Schlumberger introduces new telemetryp Platform
Mar 18, 2009
Schlumberger has released its new Orion II telemetry platform.

IDS launches advanced data analysis tool for oil and gas industry
Mar 18, 2009
IDS launched its ground-breaking 'Advanced Data Analysis Tool.' As the largest provider of web-based reporting services to the upstream oil and gas industry,

FMC bags contract for world's first 20, 000 psi subsea wellhead system
Mar 13, 2009
FMC Technologies has signed a contract for the manufacture and supply of FMC’s proprietary HC-20 high capacity subsea wellhead system

Wood Group to provides Asset Integrity Solutions in Brazil
Mar 12, 2009
International energy services company John Wood Group PLC (Wood Group) has formed a strategic alliance with Walker Technical Resources (WTR)

StatoilHydro finds imaging partner in Paradigm
Mar 6, 2009
StatoilHydro has awarded Netherlands-based oilfield software producer Paradigm a contract for the company’s subsea ...

Engineer course offers laid-off "way forward"
Mar 5, 2009
London-based CD-adapco is offering a 'No Engineer Left Behind' program that gives "free" CAE software and training worth $25,000 to recently ...

Wavefront's Powerwave technology to improve fractured oil recovery
Mar 4, 2009
Wavefront Energy and Environmental Services says that a Calgary-based, oil and gas producer will apply Powerwave in a commercial project located in Saskatchewan.

ProSep bags Petronas contract in Malaysia
Mar 3, 2009
ProSep has been awarded a $2.0 million (U.S.) contract to provide a fuel gas treatment system package to Powertium Engineering Sdn Bhd for installation

INTEQ and Hughes Christensen reduces drilling time for section sidetrack project
Mar 3, 2009
INTEQ and Hughes Christensen used a Total System Approach to plan and execute a 12-1/4 x 14-3/4-in. section sidetrack project in the US Gulf of Mexico.

Petrofac wins Saudi Aramco's Karan contract
Mar 2, 2009
Petrofac has been awarded an engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contract for Saudi Aramco’s Karan utilities and cogeneration package.

Aker Solutions bags Kollsnes contract
Feb 27, 2009
A contract worth some NOK 1,5 billion for Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) at the Kollsnes Gas Terminal north-west of Bergen,

Halliburton to market 30,000-PSI perforating gun for deepwater drilling
Feb 25, 2009
Halliburton reports the newest addition to its suite of perforating technologies, designed to enable better well completions and provide operators with access to

Petrobras standardizes on VRcontext 3D Virtual Reality
Feb 24, 2009
Petrobras has standardized on Walkinside® 3D Virtual Reality software from VRcontext International SA for safety analysis, design reviews, and asset life-cycle

CB&I expands use of Intergraph® SmartPlant® enterprise materials
Feb 24, 2009
CB&I has expanded its use of Intergraph® SmartPlant® Materials material management software.

Africa-Italy pipeline digs up dreadnought
Feb 18, 2009
The Italo-Algerian company building a deepwater pipeline between North Africa and the Continent have said a French World War I ...

Chevron to establish sustainable energy efficiency center in Qatar
Feb 18, 2009
Chevron Corporation plans to commit $20 million over five years to form a partnership with the Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) in Doha and establish a center of excellence in renewable power and energy efficiency.

HiLoad prepares for tanker service
Feb 13, 2009
Norwegians of hoping to give oceangoing tankers a way to collect fuel directly from deepwater oilfields have floated out their solution on a barge from ...

Roxar launches third-generation multiphase meter
Feb 10, 2009
Roxar MPFM 2600 and Zector Technology have launched flow dynamics with greater accuracy and detail for oil and gas operators, the Norwegian-based metering company has announced.

Eni picks Sevan to grow Goliat
Feb 2, 2009
Italian oil company Eni’s Norwegian business has chosen a “round rig” solution form floating production specialist Sevan for its $4.9-billion, storm-prone ...

EMGS loses patent battle
Jan 20, 2009
Norwegian survey outfit EMGS has lost a patent decision to Schlumberger in a London court which decided the Oslo-based company could not make money in ...

Spitfire starts oil production from new test reactor
Jan 19, 2009
Spitfire Oil has produced the first oil from its new test reactor, designed to convert low grade coal to oil – a milestone for Western Australian (WA) technology development.

Canadian export credit sought for Norway rigs to Mexico
Jan 16, 2009
A rare Norway-based land drilling technology company has signed a pact with Latin American partners to become a drilling contractor within reach of a two-rig hire ...
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Wood Group chair shows arctic faith
Jan 14, 2009
UK-based contractor Wood Group will pay $500,000 to set up an arctic engineering program at the 17,000-strong Memorial University in ...

Halliburton's Landmark delivers 3D seismic processing capabilities
Jan 13, 2009
Landmark, a brand of Halliburton's Drilling and Evaluation Division, has released SeisSpace™ R5000 software.

Cavitation files "crude oil modifier" patent
Jan 7, 2009
California-based Cavitation Technologies, Inc. has filed a patent for the rapid modification of crude oil using cavitation for superior mixing that may significantly accelerate rates of chemical reactions and processes.