Article Archive

Article archive

Independent selection and test of corrosion inhibitors

Integrity management has become a vital aspect of all oil and gas facilities design and operation. Dr Tim Illson explains

Recycling drilling process by-products

Fossil fuel prices may still be low but, as Sean Ottewell reports, demand remains strong for solutions that deal safely and economically with the by-products of oil and gas production

Oil characterisation is key to preventing hydrate formation

Research carried out in Norway promises to bring new solutions to the problem of dealing with hydrate formation in pipelines. Sean Ottewell reports

Stand and deliver: the role of front-line fire monitors

While fire monitors spend the vast majority of their lives motionless and inert, when the call to action comes, their effectiveness can easily be all that stands between recovery and disaster. Far from being ancillary equipment, they are a 'front line' firefighting resource in volatile high-hazard environments. Peter Kristenson explains

Pre-lay mooring systems

IOS Offshore has supplied 10 pre-lay mooring systems to oil companies operating offshore Norway and working in water depths from 300 to 1300 metres

Pipeline inspection: quantitative wall thickness measurement for gas pipelines

Ultrasonic tools used for metal loss inspection and wall thickness measurement up to now make use of piezo-electric transducers

Peristaltic hose pump delivers a maximum continuous flow rate of 3180 l/hr

The Dura 35 delivers a maximum continuous flow rate of 3180 l/hr or 840 GPH at pressures up to 16Bar or 230PSI

The importance of optimal tubular alignment in the wellbore

Centek centralisers are manufactured from a single piece of heat-treated steel and despite being fully compressed during passage through the casings

Pigging and SPL development

Benefit of pigging must be precisely evaluated during the early stage of SPL development.

Flexible ceramic heat shield material is a 'first'

Zircotec says its innovative Zircoflex product offers low-cost thermal protection of components in automotive engine compartments

Data management software gains additional features

NI Diadem 11.1, a new release of National Instruments' software for managing, analysing, visualising and reporting test data, is now more powerful

Industrial power supply features fieldbus connection

B and R's new power supply enables operating data to be read and output voltage to be configured via an industrial fieldbus

Quick-clamping shaft collars need no tools

Ruland's latest quick-release shaft clamping collars suit a wide range of applications where adjustments need to be made quickly and easily

Micro wash-down nozzles are gentle yet effective

Lee Products is introducing miniature wash-down nozzles for use on cuvettes, test tubes, 96 well plates and similar laboratory receptacles

CompactPCI processor board with enhanced storage

New from Kontron is the CP307-RS CompactPCI processor board with enhanced Serial ATA capabilities for improved storage, faster transmission and data safety

Industrial displays benefit from wider viewing angles

Two new displays from Hitachi offer wide viewing angles, excellent contrast and a high-brightness, dimmable LED backlight

Analogue brushless DC motor controls suit high-reliability applications

Two new motor controls from LCR Electronics feature a potentiometer for speed command, a toggle switch for direction and a tact switch for fault reset

Energy harvesting platform with wireless microcontroller

Harvests thermal, solar, radio frequency and vibrational energy to power wireless sensor networks based on the IEEE802.15.4 standard

Embedded code management adds multimedia support

Software Configuration Management (SCM) tools from Perforce Software allow developers to manage, revise and debug multimedia, video and audio content in the same environment as embedded code and design tools

Intrinsically-safe and explosion-proof humidity/temperature transmitter

Transmitter takes accurate measurements in the harshest of environments; offered with 4 to 20 mA outputs

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