Tech Tuesday: Shell uses 3D printing in Stones deepwater project
Shell is using 3D printing technology to make the design and construction of equipment used in oil and gas production faster and more efficient.
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.
Next Geosolutions has secured a £12million survey contract from Prysmian Group for the Monita Project in the Adriatic Sea.
As if rogue governments, Anonymous vigilantes and international terrorists didn't pose enough of a cyber-security threat, it seems the humble fridge may be placed on the watch list if the Internet of Things takes hold in the energy industry.
Arnlea Systems won its first fleet deal with SBM Offshore.
2016 will be a "super tough" year to graduate for students studying oil and gas related subjects, according to the head of the University of Aberdeen's energy institute.
The University of Aberdeen is offering a discount on postgraduate education to unemployed oil and gas workers.
ITF and Oil & Gas UK have organised the Technology Showcase 2016 which takes place in Aberdeen on March 9.
Seismic data specialist SeaBird Exploration will carry out 2D multi-client survey work in north west Europe during this coming summer season.