Smedley Named President, COO at Deepsea Technologies Inc.
The Houston-based firm engineers and manufactures a wide range of subsea products and equipment used in the offshore oil and gas industry.Smedley will oversee DTI's Houston operations, including WW Industries and P&M Blasting and Coating.Smedley's career spans over 34 years in the upstream oil and gas industry. He has an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M university and an MBA from Southern Methodist University. He brings to DTI us considerable expertise in engineering, product management, sales, business development and executive management
Emerson, IPRES Enter Software Partnership
Emerson Automation Solutions has announced a business collaboration with IPRES (Integrated Petroleum Resource and Economic Service), an international company based in Norway that provides advanced software tools and services to the upstream oil and gas industry. Under the terms of the agreement, Emerson will sell IPRES’s flagship solutions IPRISK and IPRESOURCE to its existing and prospective customer base. Both solutions are complementary to Emerson’s Roxar reservoir management software portfolio and will provide operators with tools for economic risk analysis, predictive project
DNV GL Calls for Technology Qualification Standards
technology development and implementation in the field: 1) Establish common industry principles, and consolidate a common framework for system qualification founded on existing industry procedures; 2) Develop a methodology to standardize system qualification for common use across the upstream oil and gas industry and 3) Pilot and demonstrate the developed methodology and roll-out a Recommended Practice. “The subsea industry needs to overcome key challenges such as cost reductions, enabling increased recovery, and complex field developments. At the same time, the future trend still
New Sales Manager for Contraflex
Gloucestershire-based Advanced Insulation, a manufacturer of specialist passive fire protection and thermal insulation for the upstream oil and gas industry, has appointed Richard Lane as Sales Manager for its Covertherm business unit. Lane's UK-based role makes him responsible for the sales and development of Advanced Insulation’s ContraFlex range of bespoke insulation and passive fire protection jackets, which are used to provide high-performance thermal insulation and protection from jet and/or hydrocarbon fire to equipment requiring frequent maintenance access. Established in 2009
Kongsberg, KBC Enter Upstream Partnership
will be supported by the industry at large and sees that the new investments KBC has made to integrate with reservoir and production technology over time are vital in changing industry dynamics. “The relationship between Kongsberg and KBC will ensure more open collaboration in the upstream oil and gas industry where KBC recognizes that Kongsberg’s existing Lifecycle Simulation approach creates a strong base from which to deliver more complete solutions,” commented Andrew Howell, KBC’s Managing Director of Technology. “Both companies bring significant consulting capability
Tendeka to Present at Next SPE Event
range of equipment and techniques in the oil and gas industry and is set to be the focus at Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section evening meeting later this month. Annabel Green, product line director at Tendeka, the provider of completions systems and services to the upstream oil and gas industry, is to discuss the developments in recent years and why technology in this field must keep up with the advancing pace of the subsea and drilling sectors. Green said, “Subsea and drilling technologies continue to advance at a rapid rate and it is crucial that completion technology
DOF Subsea Appoints Angola Country Manager
DOF Subsea, a provider of subsea services to the oil and gas industry, has appointed Colin Ferguson as country manager for Angola. Colin, who started his career as a commercial diver, has more than 20 years’ experience working on large scale engineering projects in the upstream oil and gas industry. He joins DOF Subsea from Superior Energy Services/Hallin Marine Services, where he was country manager for Angola. Colin brings a wealth of experience to DOF Subsea, having worked in many countries in West Africa as well as in South Africa, the Persian Gulf, India and Thailand. His
Norway's AGR Launch Australian Subsea Division
performance, enhanced operability and cost savings. “We have ambitious growth plans for the Asia Pacific market and will continue to develop new business opportunities to meet market demand. About AGR The company delivers well, reservoir and field management services to the upstream oil and gas industry. It operates in all regional main oil hubs around the world. Since 2000, AGR has drilled more than 470 wells in some of the most challenging offshore environments
February 2024
