Field Technologies News

  1. Air Casters Ease Move Of Towering Oil Well Drill Rigs 7/13/2009
    Technology is changing the face of one of the world’s most critically important industries. Long the stuff of movie drama, the petroleum industry has moved miles beyond those outdated images of geysers of crude oil gushing from the earth to drench roustabouts trying to contain its erupting “liquid gold.” Around the world some of that move into the future has been made on a cushion of air
  2. GE Energy Facility Receives OSHA Award For Excellence In Safety 7/1/2009
    GE Energy announced recently that its production facility in Slater, Mo., has received an award from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) honoring the Slater facility for its outstanding commitment to employee protection.
  3. Schilling Robotics Awarded Contract For New Deep Sea Drilling And Coring System 6/23/2009
    Schilling Robotics, LLC, experts in subsea control systems, announced recently that it has been awarded a contract for a new seafloor-based deep sea drill system from Gregg Drilling and Testing, Inc., experts in drilling and geotechnical testing services. Schilling will engineer and manufacture the state-of-the-art coring and drilling system containing custom power, hydraulics, and topside control systems to be interfaced with a third-party drill structure
  4. New Hyper-Duplex Material Provides Increased Strength And Corrosion Resistance For Wirelines 6/23/2009
    Offering longer operational life in some of the most demanding offshore locations throughout the world, the new range of hyper-duplex wirelines from Sandvik is designed for efficient use in extreme chloride containing environments
  5. Registration Now Open For 2009 Valve And Pump Market Outlook Workshop 6/19/2009
    The Hydraulic Institute (HI) announced that registration is now open for the 2009 Market Outlook Workshop. Organized by the Valve Manufacturers Association, the Workshop is focused on key valve and pump industry markets.
  6. Orleans Energy Announces Start-Up Of Strategic Kaybob Pipeline 5/22/2009
    Orleans Energy Ltd. is pleased to announce the recent commissioning of its new, wholly-owned Kaybob pipeline infrastructure, connecting its Kaybob 10-22-60-19W5M Compression Facility site to the Kaybob South #3 Gas Plant located at 3-15-59-18W5M ("K3 Gas Plant")
  7. Siemens Introduces New Second Pass Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment System For High Quality Water In Offshore Applications 5/5/2009
    Siemens Water Technologies announces a new second pass reverse osmosis (RO) water treatment system to the offshore oil and gas industry. The new system can be used on offshore platforms and drilling rigs to generate high quality water on-board — water normally transported to the platform.
  8. GE Energy, NTC Expand Relationship In China, Signing Licensing Agreement For Industrial Steam Turbines 4/27/2009
    Further expanding its technology presence in China, GE Energy recently announced that it has signed a technology licensing agreement with Nanjing Turbine & Electric Machinery Group (NTC).
  9. DuPont Introduces Innovative Nomex On Demand To Better Protect Firefighters 3/20/2009
    DuPont recently announced the latest offering in advanced fibers with DuPont Nomex On Demand, a new patented smart-fiber technology that gives firefighters up to 20 percent more thermal performance when they encounter emergency conditions.
  10. EB Delivers Two New Deepwater Pipeline Ploughs 3/18/2009
    Engineering Business (EB) have successfully left EB’s Hadrian Riverside workshops on Tyneside en route for extensive offshore commissioning and installation on the owner’s vessels