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Blackline Safety Opens Pre-orders for World’s First Direct-to-cloud Area Gas Monitor
February 28, 2020
Blackline Safety is now accepting pre-orders for its G7 EXO, the industry’s first direct-to-cloud, drop-and-go area gas monitor with an unprecedented battery life of over 100 days. G7 EXO, designed to withstand the harshest of conditions, addresses the challenges of
i-Tech 7 and Shell Enter Collaborative Technology Agreement to Accelerate Subsea Digitalization
February 20, 2020
i-Tech 7, Subsea 7’s Life of Field business unit, and Shell International Exploration & Production, Inc, have entered into a collaborative technology agreement to accelerate subsea digitalization, initially for a period of five years from the fourth quarter of 2019.
Aker BP and Cognite to Explore Robotics in Offshore Oil and Gas Operations
February 17, 2020
Norway-based oil exploration and development company Aker BP has entered into a partnership with global industrial artificial intelligence (AI) software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm Cognite to explore the potential of robotics in the offshore oil and gas industry. Under the strategic partnership,
Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Schlumberger Introduce Egypt Upstream Gateway
February 13, 2020
The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Schlumberger introduce the Egypt Upstream Gateway, a unique and innovative national project for digitizing subsurface information and delivering a digital subsurface platform to ensure Egypt’s subsurface data is kept evergreen. The Egypt Upstream Gateway
BJ Services Develops Natural Gas-fired Turbine for Frac Crews
February 6, 2020
Tomball oilfield service company BJ Services has developed a new turbine that can use natural gas from a drilling site to provide power to hydraulic fracturing crews. BJ Services said Tuesday that its natural gas-fired Titan turbine is being field
Bakken Producer Turns to Cold Bore SmartPAD to Digitize Completion Operations
January 28, 2020
Cold Bore Technology, a provider of fracking completion optimization technology, announced that one of the largest oil producers in North Dakota’s Bakken Formation has integrated the company’s proprietary SmartPAD technology. The SmartPAD platform allows for ultra high-resolution operations data to
Cryopeak Develops Super B-Train LNG Hauling Trailer for Canada
January 27, 2020
Cryopeak LNG Solutions Corporation, based in Richmond BC, said it has developed the first-ever “Super B-train” liquefied natural gas (LNG) hauling trailer to optimize small-scale LNG transportation in Canada. The trailer is designed to be interoperable across Canada and is
Orica Launches Underground Blast Design Software to Boost Productivity, Reduce Costs
January 27, 2020
Melbourne, Australia: Orica, the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial explosives and innovative blasting systems, today announced the release of its new blast design and modelling software for underground mining applications, SHOTPlus™ Underground. Since its original launch, SHOTPlus™ has grown to
Evolution Well Services Enters Agreement to Provide Electric Hydraulic Fracturing Services
January 24, 2020
Evolution Well Services (EWS) has executed a 24-month agreement to provide dedicated electric hydraulic fracturing services for a leading onshore oil and gas producer to begin in the first quarter of 2020. “Our clients are facing increasing pressure to perform
Graco Launches Compact Dyna-Star Automatic Lubrication System
January 17, 2020
Graco Inc. has launched its Compact Dyna-Star® (CDS) automatic lubrication system. Designed specifically for heavy-duty earth-moving machines in extreme work environments, the Compact Dyna-Star automatic lubrication system offers the power and performance needed for the toughest users and markets. It
