Digital oilfield

Initial efforts will be focused on a new asset in ExxonMobil’s Guyana portfolio.

The technology, developed by PaleBlue and used to train astronauts travelling to the International Space Station, will reduce the need for offshore travel, lower costs and associated emissions and support safe operations.

With backing from Stena Drilling, Intebloc will accelerate its product development strategy.

‘Digital twins’ have been created for the K9-A, L5-D and F3-B platforms in the Netherlands, Gjøa in Norway, and Cygnus in the UK Southern North Sea.

The company has repurposed existing fibre optic infrastructure to support the restoration of production to 1000 bbl at a previously shut-in North Sea asset.

ABB and Equinor have joined forces to implement digital and remote condition monitoring to the critical electrical systems of the Gina Krog platform.

Curate enables energy companies to collaborate within a single workspace to access all subsurface data with streamlined workflows.

The collaboration will enable more customers to use advanced digital solutions in the DELFI Petrotechnical Suite.

Jorgen Bruntveit, COO and CTO, FourPhase, explains why the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for flexibility and resilience in all aspects of the oil and gas industry.

The agreement will enable customers to combine Schlumberger surface and downhole drilling automation solutions with NOV’s rig automation platform.

The IC and IP software’s new capabilities are prompted by the increasing need to capture and utilise data across the entire lifecycle of wells and fields.

Aker BP will adopt FutureOn’s digital twin software to digitise their workflows.

The first ever pressure-containing component to be produced using Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing technology (WAAM) was successfully ran on Total’s Elgin-Franklin rig in the North Sea.

ABB is to deliver automation solutions for the Krafla oil and gas field development.

The Aberdeen-headquartered organisation has been awarded contracts by several global oil and gas upstream operators in the UK and internationally, as well as attaining work with new customers in downstream and utilities.