Eserv Digitizes Neptune's Offshore Platforms
own this year due to travel and logistical restrictions, we have been advancing advocates of using 3D data to revolutionize the offshore maintenance and asset integrity space for a number of years now."Worth noting, back in 2018, the Neptune operated Cygnus platform became the first offshore oil and gas unit available for "visit" via Google Street View, allowing users to tour the platform, learn more about it via explanatory notes and watch offshore workers talk about offshore life.Based in the southern North Sea, approximately 150km off the Lincolnshire coast, the Cygnus field has been
SGS Fishing for Marine Acquisition as Growth Slows
tests to anticorruption certification and vehicle inspections, wants to move into marine services, which Kirk said was a $300-$400 million business for most of its competitors. Because of the technology involved, SGS would not be able to start a marine business from scratch, unlike its home-grown oil and gas unit, he said. "In the marine business, I think I'm going to have to buy something. I don't know what. We look on an absolutely daily basis," Kirk said, adding that he had already looked at two or three potential targets. Last year, SGS said it would not be able to meet ambitious
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