Automation & Control
News
June 10, 2019
Oceaneering International, Inc. has secured a contract to perform the first-ever deepwater Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) survey in Mexican waters.
Article
June 2019
In a landmark project, BP brought together process automation, wired drill pipe, drilling apps, and downhole drilling dynamics tools to prove the viability of closed-loop drilling automation in an extremely technically challenging environment.
Article
June 2019
A combination of lift control, fluid optimization and IoT infrastructure achieves continuous production improvement, using real-time data and engineering models.
News
May 09, 2019
Oceaneering International Inc. has ordered hybrid navigation systems from underwater technology specialist Sonardyne Inc. for its subsea resident vehicles Freedom and E-ROV.
Article
May 2019
Digitization and automation require a very good understanding of multi-phase flows, if such new modeling concepts are to improve hydrocarbon production, and there is much more to do.
News
May 07, 2019
Halliburton Company has released Flex Managed Pressure Drilling System (MPD), a scalable and mobile technology that can be configured to address specific operator challenges and deliver greater rig efficiency.
Article
May 2019
Wireless intelligent completion technology has the potential to change the way that reservoirs are managed, linking highly segmented and complex wellbore systems to the digital oil field.
News
May 06, 2019
During Day 1 of OTC 2019, Weatherford International plc has unveiled Victus intelligent MPD, an Industry 4.0 solution that features intelligent control, equipment automation and leading technical competence driven by a global engineering organization.
News
May 06, 2019
Modus is adding a second Saab Seaeye Sabertooth to its Hybrid Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (HAUV) fleet.
News
May 01, 2019
Industrial workers can feel safer and experience ease of maintenance with the newly released insulated bus option for Allen-Bradley CENTERLINE 2100 motor control centers from Rockwell Automation.
News
May 01, 2019
TUV SUD NEL, the flow measurement R&D specialist, has launched a joint industry project (JIP) to fill a significant knowledge gap in the oil & gas industry’s use of online oil-in-water analyzers to help optimize oil and gas recovery.
News
April 29, 2019
Industrial workers can now more easily use the data from their equipment to predict production issues and improve processes with their existing automation and control skill set.
Article
April 2019
The beat goes on
News
March 26, 2019
Weatherford International plc has brought to market the world's first remote-activated, single-trip deepwater completion system.
News
March 21, 2019
Rotork has launched the latest generation of its innovative monitoring and control system for valve actuators and plant equipment.
Article
March 2019
The novel approach of the Active Control Device enables active seal condition monitoring and control to compensate for seal wear. This feature provides deepwater rigs with a more sophisticated and effective means of maintenance.
News
March 08, 2019
Some of the best was held for the last in the Technical Program at the annual SPE-IADC Drilling Conference, held in The Hague, the Netherlands.
News
February 19, 2019
Rockwell Automation, dedicated to industrial automation and information, and Schlumberger, provider of technology for reservoir characterization, drilling, production, and processing to the oil and gas industry, have announced that they have entered into an agreement to create a new joint venture, Sensia, the first fully integrated digital oilfield automation solutions provider.
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February 18, 2019
Transocean Ltd. has announced that it has entered into an agreement with its customer, Equinor, to license and install Automated Drilling Control (ADC) systems on four high-specification, harsh environment rigs currently on contract in Norway and a fifth semi-submersible that is expected to commence operations in the Norwegian sea this summer.
News
February 05, 2019
Bedrock Automation, the maker of the world’s most secure open industrial control system (ICS), has established a partnership agreement with Wood, a globally recognized integration provider.
News
February 04, 2019
Industrial workers can strengthen their grasp of production and make more informed operating decisions with the new Allen-Bradley CompactLogix 5480 controller by Rockwell Automation.
