Automation & Control
News
September 30, 2019
“As operators drill longer laterals, obtaining quality data at greater depths can be difficult because of noise and interference,” said Lamar Duhon, vice president of Sperry Drilling. “We designed the QuickPulse system with advanced sensors that detect and automatically transmit data so operators can drill faster and more accurately.”
Article
September 2019
An effectiveness analysis of various completion designs for reducing water production yields significant benefits during field development.
Article
September 2019
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News
September 09, 2019
BP’s first foray into unmanned over-the-horizon operations, using Sonardyne technology and an unmanned surface vessel (USV), is helping it gather strategic data. It’s also a key step towards a more marine autonomous systems-led future.
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September 09, 2019
The project aims to overcome the challenges associated with drone inspection activities in the North Sea and allow commercial operators of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles easier access to UK controlled airspace for beyond visual line of sight operations.
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September 03, 2019
Accelerated field development is achieved by combining Aker Solutions’ modular, optimized and configurable subsea equipment with automated design, which can reduce engineering hours by up to 70 percent.
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August 26, 2019
Ecopetrol will employ unmanned underwater gliders to navigate an extensive area of the Colombian Caribbean to acquire information related to physical-chemical variables of the ocean.
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August 23, 2019
This deployment of a PB3 PowerBuoy will serve Premier as an autonomous intelligent platform, providing communications and remote monitoring services at Premier’s Huntington field in the central North Sea.
News
August 16, 2019
Weatherford’s Vero automated connection integrity system, which applies artificial intelligence to validate well integrity and minimize safety risks, has completed 15,000 tubular connections in 50 operations worldwide since its market debut.
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August 14, 2019
The ECITB-approved Industrial Drone Operations Training Course was developed to ensure that the next generation of drone operators attain and develop the skills and knowledge they need to operate safely in heavy industrial environments that have specific operational hazards and constraints.
Article
August 2019
Technology advancements in sand control lower the total cost of ownership of well completions.
News
July 22, 2019
Emerson has completed its $48-million contract for automation systems and cloud engineering software-as-a-service for the Shah Deniz 2 project in Azerbaijan and is fulfilling an ongoing five-year services contract.
News
July 18, 2019
The goal of this collaboration is the creation of a standards-based, open, interoperable, and secure automation architecture that addresses both the technical and commercial challenges of current systems.
News
July 11, 2019
Emerson has announced it has completed the purchase of Zedi’s software and automation businesses.
News
July 09, 2019
DroneDeploy, the leading drone software company, announced today a major expansion across its products, making it a single platform for all drone operations. The launch includes automated drone fleet management, enhanced workflow integrations, a low-altitude inspection mode, and advanced analytic capabilities.
Article
July 2019
New devices and modern communication protocols allow operators to digitally connect their traditionally hard-to-reach well sites to central brokers providing secure and reliable access to valuable information previously orphaned in the field.
News
June 24, 2019
Baker Hughes, a GE company and C3.ai today announced a joint venture agreement that brings together BHGE’s fullstream oil and gas expertise with C3.ai’s unique AI software suite to deliver digital transformation technologies that will drive new levels of productivity for the oil and gas industry.
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.
