As automation continues to expand into diverse industrial sectors, the demand for multi-channel fiber optic cable is following suit. However, there is an increasing need for high-count, high-bandwidth fiber, capable of delivering the ever-increasing amount of data required in a single cable. This requirement is often most pressing in locations where space limitations simply won’t permit installation of extensive runs of low-count fiber, such as offshore platforms.

On September 16, Equinor and its partners started production from the Utgard gas and condensate field, spanning the Norwegian-UK border in the North Sea. The project is delivered without any personal injuries, ahead of schedule and 25% below the cost estimate.

McDermott International, Inc. announces that its joint venture Qingdao McDermott Wuchuan Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd (QMW) in Qingdao, China, has been awarded a large* contract to provide three complex modules for the Arctic LNG 2 Project in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region in Russia.

Lower oil prices will push the global service market into a recession in 2020 after three successive years of growth, according to Rystad Energy.

High-Temperature LVDT Position Sensors from New Tek Sensor Solutions perform in applications with extreme temperature environments where other position sensing technologies such as encoders, magnetostrictive sensors and potentiometers cannot survive.

Despite the age of big data, 71% of organizations still rely on a single data source to analyze asset performance and risk management – instead of drawing information from multiple sources for a more comprehensive view, reveals a report released by Lloyd’s Register at Gastech.

At the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Canada, September 30 till October 2, Clariant Oil Services will unveil its new WAXTREAT SubZero Pour Point Depressant (PPD) technology. This novel innovation will help oil production companies, especially operating in cold climate regions, overcome the challenges associated with the transportation of waxy crude oils and the mitigation of wax deposition.

ExxonMobil says it has made an oil discovery on the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana at the Tripletail-1 well in the Turbot area. The discovery adds to the previously announced estimated recoverable resource of more than 6 billion oil-equivalent barrels on the Stabroek Block.

Leading underwater inspection provider, Welaptega, has used its pioneering optical chain measurement system (CMS), complete with new automated edge tracking software, to execute a mooring inspection campaign for BP offshore Angola in very challenging subsea conditions.

Talos Energy Inc. has announced that it has entered into two separate agreements with BP plc ("BP") and Exxon Mobil Corporation ("ExxonMobil") related to new exploration opportunities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The Company will work with BP to drill and evaluate the Puma West prospect ("Puma West"), located in Talos-owned Green Canyon Block 821, in the fourth quarter of 2019. Additionally, Talos has acquired from ExxonMobil the Hershey prospect ("Hershey"), located on Green Canyon Blocks 326, 327, 370 and 371.

Equinor and its partners AkerBP and Wellesley Petroleum have found gas in the Ørn exploration well south-west of the Marulk field in the Norwegian Sea. Recoverable resources are estimated at 8–14 million standard cubic meters of oil equivalent, corresponding to 50–88 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe).

The inaugural Australia Offshore Well Intervention Conference is launching into Perth on 27^th & 28^th November with discussions from key representatives at Woodside Energy, ConocoPhillips, Sapura Energy and TIOS.

Equinor announces the sanction of a waterflood project in the St. Malo field in the US Gulf of Mexico.

Emerson, a global engineering and technology company, announced its entire exploration and production (E&P) software suite is now available on the cloud, enabling oil and gas companies to securely take advantage of digital technologies to better model and optimize production in new and established reservoirs.

Investment in deepwater exploration and development is on the rise.

Talos Energy Inc. announced that it has received a two-year contract term extension as well as regulatory approvals for additional exploration activities on Block 7, located in the offshore portion of Mexico's prolific Sureste Basin. Talos is the operator of Block 7 in a consortium (the "Consortium") with its partners Sierra Oil & Gas, a Wintershall DEA company, and Premier Oil plc.