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	Olis Robotics Launches Sales and Distribution Partnership with Forum Energy Technologies 12th September 2019 The Olis Master Controller (OMC) is a next-generation controller for piloting Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) in the offshore energy industry. The controller provides both remote and local ROV operation...
	BP deploys continuous methane measurement for new major oil and gas projects 12th September 2019 Continuous measurement, including instruments such as gas cloud imaging (GCI), will be rolled out to all new major projects worldwide. The technology has also been tested and installed in existing...
	Subsea 7 awarded contract offshore Saudi Arabia 12th September 2019 The engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract is awarded for execution in consortium with L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE), a subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro.The...
	New contract increases JFO’s activities in key Middle East oil and gas market 12th September 2019 James Fisher Offshore (JFO), a global provider of specialist offshore engineering solutions, has increased its oil and gas decommissioning activities in the Middle East with a new offshore platform jacket...
	Tullow Oil, S-Cube and Amazon Web Services collaborate on next generation waveform inversion on the cloud 11th September 2019 Seismic data from active seismic surveys is among the most important way to probe the interior of the earth. This data is used for evaluating the subsurface potential - define buried rocky defining...
	BP North Sea deploys Mars technology in world-first methane monitoring project 10th September 2019 The pilot, which combined highly advanced sensor technology originally designed by NASA for the Mars Curiosity Rover with a fixed-wing remote piloted air system (RPAS), or drone, broke the UK’s record...
	AI project aims to unlock "treasure trove" of big data for oil and gas 5th September 2019 The Intelligent Data Quality Improver (IDQI) project is an initiative involving the University of Aberdeen and co-funders the Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC), software R&D company HyperDAP Ltd,...
	Accelerating start-up schedule for Johan Sverdrup 5th September 2019 The Johan Sverdrup development continues to progress well through the final stages of preparation for operations. As a result, Equinor and its partners Lundin Norway, Petoro, Aker BP and Total, are...
	Oil and gas industry publish blueprint for net zero 4th September 2019 The UK’s offshore oil and gas industry has outlined its contribution to the UK and Scottish Government net-zero ambitions as part of an ambitious blueprint showing what the sector could look like in...
	Eigen Partners With Chrysaor for Digitalised Engineering Support Enhancement 4th September 2019 Offshore Oil and Gas digitalisation software provider and systems integrator, Eigen, has initiated an engineering support project with exploration and production company, Chrysaor.The partnership involves...