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Tyrone Jeffers joined SPX Flow as VP, global manufacturing and supply chain. He was also appointed as an officer of the company and will be a member of the executive leadership team reporting directly to President and CEO Marc Michael. He will succeed David Kowalski, president, global manufacturing operations, who plans to retire in the second half of 2018. Jeffers jo…

Oceaneering's self-contained, battery-powered (cage-mounted 100-kW battery pack) remotely operated vehicle (E-ROV) system performs common ROV tasks including inspection, valve operation, torque tool operation, and manipulator-related activities. The system interfaces with the company's onshore Mission Support Center via a 4G mobile broadband signal transmitted from a …

The 50th edition of the Offshore Technology Conference kicked off with a distinguished panel representing operators and service companies evaluating the contributions of the past half century.

SUEZ’s Water Technologies & Solutions' newly formulated ProSolv HS scavenges H2S levels to customer target KPIs without phase separation upsets that affect water quality or salt in condensate. The non-nitrogen-based chemistry is safer to deploy compared to nitrogen-containing scavengers which adversely impact refining processes with the formation of salts and costly c…

Stress Engineering Services' new NeoSight platform leverages and supplements new or existing digitalization efforts, integrating directly with existing business systems in real time or near real time. This reduces the time to action from days, or months, to minutes. A physics-based digital twin model is built into each NeoSight tool, which accurately simulates asset r…

Kreuz Subsea mobilized the Kreuz Challenger, a diving support vessel, as part of its 7-year contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum Company. The contract runs until 2022 and includes inspection, repair, and maintenance services to be carried out on offshore oil and gas structures.

Total is expanding its development and use of artificial intelligence to bolster its exploration work, collaborating with Google Cloud—which is stepping up its presence in the oil and gas industry.

Chandler Engineering has expanded its Model 6500 Friction Flow Loop line with the addition of the Model 6500-M Mini Loop, a patent-pending benchtop unit designed to measure the friction pressure created by different slickwater fracturing fluids. It determines the effects of friction reducers on fracturing fluids over a wide range of pressures, flow rate conditions, an…

Wood has developed new camera technology that can stream video and store data from remote work locations including offshore, in partnership with Canadian technology company Librestream Technologies. The Onsight Cube is a rugged camera that can be worn on a helmet, chest mount, or a monopod to access high or difficult-to-reach areas, and connects wirelessly via Bluetoo…

MEG Energy, a Calgary-based oilsands operator, reported that after 19 years, Bill McCaffrey will be retiring from his role as president and CEO as well as from the board of directors following the company's annual general meeting on 31 May. Harvey Doerr, a member of the company's board of directors, will act as interim CEO during the search process for a permanent rep…

Oildex, a provider of financial automation solutions for the oil and gas industry, announced the availability of its Supply Chain Finance Program through its OpenInvoice automated payables platform. OpenInvoice Supply Chain Finance is enabled through Cass Information Systems, a strategic partner of Oildex. Cass will pay suppliers quickly, less a competitive early pay …

British Columbia is seeking to enhance its regulatory spill response regime across the province by way of a phased approach. Phase 2 is currently under way, and comments on this process are due by the end of April 2018.