Milestones

XL Global Group is relaunching as a global multi-discipline technology and engineering group, following a period of investment in acquisitions, new divisions, people and technology. The integrated group has been awarded over $10 million in new contracts.

Leading international oilfield services company, Expro, has been recognized for its commitment to technological innovation after being awarded a Spotlight on New Technology™ award, at this year’s OTC Houston conference.

WFS Technologies, University of Aberdeen and OGIC have announced a joint technology project to design and build the world’s first ExtremeEdge OLM (On-line Monitoring) system for offshore subsea and platform structures.

Cyberhawk Innovations, a global leader in asset management using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has been invited to speak at two leading industry events in Aberdeen, Digital Energy and Topsides UK.

The Oil & Gas Technology Centre has been awarded grant funding of £1.9 million from the Scottish Government’s Decommissioning Challenge Fund to invest in the recently-announced National Decommissioning Centre of Excellence in partnership with the University of Aberdeen.

Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, will showcase state-of-the-art technologies at the Offshore Technology Conference 2018, taking place in Houston, TX, from April 30 to May 1(booth 3653).

Ex Naval Captain and Marine Consultant Jon Holmes joins the team at Swathe Services as their new Business Development Manager. The new role was created to maintain and increase product sales and services as well as managing long-term strategic growth.

Aberdeen Drilling Consultants (ADC), a specialist rig and BOP inspection company serving a global client base, is celebrating as it reaches the one-year anniversary of its Houston office launch. The success comes after a number of key contract wins with industry players including BP Americas, Repsol, EQT Corp and ConocoPhillips since opening.

Acoustic Data, a global leader in wireless well technology, has appointed Mike Mannering as Chairman of the Board.

After the humble beginning on May 1^st, 1978, where the late founders Martin ‘Mac’ MacArtney and his wife Winnie worked out of their home, MacArtney Underwater Technology has turned into a market leader within the underwater technology industry.

The presence of VIKING Life-Saving Equipment at OTC 2018 is a chance for offshore asset owners and operators to achieve new cost-efficiencies and reduce production risks by further simplifying safety compliance management.

Rotech Subsea’s recent successful free-span correction project in the Yangon field, has led to such a stream of enquiries that they have established a local company, Rotech Subsea Asia Sdn Bhd, and opened an office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to meet demand.