Solar Impulse 2 makes its way across United States
Sun powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 has taken off from Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, near San Franciso in California, on the latest leg of its round the world flight.
Sun powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 has taken off from Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, near San Franciso in California, on the latest leg of its round the world flight.
The Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) in Aberdeen is supporting the development of a new concept for well intervention developed by city-based downhole specialists Well-SENSE Technology.
The head of the Oil and Gas Innovation Centre has said the challenge of getting technology into oil field remains a huge challenge, despite the benefits innovative products and techniques could offer the cash strapped industry.
Fugro has been awarded a supply arrangement by the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) to provide vessel based survey services.
Highlands Natural Resources is aiming to conduct first commercial tests for its DT Ultravert refracking technology this summer it has confirmed.
Cyberhawk has completed the first commercial oil and gas inspection in Qatar.
Norwegian operator Statoil has developed a new concept for subsea developments aimed at reducing costs by 30%.
Shell is using 3D printing technology to make the design and construction of equipment used in oil and gas production faster and more efficient.
The United States senate has authorised the use of drones to help monitor oil and gas facilities.
An oil and gas entrepreneur is aiming to use a bio degradable lubricant injected into ageing North Sea wells to help free up millions of extra barrels of oil.
ExxonMobil and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have formed a partnership to develop and explore new applications for their latest H-100 gas turbines as well as develop compressor technologies to reduce liquefied natural gas (LNG) unit costs.
Cost saving underwater technologies will come under the spotlight at a seminar to be held in Aberdeen later this year.
The subsea sector is entering a third stage of development, with increased automation, digitalisation and smart technology playing a far bigger role, according to a new report published by DNV GL.
An Aberdeen technology firm has taken inspiration from guided missile military technology to create a new well intervention system that could radically alter the way the industry operates, whilst saving companies millions of pounds.
A pioneering operation that uses fluid cryogenics as a freeze plug barrier has been tested in a tie up between specialists at Wild Well Global and Saudi Aramco.
Reducing gas processing costs could help shale gas exploitation in the UK more viable, according to a engineering expert.
Total's supercomputer Pangea recently boosted its computing power from 2.3 to 6.7 petaflops1, the equivalent of more than 80,000 laptops combined.
A team of University of Aberdeen students are aiming to take on multinationals Halliburton and Schlumberger on at their own game by using open source software to create new low-cost reservoir modelling for industry.
Research that will support decommissioning by exploring approaches to the recovery of subsea structures is to be carried out by the University of Dundee on behalf of Xodus, with support from the Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC).
Stirling is set to save £31million on street lighting after receiving funding to install energy saving street lights.
The oil and gas industry could save itself millions of pounds by migrating IT services to the cloud - and the TalkTalk factor may have helped focus the minds of senior executives about just how safe their own systems are from cyber attack.
Aberdeen well intervention specialist READ Cased Hole has launched a new time saving technology which it claims can save operators more than a day compared with other logging solutions.
Scottish drone technology company Cyberhawk Innovations is poised for further expansion and diversification after a £2million funding package from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks.
There’s no doubt the oil and gas industry is facing tough times, but for many developers, the downturn has been a catalyst for change with an upsurge of interest in new and enhancing technology. It seems the quest to drive down costs and increase efficiency is pushing a traditionally risk-averse industry out of their comfort zone.
A new online map reveals the location of dozens of war-time unexploded mines and bombs around the UK coastline, enabling developers of offshore energy projects to work out how to safely carry out operations.