Digital oilfield news
Digital twins: the next frontier in operational risk management
Abhilash Menon, Sphera, discusses how NASA has invested in technologies that can predict the risk of different failures and how the oil and gas sector can learn from this.
Petrobras signs agreement with Emerson to streamline software deployment and reduce deepwater operations costs
Under the terms of the agreement, Emerson will provide dedicated servers and associated hardware infrastructure to Petrobras and manage those systems on its behalf.
Changing the face and pace of procurement
Hayley Sutton, Requis, examines how Worley made its procurement process more efficient with the development of an online supply chain platform.
InEight launches risk intelligence software
The software's risk management module helps identify and quantify project risk considerations that affect cost and schedule selections, offering greater certainty to sectors where budget and project overruns are common.
Cyberhawk acquires Arum's cloud-based software development team
Arum’s cloud-based software development team in Edinburgh have joined Cyberhawk.
Rigged for the future
To be competitive in today's oil and gas industry is first and foremost about upgrading the user experience and not by producing new rigs, says Andreas Grydeland Sulejewski, Neptune Software.
TechnipFMC and DNV GL to develop methodology for digital twin integrity
The methodology aims to bring a level playing field to the sector’s varying technical definitions of, and expectations towards digital twins.
More North Sea organisations set to join the digital safety revolution by adopting the Restrata Platform
Restrata has announced that more operators are on the verge of adopting its safety and emergency response technology.
Schlumberger, Chevron and Microsoft to collaborate on digital transformation
As part of the collaboration, the three companies will work together to build Azure-native applications in the DELFI cognitive E&P environment.
Blockchain to be implemented in Bakken shale field
The OOC Oil & Gas Blockchain Consortium, whose members include Chevron Corp., ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corp., Equinor and Royal Dutch Shell, has awarded a contract to Data Gumbo to pilot blockchain technology for water handling services.