Equipment Engineering

Courtesy Terra Drone
Inspection with Terra UT Drone
Equipment Engineering

Drones deployed for offshore operators provide FPSO maintenance

March 19, 2025
Utilizing drones for FPSO cargo oil tank inspections enhance safety, efficiency and accuracy while reducing downtime and operational costs.
Courtesy Fugro
Blue Eclipse USV
Vessels

USVs could play a major role in the future of offshore energy development

Feb. 28, 2025
Uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) use 95% less fuel than traditional survey vessels.
Courtesy Flyability
Elios 3 drone for inspection
Equipment Engineering

Asset management: Drones deployed for offshore remote inspections

Feb. 27, 2025
Two Flyability drones inspected 63 offshore tanks in two weeks, and in another case the technology was used to inspect oil tanks on an FPSO.
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North Sea map
Equipment Engineering

Halliburton, Sekal partner on automated on-bottom drilling system for Equinor North Sea project

Feb. 27, 2025
Halliburton and Sekal AS have deployed what they claim is the world’s first automated on-bottom drilling system.
Courtesy Oxford Flow
ES stemless axial flow valves
Equipment Engineering

bp, Oxford Flow ink valve contract worth nearly $1M

Feb. 26, 2025
The ES valve is suitable for remote applications and easy to retrofit into existing operations, Oxford Flow says.
Courtesy Archer - the well company LinkedIn
WFR awarded contract to supply fishing services for a deepwater operator
Deepwater

Archer seals three-year deepwater wellbore services agreement

Feb. 26, 2025
Archer subsidiary Wellbore Fishing & Rental Tools has been awarded a frame agreement for the provision of fishing and thru tubing fishing for a deepwater operator in the US Gulf...