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Quest Inspar to Accelerate Development of PipeArmor Robots

Quest Inspar, which invented the robotic application of PipeArmor™ pure polyurea linings to rehabilitate pipelines, announced today that it will accelerate development of its next generation of PipeArmor robots after completing a raise of $4.2 million investment from Five Elms Capital.

4 Dec 2013

PG&E Tests Wirelessly Controlled Twenty-Foot Long Robot to Inspect Gas Transmission Pipelines

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is testing a new wirelessly controlled twenty-foot long robot to inspect its gas transmission pipelines as part of the utility's effort to increase pipeline safety throughout their service area.

17 Oct 2013

GE to Expand Artificial Lift Capabilities with Lufkin Industries Acquisition

GE and Lufkin Industries Inc. announced today a joint agreement whereby GE will acquire Lufkin Industries Inc., a leading provider of artificial lift technologies for the oil and gas industry and a manufacturer of industrial gears, for approximately $3.3 billion. Lufkin shareholders will receive $88.50 per share in cash for each of their Lufkin shares.

2 Jul 2013

Scout's Remote, Unmanned Systems Could Address Canada’s Offshore Oil Spill Problem

A recent internal Canadian government audit revealed the country's offshore spill response system is outdated, disorganized, and in need of an overhaul. Despite warnings contained in reports dated back to 2010, little action has been taken. At present, it is estimated 83% of Canada's offshore oil spill response technology is outdated.

20 Jun 2013

Geologists Map New Oil Reserves Using Drones

Geologists have long used seismology on the bottom of the ocean or have been throwing dynamite from snowmobiles when they look for oil. But now researchers at Centre for integrated petroleum research (CIPR), a joint venture between the University of Bergen (UiB) and Uni Research, have found a new preferred method – using drones to map new oil reserves from the air.

16 May 2013

Fielding Systems’ SCADA Monitoring App Development Being Introduced

Fielding Systems declared that the newly developed remote SCADA monitoring app and upgrades to ScadaVisor Mobile app is available. The new upgrade is proficient to operate in advanced platforms like iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone.

18 Feb 2012

Space Florida Joins Hands with Lockheed Martin for Developing Underwater Vehicles

Space Florida has entered into an agreement with Lockheed Martin for conducting advance testing and production of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), which has been named Marlin.

18 Nov 2011

MIT Researchers Develop a Small AUV Equipped with Artificial Intelligence

The search for oil and natural gas has intensified with the increasing demand and hence oil companies have been forced to set up oil wells at depths of 4000 meters below the sea level.

9 Nov 2011

Vadxx Energy Chooses Rockwell Automation to Commercialize its Proprietary Waste-to-Energy Conversion Technique

Rockwell Automations and its Global Solutions wing has been chosen by Vadxx Energy to offer process engineering solutions and services that will enable Vadxx to fine-tune its proprietary technique to produce natural gas and synthetic crude oil utilizing raw material feedstock wastes based on petroleum at its demonstration facility at Ohio-based Akron.

From Rockwell Automation, Inc. 5 Nov 2011

ABB Signs Contract with BP Norway for Automation System Maintenance in Oil Fields

ABB has entered into a maintenance and service contract with BP Norway for maintaining of the safety and automation equipment in the oil fields of Norwegian continental shelf.

From ABB Ltd. 2 Nov 2011