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Intelligent crane & lifting technology

Intelligent crane & lifting technology   Intebloc delivers intelligent crane and lifting technology which connects people, equipment and data. Intebloc Ltd, was established to develop a range of technologies to improve safety performance, reduce costs and increase productivity in crane and lifting operations. Their first product is the revolutionary Rig-Ware system.  Rig-...

BENEFITS of ISO 27001 information security management

BENEFITS of ISO 27001 information security management By Harris Simpson, Lead Auditor, QHSE Aberdeen   In the age of digitalisation and stricter regulations on data protection, ISO 27001 may now be more important than ever. We all know about ISO standards, we know the benefits that a Quality, Environmental and/or Health and Safety Management System can bring. Attainment of these standards can bring about business improvement and allow for the gaining and retaining of customers....

Learning to embrace digital change

Learning to embrace digital change   The Covid pandemic has given people very little option but to join the digital revolution. From Zoom calls to collaborating and training on the cloud, the way we work has altered permanently. For a digital training company like ours, the opportunities to partner with industry peers and support their transition to online learning are clear. But, what about those employees who are less enthusiastic about the drive to digital? How do we ensure they...

Petrofac to represent energy sector on new projects task force

Petrofac to represent energy sector on new projects task force   Petrofac, leading international service provider to the energy industry, has been selected to represent the sector as part of a cross-industry Task Force created to transform project delivery. The company was nominated by the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) to join the Project Data Analytics Task Force. A collaborative venture made up of Project Management experts from a selection of cross-industry organisations,...

MARINE TECHNICAL LIMITS completes first major, fully digitised, remote FPSO inspection campaign

MARINE TECHNICAL LIMITS completes first major, fully digitised, remote FPSO inspection campaign   Marine Technical Limits (MTL), a world leader in FPSO inspection, repair, and integrity management services, has completed a remote inspection campaign of all water ballast tanks utilising a fully digitised workflow. The project has been hailed a huge success delivering significant savings, increased safety and improved efficiency for its client. The project was made possible thanks...

"InProcess" application - helping Intertek's clients manage big data

"InProcess" application - helping Intertek's clients manage big data   Although big data analytics is a hot topic across all sectors, many companies from banking to pharmaceuticals are only recently beginning to realise the value locked in their data. It is safe to say that the oil and gas industry are not exempt from this and are no stranger to large amounts of process data. For many years data historians have worked away collecting measurements from instrumentation...

Enhanced safety for retrofitted artificial lift

Enhanced safety for retrofitted artificial lift   Aberdeen-based Pragma Well Technology has developed an advanced retrofittable safety valve, which enables cable-deployed artificial lift technology, such as electric submersible pumps (ESPs), to be installed with added safety. The “Slim Pump” Safety Valve (SPSV) recently achieved API 14A qualification to meet the highest safety standards and its unique features simplify its deployment and retrieval. The SPSV is actuat...

ABB - to lower delivery time and costs with the Adaptive Execution

ABB - to lower delivery time and costs with the Adaptive Execution   As energy firms grapple with capital restrictions and project delays amid coronavirus, ABB says its virtual collaboration platform can help streamline delivery. Oil producers have faced capital pressures during the pandemic; ABB has now introduced its Adaptive Execution platform, aimed at helping energy customers overcome the financial and logistical challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic. The digital...

Offshore Energy: The dawn of digitalisation

Offshore Energy: The dawn of digitalisation By Moray Melhuisha   The Challenge COVID-19 has been a significant catalyst for change, both on and offshore.  The collapse in the price of oil hit an industry already dealing with the multiple challenges of declining production, ageing infrastructure, and decommissioning. The supply chain was hit particularly badly – expected to contend with the triple challenges of lower levels of business, at lower margins, while main...

Ithaca Energy demonstrates best practice in preparing for IR35 reform

Ithaca Energy demonstrates best practice in preparing for IR35 reform   With just months to go until IR35 reform is extended to the private sector on 6th April 2021, many oil and gas companies are busy readying themselves for the introduction of the off-payroll changes. This controversial reform will see oil and gas firms, like all medium and large businesses, become responsible for determining the IR35 status - also referred to as employment status for tax - of the contract worker...

Hindsight is 20/20.

