Testing & Inspection News
| Norway >> 11/3/2022 - The world’s first resident subsea contract has been awarded to Modus by Equinor Energy for the autonomous deployment of a Saab Sabertooth underwater robot, which will remain docked on the seabed betwe... |
| China >> 3/25/2022 - The technology group Wärtsilä will provide technical support via a long-term service agreement for its broad scope of solutions installed on Brittany Ferries’ latest RoPax vessel, the ‘Salamanca’. The... |
| United States >> 11/10/2021 - Argeo AS will start preparation in November for work on a customer project in the Americas scheduled to commence in December 2021. The project is expected to extend well into Q1-2022 with possibility ... |
| United Kingdom >> 10/7/2020 - For superyacht owners, eyes beneath the waves, provided by intelligent underwater robotic vehicles, is a valuable resource. ... |
| South Korea >> 9/10/2020 - HHI granted Approval in Principle by LR to provide structural health management of independent gas containment tanks using digital twin technology. ... |
| Nigeria >> 2/4/2019 - During a recent visit to Nigeria, Phil Stone visited the Port Harcourt premises of Standard Testing and Inspection Services (STIS) and met with their MD, Nsidibe Alexander, and COO, Ime Ikono. This fo... |
| Australia >> 11/2/2018 - Halfwave, which has developed innovative and cost-effective in-line inspection technology for the oil and gas pipelines, has been awarded two new inspections by Woodside in Australia. ... |
| Chile >> 4/25/2017 - After the 6.9 Richter earthquake that affected the Region of Valparaiso at 6:38 p.m. and caused the interruption in the electricity supply, Aconcagua Refinery proceeded to a thorough inspection and te... |
| United Kingdom >> 1/20/2016 - Intertek, a leading global quality solutions provider, is now offering aerosol products flammability testing to European and UK standards. The potential fire and explosion hazard created by the more t... |
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United Arab Emirates >> 11/5/2015 - American Society for Quality (ASQ) MENA Regional Quality Conference, organised by MCI, kicks off on Wednesday at The Ritz Carlton, Dubai, UAE. MCI Middle East and ASQ joined hands together to bring qu... |
| Finland >> 11/12/2013 - Wartsila, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has successfully conducted full scale testing on gas of its low-speed 2-stroke dual-fuel engine and is now introducing a full n... |
| United Kingdom >> 8/2/2011 - Leading international oilfield Services Company Expro announced a comprehensive service to provide subsea operators with a firsthand view of some of their most critical underwater assets. The service ... |
| Norway >> 4/10/2011 - Statoil has launched an investigation into the gas leak that occurred at Visund on April 9. The leak occurred in a riser carrying oil and gas from well A21 to the platform. ... |
| Uganda >> 7/28/2010 - Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that the Ngiri-2 appraisal well, which is located in the Butiaba region of Uganda Block 1, has encountered over 40 metres of net oil bearing reservoir in two zones wi... |
| Cameroon >> 8/26/2008 - Bowleven announced that it has completed a successful initial drill stem test (DST) on the IF-1r discovery. The initial test perforated 56 feet of formation with the previously identified 200 feet oil... |
| Papua-New Guinea >> 8/25/2008 - InterOil Corporation advised that acid stimulation at the Elk-4 well has resulted in a significant increase in its test gas flow rate. The well was tested at 86 million standard cubic feet (mmscf) per... |
| Tunisia >> 4/24/2008 - Exploration Well Teboursouk 1 (“TEB1”): The drill stem test (“DST”) carried out on three fractured zones inside the Carbonate Complex Formation between 976m and 1,002m depth confirmed the presence of ... |
| Gabon >> 3/14/2008 - The Onal-901 development well, to the south of the reservoir, has shown oil output at a much higher level than has been indicated in the wells tested hitherto. The roof of the Base Sandstone reservoir... |
| Tunisia >> 1/9/2008 - Circle Oil announced that testing and analysis of the Zita-1 exploration well in the Ras Marmour permit in Tunisia (23% working interest) has been completed. The testing of the dolomitic Zebbag format... |
| Nigeria >> 12/31/2007 - Hardy announced the completion of a successful well test on its Oza field in Nigeria. The well test comprised the running of multi rate tests, a gradient survey, and collecting PVT samples. The flow r... |
