Kongsberg offshore vessel simulator opens in Haugesund
Kongsberg Maritime has opened its offshore vessel simulator at the 1300 m2 "SimSea" simulator park in Haugesund, Norway.
17 Feb 2012

Fugro simulators model currents in 3D
Fugro Subsea Services "Robotic Technologies" business line has added 3D sea current profiles to its simulators.
17 Feb 2012

3D printing for subsea models
Aberdeen engineering consultancy Cognity says it has spent a "five figure" sum on a 3D printer, which can be used to make 3D models of prototypes of subsea equipment, with moving parts.
10 Feb 2012

Baker Hughes offers pipeline long seam inspection technology
Baker Hughes is now offering circumferential magnetic flux leakage (MFL) inspection technology, which can be used by pipeline operators to identify anomalies in pipeline long seams.
10 Feb 2012

Schlumberger new high temp reservoir characterisation tools
Schlumberger HT reservoir evaluation tools for downhole fluid analysis, fluid sampling, pressure measurement and interval pressure transient testing, at high temperatures and pressures.
10 Feb 2012

Reservoir Group appoints Etienne Roux head of surface logging
UK oilfield services company Reservoir Group has appointed Etienne Roux as head of its surface logging division, called "Empirica".
10 Feb 2012

First rigless electrical submersible pump installed in Middle East
Artificial Lift Company of Houston has installed a rigless electrical submersible pump in a Saudi Aramco well.
03 Feb 2012

Kongsberg automation systems on new DSME rigs
Kongsberg Maritime of Norway has won a contract to supply automation systems for new semi submersible drilling rigs being built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in SOuth Korea.
27 Jan 2012

Invensys is top human machine interface software company - ARC
Invensys Operations Management, a UK company which makes software for oil and gas plant, is the world's top provider of human machine interface software and services, judged by market share, according to a market study by ARC Advisory Group.
13 Jan 2012

Statoil uses Honeywell to run Valemon platform remotely
Oil major Statoil has selected the Honeywell "Experion" Process Knowledge System for its Valemon platform in the North Sea.
13 Jan 2012

Kongsberg subsea appoints new EVP
Kongsberg Maritime Subsea Division has appointed Bjørn Jalving as its executive vice president.
13 Jan 2012

ABS produces guide for offshore control systems verification
Oil and gas risk management company ABS (American Bureau of Shipping) has developed a guide for "Integrated Software Quality Management (ISQM)" which can be used to test safety of integrated control systems on offshore platforms.
06 Jan 2012