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Apache awards Expro intervention, integrity services contract
Expro announced it received a $50
million well intervention and integrity
services contract with Apache Corp in
the North Sea. It encompasses pumping
and optimization operations across all of
Apache’s North Sea assets, including Beryl
Alpha and Bravo, and Forties Alpha, Bravo,
Charlie, Delta and Echo.

Under the contract, Expro will provide
services including slickline, e-line, cased
hole and pressure pumping, as well as
technologies like Octopoda and CoilHose.

Equinor to implement smart contracts on Johan Sverdrup, Troll
Equinor has implemented Data Gumbo’s
smart contract platform to automatically
calculate and execute payments for inte-
grated drilling and well services for Johan
Sverdrup and Troll assets. The operator
will use the dayrate portions of the broader
contract format for two assets worked by
one platform and four drilling rigs.

The platform will apply agreed busi-
ness logic to data shared between Equinor
and its suppliers and create charges and
invoices. Rolls-Royce explores new
fuels for diesel engines
Rolls-Royce is partnering with
Finland-based Neste on the implemen-
tation of sustainable fuels for diesel
engines; Rolls-Royce’s Power Systems
business unit makes engines under the
mtu brand.

In May 2022, Rolls-Royce approved
mtu diesel engines for power genera-
tion for renewable diesel (also known
as HVO) and other EN15940 fuels. The
company says its testing has shown
up to 90% greenhouse gas reduction,
up to 80% less particulate emissions
and an average of 8% nitrogen oxides
reduction. Power Systems is gradually releas-
ing its mtu engine series for sustain-
able fuels such as HVO and e-diesel for
use in other industries, such as the rail,
marine and construction industries.

Products Multi-activation circulating
sub aims to reduce rig time
NXG Drilling Services’ recently
launched NXG-MACS (multi-activation
circulating sub) was designed to be
activated on demand, without the need
to drop a ball or dart. The 6 3/4-in. ver-
sion of the tool is now being commer-
cialized following testing.

WEG variable speed drive
helps boost efficiencies
WEG has introduced a variable speed
drive (VSD), CFW900, for driving and
controlling three-phase induction and
permanent magnet motors. It can be
used in a wide range of applications,
including oil and gas, due to its high
overload capacity.

The VSD has a thermal management
function that allows for use in extreme
temperature environments. It can mea-
sure the ambient temperature and con-
figure itself by varying its switching
frequency. It also comes with Bluetooth
connectivity, and its human-machine
interface allows for parameter monitor-
ing with customized layout and com-
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Automation system launched for surface well testing
Halliburton’s new FloConnect system,
launched at ADIPEC 2022, automates sur-
face well testing operations while moni-
toring and measuring factors related to
the production of hazardous effluents. It
helps reduce operational variability and
optimizes workforce deployment, allowing
more time and focus on data monitor-
ing, collection and quality. The platform
combines data visualization capabilities
with interactive analytics to aid decision
making, as well as identification and reso-
lution of potential issues with a given well.

Another technology launched at
ADIPEC, BrightStar, is a look-ahead resis-
tivity service that reveals structure and
fluid boundaries ahead of the bit, enabling
proactive drilling decisions and hazard
avoidance to reduce operational risks
while providing reservoir characterization
and enhanced formation evaluation. The
service detects changes in the formation
ahead of the bit and reduces the uncertain-
ty of the formation boundary positions.

Ikon Science issues new versions of Curate, RokDoc systems
The new version of Ikon Science’s Curate
cloud-native subsurface knowledge man-
agement system focuses on enhancing col-
laboration in data on an enterprise scale.

Updated features include a real-time chat
function as drilling operations progress.

Additionally, the system’s “Well Viewer”
app now features the implementation of
file-linked, depth-referenced images, which
can be dragged, viewed and navigated
within a single log-to-core data view.

Ikon Science also released RokDoc
Version 2023.1 with expanded functional-
ities in machine learning and rock phys-
ics, as well as new tools to visualize well
details and metrics.

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