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The attraction of magnetic bearings for end users

Michael K Swann looks at a solution that turns most aspects of magnetic bearing commissioning and machine troubleshooting over to...

Selecting the right steel rope is crucial for success

Günther H Gfrerrer provides fundamental information on the use of special steel wire ropes in multi-layer winding configurations

Smart wireless transmitters monitor storage tanks

Self-organising wireless network reduces installation costs and enables online monitoring of vapour pressure and levels in tanks
 
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Production/Processing

Lifting of heavy cargoes

The BigLift fleet comprises nine heavy lift vessels equipped with their own heavy lift gear

World's energy leaders gather for ONS 2010

The oil and gas industry continues to deploy new technologies in order to reach more challenging reserves, improve reservoir recovery and achieve environmentally friendly production

The attraction of magnetic bearings for end users

Michael K Swann looks at a solution that turns most aspects of magnetic bearing commissioning and machine troubleshooting over to the OEM and end-user

Safety

IECEx Certification of Personnel Competency

New IECEx Scheme for Certification of Personnel Competency is off the ground

Lighting solution for extreme conditions

Torches remain charged and ready, they light up automatically in case of a blackout in hazardous working environments, such as the oil and gas sector.

BP's 'top kill' tricky but doable; odds seen as even

BP says it has 30,000 hydraulic horsepower of pumping capacity at its disposal

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Exploration / Drilling

Single point mooring buoy monitoring

Sandy Thomas reports on the installation and commissioning of a single point mooring buoy for Khalifa Point in Pakistan

Energising the future

Generation of electricity by harnessing offshore wind power has developed rapidly over the last few years.

Protecting your assets

H W Lee and R Miles examine options to keep the assets of oil operators fully functional and in a safe working order

 

Instrumentation

Entry-level machine vision kit enables users to get started in 30 minutes

Scorpion Vision is offering a starter kit based on the company's software and including a Unibrain Fire-I camera module, lens, PC board and technical support

LIMS play a key role in major Russian oil and LNG recovery project

The decision to standardise on one laboratory information solution (LIMS) is helping Sakhalin Energy to improve both production and transportation at its Sakhalin II oil and LNG recovery project in Russia's Far East. Sean Ottewell reports

Infrared temperature sensor is the smallest on the market

Raytek say that its MI3 infrared temperature measurement sensor is the smallest fully functional, standalone infrared temperature sensor on the market today

Communications

Fibre optic short link transmitter/receiver suits high-power applications

Avago Technologies' new HFBR-3810Z fibre optic short link transmitter/receiver isolates low-voltage control logic or microprocessors from high-voltage circuits

Novel communications technology passes data though steel hulls

BAE Systems has developed a through-hull data link system that enables data to be transferred through a submarine's steel hull with no need to drill holes

Fibre optic short link transmitter/receiver suits high-power applications

Avago Technologies' new HFBR-3810Z fibre optic short link transmitter/receiver isolates low-voltage control logic or microprocessors from high-voltage circuits

Environment

Skimmer boats to aid Gulf of Mexico oil spill response

Four 35-foot and three 21-foot vessels transported from Nantes in France to New Orleans

Low-sulphur fuel legislation reduce emissions

Shipping operators are turning to diesel engines equipped with electronic fuel management systems fitted with volumeter technology

Coal bed methane production: success depends on location

While coal bed methane has a promising future in the Far East, things look far less certain in other locations. Sean Ottewell reports

 
 
 

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