New products and services
Production database offers suite of products for managing data
Teledyne CARIS has released the Hydrographic Production Database (HPD) 3.2. As part of the CARIS Ping-to-Chart solution, HPD offers an integrated suite of products for managing data. The Tiled Raster product creates image tiles from usage data, which can be presented as background data for use with on-line services. The Atlas production capabilities have been developed to organize small craft charts and river charts into packages, and additional documents can be added, customized and updated during chart maintenance operations. Batch processes have been created to support the Tile Raster and Atlas product functionality. Database features can be added, deleted or updated, offering new possibilities for automation and efficiency.
Crack-free hardbanding solution provides maximum protection
Postle Industries’ Duraband NC can be applied to completion tubing connections to increase service life. The application of Postalloy Duraband NC also can be used for the removal or repair of tool joints, after a drill pipe begins to show signs of wear. It is a crack-free hardband that provides maximum protection of the tool joint and casing, even under harsh drilling conditions. It’s microstructure contains a hard tool steel matrix, with a high volume of tightly packed micro-constituents, ensuring wear resistance in open-hole drilling.
Torque wrench accessory ensures safe operation
Hydratight has introduced the Safe T accessory to increase safety and minimize the risk of pinching during bolting operations. It is designed to allow a single person to simultaneously operate the RSL torque wrench and its hydraulic pump, when typically two technicians are required. The tool houses a control panel with two main operational buttons, which must be pressed at the same time, ensuring safe operation. If the operator’s hands are released, the torque wrench and hydraulic pump will cease to operate immediately. The possibility of miscommunication in a noisy environment is removed with the Safe T.
Wireless monitoring and control system protects against tampering
SignalFire Wireless Telemetry has added AES-128 Encryption to its wireless remote monitoring product line. To ensure the security of data as they pass from one device to the next, a suite of advanced security features is now included. This includes a more reliable and secure wireless network infrastructure within all communication systems. The encryption protects against tampering, and potentially malicious devices are blocked from sending messages. Additionally, device authentication certifies that nodes perform an integrity check before joining the network.
Synthetic baseline positioning tool provides real-time underwater navigation
Ashtead Technology boosted its rental fleet with the iXblue RAMSES, an acoustic synthetic baseline positioning tool with self-contained computing, for simple, efficient, real-time underwater navigation. It can be used to track the position of subsea structures without the need for multiple transponders or umbilicals, enabling immediate and simplified mobilization. With the iXblue RAMSES system, an ROV can place a single beacon on the sea floor and achieve positioning precision, allowing improved operational flexibility and efficiency, cost-savings, and higher levels of acoustic accuracy.
Downhole technical service identifies hydrocarbons in shale formations
WellDog has launched its Shale SweetSpotter service. The downhole technical service uses lasers and sophisticated detectors to identify the locations where hydrocarbons occur in shale formations, allowing producers to focus development efforts, reduce drilling costs, optimize production and reduce the number of hydraulic fracturing stages and associated water usage. It uses the industry’s only downhole Raman spectrometer to directly identify locations of producible hydrocarbons across the formations. Successful field trials have already been conducted in the Marcellus shale.
Mass flow controller accommodates higher flowrates
Alicat Scientific has engineered a new mass flow controller, the MCRH 5000 slpm. The MCRH can accommodate flowrates of up to 5,000 slpm, without compromising speed or precision of gas control. It manages industrial processes with more chaotic upstream fluctuations, such as control of industrial combustion gases. In addition to mass flowrate, it controls volumetric flowrate, or backpressure of gases in high-flow processes. Alicat’s new flow geometry design accommodates higher flowrates, with a low pressure drop of 14.1 psig at full scale. A dual-valve design enables a fast, 100-millisecond control response time, without significantly raising instrument power requirements. The controller can be programmed with the instrument’s push button menus and onboard display, or via remote connection.
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- Subsea technology- Corrosion monitoring: From failure to success (February 2024)
- Using data to create new completion efficiencies (February 2024)
- Digital tool kit enhances real-time decision-making to improve drilling efficiency and performance (February 2024)
- Applying ultra-deep LWD resistivity technology successfully in a SAGD operation (May 2019)
- Adoption of wireless intelligent completions advances (May 2019)
- Majors double down as takeaway crunch eases (April 2019)
- What’s new in well logging and formation evaluation (April 2019)
- Qualification of a 20,000-psi subsea BOP: A collaborative approach (February 2019)
- ConocoPhillips’ Greg Leveille sees rapid trajectory of technical advancement continuing (February 2019)
