Dualstream II wet gas flowmeters from Solartron ISA are providing accurate allocation of production from the three wells in Mariner Energy's King Kong and Yosemite fields. Use of the wet gas meters negates the need for a test separator and avoids the associated loss of production during test. In a move that is being welcomed by the oil and gas industry, a new extension to the existing CIP protocol will allow both standard and safety devices to operate on the same network for the first time. It will also allow safety devices to seamlessly communicate across other CIP-based standard networks, such as DeviceNet, ControlNet and EtherNet/IP, to other safety devices with no additional programming. Dennis C Williams examines the growing interest in remote monitoring and control solutions using small satellite terminals that not only collect data but analyse and process it at source and communicate exception and trend information. The oil and gas industry's ongoing requirements for remote transmission of data are helping to drive developments in telemetry technology. Here IOGE looks at the two latest offerings - one aimed at cost-effective small point counts, the other at seismic data acquisition. As prices continue to fall, telemetry technology is finding ever more uses within the oil and gas industry. The latest developments allow high-quality acoustic reservoir data retrieval, access to real-time data from remote locations, and gas compressor control via the internet. Real-time information access for exploration and production workers promises reduced costs and increased performance. Aberdeen-based Copipe Systems Limited, part of the PSL Group, reports two successful projects for its subsea pigging unit (SPU). Speaking at the National Minority Supplier Development Council at the Conference and Business Opportunity Fair in New Orleans in November, Chevron chairman and ceo David J O'Reilly gave his thoughts on how the internet will influence his company's abilities to provide the energy the world needs. This is an edited version of his speech. Every industry has employees using paper-based logs sheets for data logging, control, monitoring and inspection. prev