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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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OCTIO Group, a subsidiary of GC Rieber Shipping, completed last week a successful test of its new Permanent Reservoir Monitoring system offshore Haugesund, on the west coast of Norway. The test marks a transition to commercial service and operation. OCTIO's Reservoir Monitoring System will offer the best available permanent monitoring system in the market today. Full text
GE Oil & Gas, a world leading company in oil and gas equipment and services, has further expanded its subsea portfolio capabilities with today’s official opening of the new GE Oil & Gas, Drilling and Production business ‘Subsea Monitoring and Remote Technology Center’ (or SmartCenter) in Nailsea, near Bristol in the UK. Full text
Neptune Marine Services Ltd (ASX: NMS) today announced that its patented NEPSYS® dry underwater welding technology has been qualified to -70msw (-230fsw) following a program of research and development testing conducted recently at the National Hyperbaric Centre in Aberdeen, Scotland. Full text
Kongsberg Maritime has developed a new system for measuring sea current speed and direction at given points on a drilling riser, which can be integrated with its sophisticated High Precision Acoustic Positioning and underwater navigation system, HiPAP. Full text
Knowledge Reservoir, a leading geosciences and engineering consulting company, today announced several new initiatives in the area of Improved Oil Recovery (IOR). Knowledge Reservoir is expanding its presence and activity in Latin America by commencing its third field optimization project in Peru. Full text
Meeting the world’s growing energy needs while managing the risks of climate change will require the development of all viable sources of energy and policies that support business investment and technology development, Rex Tillerson, chairman and chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil Corporation, said today. Full text
Sigma Offshore has expanded into the United States and Norway following the launch of its pioneering mooring system for oil and gas production vessels. Full text
Leading flexible pipe specialist flexlife has completed more than £1million of work in the North Sea for a number of operators using its breakthrough patented scanning technology. Recent work completed included scanning a number of risers on the Balmoral platform acquired by Premier Oil from Oilexco. Full text
Subsea 7 has announced that following a 3 year development, testing and qualification programme, its new subsea hot tap technology - Subsea Grouted Tee (SSGT), has successfully completed offshore trials in the North Sea and further demonstrated the technology's deepwater, diverless potential. Full text
Presens’ new Asterix subsea pT/TT transmitter is designed for working pressure up to 1035 bar/15kpsi and qualified to a test pressure of 1560 bar/22,5kpsi. The pressure measurement has a total error band better than ±0.025%FS and long term stability better than ±0.02%FS per year. Full text