Hindsight is 20/20. By Laura Petrie, Partner at Brodies LLP   Never has a proverb been more appropriate than when considering an article that tries to look ahead to what might happen in 2021. At the end of 2019 there were very few people, if anyone, who could have accurately foreseen how 2020 would play out. And as the end of the year approaches, how can oil and gas businesses use that hindsight to plan for the future? Since the commencement of large-scale oil and gas product...

Digital is hard to sell, hard to scale and low margine. So what's the attraction?

Digital is hard to sell, hard to  scale and low margine. So what's the attraction? Stuart R Broadley FEI, CEO, EIC (Energy Industries Council)   Since 2017, the need for faster adoption of digital technology across the energy industry has been a hyper-topic of conference organisers and consultants, but the reality persists that operators are stubbornly cautious about digital technology. Recent statistics (source EIC Survive & Thrive) back this up with only 26% of UK...

“The View from Down Under” - Australia Energy Review November 2020

“The View from Down Under” - Australia Energy Review November 2020   G’day from Perth! As with the rest of the planet, COVID has had a massive impact on the ANZ region, up to now Australia and New Zealand have done very well in terms of low infection numbers, however we are watching events unfold in Melbourne with concern. Onshore and Offshore rig activity has taken a severe blow, 2020 is pretty much a write off. Rig count had been slowly recovering from the low p...

Digital Transformation: The Next Frontier in Oil & Gas

Digital Transformation: The Next Frontier in Oil & Gas   Even before the pandemic and the crash in prices, the oil and gas industry had started to recognise that digitalisation would be the next big transformation in the sector notorious for its boom-and-bust cycles. Companies had started to adopt various innovative digital solutions such as virtual reality, data analytics, and predictive maintenance analytics to boost efficiency and reduce costs. This year’s COVID-19 cri...

Respecting the hierarchy of data

Respecting the hierarchy of data By Andy Powrie, CTO, Arnlea Systems   Issue: If we share data, other companies will know what we do This is at the heart of every digital transformation conversation had in every Energy business worldwide. If we let suppliers share anonymised data, won’t people work out it’s really us and have a competitive advantage?  It’s the most circular and often frustrating argument because it doesn’t go anywhere. It’s...

Automated reporting analytics, benchmarking and drilling performance

Automated reporting analytics, benchmarking and drilling performance   Building on the move into the world of WITSML and operational state detection, Independent Data Services (IDS) released DPM (Drilling Performance Monitoring) in 2018, re-processing WITSML data to deliver detailed drilling performance KPI’s and benchmarks via on-line dashboards. The DPM fully complements the analysis of daily report (‘static’) data by underpinning the DDR narrative with a detail...

An agile transformation - Stena Drilling

An agile transformation - Stena Drilling   ‘People & Process’ Eat Technology for Breakfast Digital business transformation is a diverse and widely documented topic. Thousands of books and technical papers have been written in recent years, covering both successful and failed transformations. With an abundance of literature available, many companies still struggle with the million-dollar question, ‘where to start’. Contrary to common understanding, Dig...

The COVID-19 Pandemic is Shaking Up Energy Markets in the Western Hemisphere

The COVID-19 Pandemic is Shaking Up Energy Markets in the Western Hemisphere   The COVID-19 pandemic may be doing what persistently low oil prices couldn’t—sparking the long-awaited merger mania in the American Oil Patch. In late October, ConocoPhillips said it would buy Concho Resources in an all-stock deal worth $9.7 billion, making it the largest shale deal since the pandemic began. Like other majors, ConocoPhillips wants to strengthen its position in the prolific Pe...

OGV Energy's Europe Energy Review – November 2020

OGV Energy's Europe Energy Review – November 2020   Europe’s energy sector news over the past month featured an oil workers’ strike in Norway, a plan to make the UK a world leader in green energy, strategy updates from oil majors, and a lot of renewable energy deals. Oil & Gas France’s oil and gas major Total confirmed its ambition to get to Net Zero by 2050 and reduce emissions. Total aims to reduce the Scope 3 emissions of its European customers...

OGV Energy's Middle East Energy Review – November 2020

OGV Energy's Middle East Energy Review – November 2020   OPEC warned of a fragile economic growth recovery in the near term and pledged to be proactive in ensuring oil market stability, while countries and companies in the Middle East announced new contracts, project start-ups, and investments in oil and gas—these were the highlights of Middle East’s oil and gas scene over the past few weeks.     Global Recovery from COVID-19 is Fragile ...
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