In his keynote address to delegates at ENGenious Online (22-24 September), CEO of C3.ai, author of Digital Transformation: Survive and Thrive in an Era of Mass Extinction, and Silicon Valley businessman, Tom Siebel, urged business leaders to “drive not delegate the digital transformation.”   

Weatherford International plc announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Safe Influx, the world’s only provider of Automated Well Control technology.

CGG has announced a Q4 delivery of the fast-track results from its recently acquired 3D multi-client seismic survey of the Gippsland Basin in South East Australia.

Cryopeak LNG Solutions Corporation ("Cryopeak"), a Richmond BC based portfolio company of BP Energy Partners, LLC, and Sumitomo Corporation ("Sumitomo") announces a signed Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop an LNG bunker- fuels supply chain in North America's Pacific Northwest ports, such as Vancouver, Fraser River Port, Roberts Bank and Prince Rupert, Canada.

Aker Solutions has signed an engineering, procurement, construction and integration (EPCI) contract for the integration of a high-voltage electrical boiler package as part of the electrification of Lundin Energy Norway's Edvard Grieg platform.

Strathclyde University has endorsed a methodology developed by NSRI (National Subsea Research Institute) to accelerate the commercialization of technology in support of the green recovery.

Ocean Infinity, a world-leading marine robotics company, has successfully completed its recent project for ExxonMobil, within the Stabroek block offshore Guyana.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) rolled out its BSEE!Safe initiative in May 2019, becoming the first regulator in the world to use a text messaging system to provide critical safety information directly to offshore workers.

Vallourec, a world leader in premium tubular solutions, is working with FORSSEA Robotics, a startup specializing in smart robotics and visual positioning, and iXblue, a company recognized for its expertise in inertial navigation, subsea positioning and autonomous technologies – to develop a pipeline inspection solution combining subsea drones and the use of visual markers, removing the need for surface vessels.

BuTech, a leading manufacturer of high-pressure valves, has tested and qualified its subsea ball valves in accordance with the highest safety and performance standards in subsea specifications.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has announced they will advance new research into whether certain policy changes could help increase oil and gas production from deepwater infrastructure already in place in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM).

International energy consultancy Xodus Group has delivered a review into tariffs for a landmark Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) project in the Netherlands.   

CGG announces the completion of the first phase of its multi-year program to deliver the largest OBN multi-client survey ever acquired in the UK Central North Sea (CNS) and immediate commencement of the second acquisition phase.

Interventek Subsea Engineering has joined forces with Baker Hughes, to bring a suite of high-performance subsea well completion and intervention systems to market.  
 

Norway’s Pipeotech has signaled its intention to rewrite the rulebook within the pipe sealing segment by offering a 10-year gas-tight guarantee as standard on its innovative DeltaV-Seal.

Eni (as the Operator of the Block) and bp (as contractor member) announce a new gas discovery in the so-called "Great Nooros Area", located in the Abu Madi West Development Lease, in the conventional waters of the Nile Delta, offshore Egypt.