OSIsoft continues with its enterprise agreement (EA) with Shell for the
supply of operational intelligence infrastructure. The EA covers
Shell’s process efficiency, quality improvement, asset health, energy
management, safety and regulatory compliance. An EA licensee also gets
priority access to OSIsoft’s technology transfer services.
P97
Networks (developer of PetroZone) and ZipLine have formed a
strategic partnership to provide ‘bi-lateral certification’ of
interfaces and collaboration on mobile e-commerce deployments to oil
company and retail merchant customers. The partnership leverages the
‘Microsoft retail fuels and marketing reference architecture.’ P97
also announces that Sinclair Oil Co. is to deploy the PetroZone mobile
commerce platform across its 1,400 US gas stations.
Intertek is
providing testing, inspection, and measuring services to support the
new Cravo, Lirio, Orquidea and Violeta fields’ FPSO located in
deep-water Block-17 off northern Angola. Intertek also provided the
flow measurement services for the 36” crude oil fiscal metering system.
Intellicheck
Mobilisa has sold its IM2610 Transportation Worker Identification
Credential (TWIC) Plus readers to a ‘leading US refinery’ located
in California. The web-hosted system provides TWIC card authentication
and a driver’s license reading capability.
Fluor Corp. has received
a $1.3 billion engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction
contract from Fort Hills Energy for the utilities scope of the Fort
Hills oil sands mining project. The project is located about 90
kilometers north of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada. Fluor has booked
the contract for 2014.
In collaboration with OMV Norge, Rock Solid
Images has developed tailored workflows for lithology and fluid
prediction, integrating seismic, well and controlled source
electro-magnetic data with geology. The techniques were used in
pre-drill analyses in the Barents Sea where the OMV-operated Hanssen
well’s fluid type was ‘accurately predicted.’
Hitachi Solutions
Canada has implemented its Microsoft Dynamics AX-based ERP solution at
Strike Energy Services of Calgary. The project included Hitachi’s
‘Build//AX’ solution for the EPC/construction sector.
SK Engineering
& Construction has implemented Intergraph’s SmartPlant Enterprise
solution to optimize its engineering, procurement and construction
(EPC) process systems for project control and execution.
Wood Group
PSN has been awarded a contract by Woodside for engineering,
procurement and construction management (EPCM) services on the Karratha
Gas Plant Life Extension Program, Western Australia. Scope of work
includes modification and refurbishment of all of Woodside’s onshore
and offshore assets.
Aveva and Capgemini have signed a global
alliance agreement for the joint provision of services to
asset-intensive industries including oil and gas. The alliance targets
increased efficiency in construction, revamp and modification projects.
For new-build projects, Aveva’s integrated engineering and design
solution promises rapid project setup, clash-free 3D design and
real-time collaboration across different locations and disciplines.
Enhanced
Oil Resources has signed a letter of intent with Schlumberger whereby
the latter will conduct an in-depth technical evaluation of the
potential redevelopment of the Milnesand and Chaveroo oil fields, New
Mexico. The study is to be performed at Schlumberger’s expense and, if
successful, will likely result in a ‘comprehensive services agreement
to be negotiated by both parties.’
Geospace is to rent out 4,000
stations of its cableless OBX ocean bottom seismic acquisition system
to a ‘major international seismic contractor’ for a 180 day contract
expected to launch in January 2015.
GSE Systems reports Q4 2014
oil and gas industry contract awards totaling over $3.0 million. These
include the supply of the EnVision tutorials and simulators to a new
oil and gas training center in Kazakhstan, an engineering and
operations company in Nigeria and a major oil refiner in Belgium.
Meridium
has expanded its alliance with SAP service provider Vesta Partners to
help customers extend their SAP deployments with Meridium’s asset
performance management solutions.
Statoil has extended its
corporate information management contract with Sharecat, for one more
year, until the end of August 2015. Sharecat will provide Statoil with
SAP Material Codification, Material Maintenance, Data Cleansing and
other work with Material Master. This includes services across multiple
and concurrent projects to collect and classify contractor equipment
and parts information, ensuring quality of information required to
optimize plant operations and maintenance.
Tendeka has entered an
‘exclusive strategic agreement’ with Beijing Wallgate Information
Technology to deliver digital oilfield capabilities to key operators in
China. The agreement will see Tendeka’s leading edge intelligent well
technology installed in multiple wells over a minimum period of two
years.
WellDog Pty. announces that it has been working with Shell
over the past eighteen months to develop a new ‘technical service’ for
locating natural gas and natural gas liquids in shale formations. Shell
is now leading beta trials of the technique.
Weatherford
International has licensed the Ikon Science RokDoc RT suite for use
across its global rig-based real-time pore pressure specialists.
RokDoc RT helps recalibrate the well plan to the actual formation
characteristics and boundaries that have been encountered while
drilling.
Yokogawa has signed a contract with Dell for the global
provision of PC models that are selected and customized for Yokogawa
use. Yokogawa will offer high end systems that combine Dell PCs and
Yokogawa industrial automation system-related products.
FMC Technologies has signed a long term frame agreement with Wintershall Norge for the supply of subsea production systems for its developments offshore Norway. A $280 million call-off under the agreement, covering subsea equipment for the Maria field, has been awarded.
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