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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.

The entrepreneurial ecosystem and the oil and gas industry are not a perfect match, but the industry has made strides in recent years to attract the startups developing innovative technologies that could usher it into a new era. How are companies bridging the gap?

A comeback in offshore and international exploration and production is making up for the North American slowdown, but it is a difficult transition.