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Technology uptake aimed at optimizing resources, delivering consistency, and augmenting what humans can do.

Over the past 75 years, drillers have gone from the Stone Age to the Space Age when it comes to technological improvements in well construction methods. Yesterday’s crude wood and iron drilling techniques have given way to today’s video game-inspired controls and robotic assistance—much of which migrated from offshore applications. These advancements have driven costs…

Transition requires action, not perfect technology, but challenges remain around scalability, cost, and revenues.

The two companies have agreed to team up so their most-valued drilling-automation programs can be used together easily. The relationship has shined a bright light on drilling automation.

After a lot of talk of the transition, BP and Total are making bids to become major wind energy producers in the UK. Meanwhile, NOV said the offshore wind sector is becoming a big business for it too.

The first offshore wind turbine installation vessel in the US is one of the largest of its kind in the world.

Electrically powered completions equipment takes another step toward greater sector adoption with the announcement of this new agreement.

A lot about the blowout preventers used for offshore drilling has changed since Macondo in 2010, but the essentials remain. This evolution serves as a case study on why some oilfield technology is hard to change.

The bow tie concept of safety was on display at a recent live podcast presented by SPE, where representatives from Equinor, NOV, SOS International, and the Energy Institute discussed efforts to keep offshore workers safe during the current pandemic.

The best way to know how drilling affects drill bits is to visualize the bits. A device that creates high-resolution images for precise measurements is one of three technologies being featured in a JPT series on drilling measurement innovations.