Marine technology company Kongsberg Maritime has completed the first installation of its new dynamic positioning software that allows operators to use a vessels own system to help cut costs of subsea survey and construction projects.
Baker Hughes is field trialling a new adaptive production system which the global services firm delivers 300% greater oil production and 200% higher natural gas production compared with its previous artificial lift offering for unconventional plays.
An Aberdeen firm is showcasing new wearable technology which it says can “reignite” the North Sea’s position as a global leader.
Management consultancy and technology services firm Accenture has said the wearable helmet-mounted cameras and arm-mounted tablets let offshore workers do their jobs more efficiently, which helps companies lower costs.
Industry experts have said the needs to reduce its cost base if it is to survive the current downturn, which has seen crude prices nose dive from more than $110 per barrel in summer 2014 to less than $35 today.
Statoil has awarded M-I Swaco a four-year NK500 million for new tank cleaning technology for supply vessels that offers a safer, environmentally friendly solution.
An Aberdeen-based not-for-profit organisation aims to continue to support young people to pursue a career in engineering through a series of events taking place in 2016.
A new generation of pipeline robotics that can extend the life of large diameter cast iron pipeline infrastructure could help save time and money for utility companies.
Aberdeen based engineering firm Plexus created a stir in the wellhead industry this year with the launch of its mould-breaking Python technology, but it was always 2016 that the company anticipated it deploying in earnest.
The role technology can play in helping oil and gas firms to cut costs will be a key element of the SPE Intelligent Energy (IE) expo taking place in Aberdeen next year.
Pupils from Robert Gordon’s College in Aberdeen have won top prize in the 2015 STEM In The Pipeline challenge, which sees senior students solving a difficult oilfield problem.
If you want to know the kind of technology it will take for the Steam Oil Production Company to develop the discoveries it has bought from EnQuest - the clue's in the name.
Music superstar and solar entrepreneur Akon joined Shell to officially open a solar and human powered football pitch in the Nigerian capital Lagos at the Federal College of Education.
DNV GL is launching two Computational Fluid Dynamics joint industry projects to meet the oil and gas’s need for more cost efficient and precise decision support.
When you have blocked pipes in the home, the biggest hassle is often trying to find a plumber who can visit within a fortnight. When you are responsible for operating an oil rig, dealing with blockages on a different kind of pipe can be time-consuming, and very costly.
The president and chief executive of Qatar Petroleum has called on oil and gas leaders to convert current challenges facing the industry into opportunities for future development.
A hi-tech lab to test silica sand and ceramics for their fracking ability is helping a South Australian company break new ground in the oil and gas industry.