DSDE: In the Industry

A new open innovation studio aims to use crowdsourcing to redefine the future of oil and gas exploration.

To provide condition monitoring and combat fouling, the robot clings and moves along the hull walls. It is controlled via a 4G connection to clean and inspect the walls in line with individual vessel schedules developed through a proprietary algorithm and big data.

After 2 years of testing, Shell is going all in on using high-flying technology to catch methane leaks to reduce its overall emissions to less than 1%.

The oil and gas industry has a new Spindletop, and it’s nowhere near being capped. In this data boom, the industry is up to its neck in petabytes of data, generating thousands of terabytes per day, with the volumes doubling every 12–18 months, and using less than 5% of it for decision making.

The maritime technology company successfully completed a remote deadweight audit for a semisubmersible oil and gas drilling rig. Believed to be the first of its kind, the remote survey was developed in response to travel and social-distancing restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The engineering simulation firm announced the successful deployment of a complete structural digital twin for Shell’s Bonga floating production, storage, and offloading vessel 120 km southwest of the Niger Delta in Nigeria.

The software solution aims to improve operational efficiency and production from subsurface to processing facilities in four offshore fields.

Weatherford will embed INT’s IVAAP framework into the Weatherford Centro digital well delivery software, advancing its data-visualization capabilities.

The companies say they expect the alliance to provide an integrated, open-architecture software platform designed to maximize asset potential.

The fully remote inspection was conducted with an ROV to increase worker safety and security and reduce environmental exposure on an offshore platform.