With the help of ESA technology used in the monitoring and control of satellites, a start-up company at ESA’s Business Incubation Centre has developed a system to remotely monitor offshore oil and gas ...

Fireboats had to keep their distance from a burning drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday as government and industry officials worked on plans for controlling the runaway natural gas well that ...

Quality control (QC) on an oil rig is the disciplined prevention and early detection of defects in materials, equipment, data, and execution to protect well control, well integrity, people, and ...

I.I Automation scope — Rig automation integrates sensors (surface/subsurface), control systems (PLC/DCS), ML/advanced control, and robotics to execute drilling and workover sequences with minimal ...