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How the UK oil and gas sector can secure its future

Submitted by Editorial staff on 7th September 2015
07th September 2015
Mike Houghton, managing director, process industries & drives, Siemens UK & Ireland

Mike Houghton, managing director, process industries & drives, Siemens UK & Ireland, calls on the UK oil and gas sector to view the turbulent oil price and related cost pressures as a time of opportunity to work in partnership with its supply chain, adopt a culture of continuous improvement and secure its future as global competition intensifies.

Kongsberg and ABTOG team-up on unmanned margin field development solutions

Submitted by Editorial staff on 14th April 2015
14th April 2015
Kongsberg Maritime and ABT Oil and Gas (ABTOG – 50 per cent owned by Enegi Oil) have signed a collaboration agreement to work together on a Proof of Concept to demonstrate the effectiveness of normally unattended operations of facilities for the development of marginal fields

Kongsberg Maritime and ABT Oil and Gas (ABTOG – 50 per cent owned by Enegi Oil) have signed a collaboration agreement to work together on a Proof of Concept to demonstrate the effectiveness of normally unattended operations of facilities for the development of marginal fields

OEL’s autonomous subsea chemical analyser wins Pipeline Industry Guild technology award

Submitted by Editorial staff on 16th March 2015
16th March 2015
Online Electronics Ltd (OEL), part of the IK-Group AS (IK), has won the Subsea Pipeline Technology Award at the Pipeline Industry Guild Technical Awards for its flagship subsea chemical analyser technology

Online Electronics Ltd (OEL), part of the IK-Group AS (IK), has won the Subsea Pipeline Technology Award at the Pipeline Industry Guild Technical Awards for its flagship subsea chemical analyser technology

DeepOcean subsidiary awarded AUV survey on Libra Field offshore Brazil

Submitted by Editorial staff on 9th March 2015
09th March 2015
DeepOcean subsidiary awarded AUV survey on Libra Field offshore Brazil

Axa Engenharia Submarina Ltda. (AXA), a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV (DeepOcean), has been awarded a contract for the provision of geo-hazard surveys on the Libra Field from a Petrobras-led consortium, consisting of Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda., Total E&P do Brasil Ltda., CNODC Brasil Petróleo e Gás Ltda. and CNOOC Petroleum Brasil Ltda.

MacGregor automated cement handling systems to be installed on Chinese OSVs

Submitted by Editorial staff on 5th March 2015
05th March 2015
MacGregor has received an order from Wuhu Xinlian Shipyard in China for eight MacGregor dry bulk cement handling systems

MacGregor has received an order from Wuhu Xinlian Shipyard in China for eight MacGregor dry bulk cement handling systems

Automation suppliers see advantages of MAC services for oil and gas industry

Submitted by Editorial staff on 4th March 2015
04th March 2015
Main automation contractor (MAC) services are becoming the de-facto standard in oil and gas megaprojects owing to the need to reduce cost overruns and eliminate delays, according to a Frost & Sullivan report

Main automation contractor (MAC) services are becoming the de-facto standard in oil and gas megaprojects owing to the need to reduce cost overruns and eliminate delays, according to a Frost & Sullivan report

Russian firms develop unmanned drones for pipeline inspection across Siberia

Submitted by Paddy Harris on 2nd March 2015
02nd March 2015
Tomskneft, a joint venture between Rosneft and Gazprom Neft, has started using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to monitor its pipeline routes and the oil and gas production assets

Tomskneft, a joint venture between Rosneft and Gazprom Neft, has started using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to monitor its pipeline routes and the oil and gas production assets

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