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EMGS wins patent dispute launched by SchlumbergerElectromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) today reported that the Court of Appeal in London has ruled in favor of EMGS in a patent dispute launched by Schlumberger, where Schlumberger sought to invalidate two of EMGS's basic method patents. Today's decision overturns a ruling by the High Court in London handed down on 19 January 2009. Consequently, the two method patents are confirmed valid in the UK. Full text |
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AnTech Limited, a leading UK design engineering and manufacturing company serving the upstream oil and gas industries, recently announced the addition of a new derivative to its range of Wellhead Outlets that significantly increases its ability to maintain the integrity of today’s hottest wells. Full text
BJ Services Company recently set a world record for cementing the longest solid expandable tubular liner for an operator in the Gulf of Mexico. The 6,935-ft (pre-expansion length) 7 5/8-in. liner was set and successfully cemented with a shoe depth below 20,000 ft (6000 m). BJ used a specially formulated XtremeSet™ cement slurry system to overcome challenges with isolating the deep wellbore section, including bottomhole static temperatures of 368°F (187°C). Full text
Subsea 7, leading subsea engineering and construction company, and their customer, are delighted with their new self-contained underwater umbilical testing system. A new take on pre-function testing, the new self-contained system envisaged by Subsea 7 and engineered by MacArtney, takes testing to the sea bed, making it faster and more convenient to test in situ. Full text
Teledyne Webb Research, a business unit of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) announced today the historic completion of the first transatlantic crossing of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), a Slocum glider manufactured by the company. Full text
TDW Offshore Services AS announced that it has successfully completed an innovative low pressure isolation operation on an export pipeline riser in the North Sea. In 2007, a passing vessel collided with the southeast face of a satellite platform jacket, damaging the 12-inch export riser. Production from the platform was immediately shut-in via the emergency shutdown valves, leaving the pressure in the pipeline at approximately 4 barg. Full text
American Sensor Technologies, Inc. (AST) has released its non-incendive, intrinsically safe and explosion proof pressure transmitter product lines with the option of ¼" NPT female pressure ports made from 316L Stainless Steel. 316L SS meets NACE MR0175 material requirements to prevent sulfide stress cracking from sour gas. This new thread will increase support for on-shore and off-shore markets. Full text
GE Oil & Gas' PII Pipeline Solutions business, in conjunction with Alpharetta, Georgia, U.S., based Colonial Pipeline Company, has launched its new PipeView™ BandGen software tool that extends the capabilities of Environmental Systems Research Institute's (ESRI) popular ARCGIS 9.3 geographical information system, which pipeline operators use for their data management programs. Full text
M-I SWACO has signed an agreement with Rice University to fund a two-year joint research program to investigate the potential uses of nanotechnology in the oilfield and drilling fluids industry. Full text
Aberdeen-based Hydro Group, a global solutions provider of optical and electrical products in the subsea technology industry, has collaborated with an Italian systems design company, to develop a ground-breaking intelligent underwater communication system. Full text
PGS plans to accelerate the roll out of its flagship GeoStreamer technology earlier than originally planned. The successful results of the new streamer have resulted in a decision to convert half of the 3D fleet to GeoStreamer by the end of 2010. Full text