companies to take on digital...
	Fugro’s targeted approach secures second seep hunting success offshore Malaysia 30th August 2019 The second campaign was located offshore Sarawak, Malaysia and began 8 May 2019 onboard the Fugro Equator. Acquired geophysical data included over 15 000 km2 of multibeam echosounder (MBES) data...
	Siccar Point Energy announces Cambo FEED contract to Sembcorp Marine 29th August 2019 The Cambo field, located 125km northwest of the Shetland Islands and in a water depth of 1100m, was discovered in 2002, and subsequently had 4 appraisal wells drilled up to 2012 and a final successful...
	A Safe Influx of innovation: tackling one of the oil and gas industry’s biggest challenges 28th August 2019 The system is designed to detect well influxes, kicks of gas or fluid from a formation into a wellbore, and take immediate corrective action to minimise the influx and prevent a well blowout. This will...
	CGG Begins New 3D Broadband Survey in Deepwater Brazil 27th August 2019 With an initial focus on Brazil’s 15th License Round blocks, the data is being acquired by the Geo Caribbean and a portion of the survey will provide 3D data coverage where no other 3D data currently...
	Well Conveyor Announces Investments from Chevron Technology Ventures, ProVenture and Investinor 21st August 2019 Combined with additional investments from existing investors ProVenture and Investinor, the company raised 15.7 MNOK ($1.8 M).The money from this financing round will support the qualification and...
	BP deck operations contract a first for Sparrows Group in UKCS 21st August 2019 The contract builds on the Aberdeen headquartered company’s existing long-term relationship with the E&P organisation to become a single point of contact for all lifting and handling operations...
	Extending asset life 20th August 2019 Nitrox diving system with gravity-based LARS installed on the Balmoral FPV for cost-effective asset-based activity rather than using a dive support vessel (DSV)Work from the FPV included diving through the...
	How digital twins will drive innovation in the energy sector 8th August 2019 Digital twins are taking center stage – advancing rapidly beyond building information modelling and enabling asset-centric organisations to converge their engineering, operational, and information...
	Subsea compression FEED order for MAN Energy Solutions 17th July 2019 “We are very proud to work with our alliance partner Aker Solutions on the Jansz-Io field development project for Chevron Australia,” says Uwe Lauber, CEO of MAN Energy Solutions. “Thanks...