Inspection/maintenance
SPE's new Asset Integrity Technical Section brings together industry experts to advance best practices in reliability engineering, asset integrity, risk reduction, and infrastructure performance. The global community will focus on the safe, reliable, and sustainable operation of energy assets across both traditional and emerging energy sectors.
The latest edition of ISO 20815 extends the petroleum industry's production assurance and reliability management framework to carbon capture, hydrogen, ammonia, and wind assets.
Shell has demonstrated drone-in-a-box operations from its Mars floating production unit, becoming the first operator in the region to secure FAA approval for self-approved offshore beyond-visual-line-of-sight flights. JPT Senior Technology Editor Jennifer Pallanich visited Shell Technology Center Houston to see the system in action.
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In this exclusive Q&A, Giovanni Cristofoli, senior vice president of bp Solutions, shares insights into how his team is redefining operational strategies and fostering agility to bridge competitive gaps and enhance efficiency. Highlights include the integration of digital tools, data science, and a unified approach to tackling complex problems. -
The traditional method of inspecting tanks puts workers in danger. Using robots instead can keep workers out of harm’s way.
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This paper presents an automated underwater robot and a nondestructive testing eddy-current probe for alternating-current field measurement analysis of jacket main welds.
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Geo Oceans has achieved class sign off for the world’s first entirely robotic FPSO cargo oil tank special survey.
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The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) recently conducted an inspection at the South Fork Wind project, the bureau’s first inspection of an operational offshore wind turbine in US waters.
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Using autonomous systems creates efficiencies, but, even more critically, it also allows engineers to be engineers.
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The Saudi Arabian major is finding new ways of using drones to help improve the safety, efficiency, and environmental performance of its operations.
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The partnership aims to use artificial intelligence and advanced robotics to accelerate the adoption of technologies for predictive maintenance.
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The long, successful history of various metallurgies in EOR wells has been cited as sufficient to allow the same completions for CCS injection wells. The lack of actual data on the long-term performance of these alloys in EOR wells in combination with the more-stringent requirements for Class VI wells suggests otherwise.
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Specialty forgers manufacture custom, seamless rolled rings in a variety of materials and finishes in as little as 8 weeks.
