When a line is drawn connecting dots, the outline of a bigger picture becomes clear. This is the premise of ENGAGE, a game-changing and intuitive asset integrity platform that supports integrity needs across the full asset life cycle. Brought to market by CAN Group, ENGAGE connects the dots between asset data and integrity, streamlining engineering and inspection processes and driving efficiencies.
By Paul Slorach, business development director at EC-OG
Batteries for subsea use are common, with applications ranging from small sensors and instrumentation, through to fully autonomous robotic vehicles. The next big leap for subsea battery systems in oil and gas is electrification of hydrocarbon production facilities. EC-OG is ready to take on the challenge with our Halo Subsea Battery Storage system.
Europe’s largest underwater engineering event, Subsea Expo, is shaping up to what could be the sector’s first, large scale exhibition and conference following lockdown where delegates will be able to meet and network face to face.
Mental health awareness has had an increasing profile in the energy sector over recent years. Perhaps now, more than ever, maintaining good mental health is particularly challenging, with fears of redundancy, furloughing and family ill-health all posing a potential distraction from safe operations.
By Matt Lewy, energy partner, at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson
The draft Infrastructure Planning (Electricity Storage Facilities) Order 2020 was presented to Parliament on 14 July 2020. The Order follows an extensive government consultation process, looking at legislative changes that could catalyse further development of UK battery storage capacity.
By Christopher Hoftun, Chief Digital Innovation Officer, ASCO Norge
Last summer, we announced that ASCO had been awarded a substantial grant from the Norwegian Coastal Authority in order to support a state-of-the-art digitalisation project that would increase efficiency at our Norwegian base in Tananger, through electronic data capture.
As pressures in the offshore energy industry continue, operators, vessel owners and drilling companies are paying ever closer attention to the resilience of their supply chain partnerships.
By Cameron Gordon, business development executive, The Data Lab
Despite its rich heritage of engineering ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit, the oil and gas industry has been traditionally slow to adopt new technology. However, following the protracted downturn in recent years, this changed dramatically with companies much more open to collaborate on new technology and keen to embrace digital innovation in a bid to reduce costs and deliver ever-greater efficiencies.
The acceleration of digitalisation during the coronavirus pandemic has brought into sharp focus the opportunities for digital technical training within the oil and gas sector.
In the world of geopolitics, it is remarkable how quickly a valued business partner can turn into the object of suspicion and candidate for sanction. The UK’s relationship with China now hangs in that delicate balance.
A new forum dedicated to helping small and medium-sized businesses navigate the downturn has been launched by OGUK as it continues to help the sector stimulate a recovery.
Neptune Energy and its partners today announced the commercial discovery of oil at the Dugong well (PL882) in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, the largest discovery in Norway so far this year.
The Offshore Achievement Awards (OAA) is gearing up for its first ever virtual awards ceremony, allowing finalists and winners to be celebrated by industry on Friday, August 14, 2020.
The EU recently produced a report addressing its strategy for delivering net zero carbon emissions by 2050 - Powering a climate-neutral economy: An EU Strategy for Energy System Integration.
The Voyageur Spirit floating production unit has arrived at the dry dock in Kishorn on the west coast of Scotland, pictures published on social media show.
Even in this time of great uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and lower oil prices, corporate M&A and private equity investment in the energy sector is not dead.
The global debut of PipeTracer technology in the North Sea showed how the digital transformation of the tubular supply chain can drive efficiency to the next level, in an oilfield province that is embracing every opportunity to reduce costs.