New offshore activity map
Now available to the industry is an oil and gas activity map for the Norwegian, Barents, and Baltic seas.
This new map was launched at the Offshore Northern Seas Conference & Exhibition held in Stavanger, Norway, in late August. The activity map highlights all fields currently producing or being planned or considered for development through to 2017.
Source: Infield Systems Ltd., Suite 502, 1 Alie St., London E1 8DE, UK.
New clean resin-coated proppants
Preferred RCS is a newly developed clean resin-coated proppant line.
The company says the proppant line was created in response to environmental issues surrounding contaminated frac water. The firm says its proppants emit less VOCs in the manufacturing process and help diminish chemical leaching and dusting, therefore minimizing environmental impact.
The Preferred RCS clean proppant line includes low and intermediate temperature cures.
Source: Preferred Sands LLC, One Radnor Corporate Center, 100 Matsonford Rd., Suite 101, Radnor, PA 19087.
Software aids workover operations
A new mobile reporting solution responds to the on-the-road realities of field engineers who supervise workover and intervention operations.
Now available in the iTunes store, OpenWells Mobile for Workovers helps transform` many of the nuisances and risks associated with workover reporting into a simple and efficient solution on the iPad. Engineers are able to bring their office with them into the field to manage well information through a complete mobile application that directly integrates with their company's EDM database.
OpenWells Mobile for Workovers brings the power of mobility, automation, and data management to engineers, enabling them to be more productive in the field and keeping them in sync with their office. Features include:
• Streamlined data input and access: data entry is simplified using the iPad touch interface. For an at-a-glance activity view, engineers can use the activity finder to discover well operations on a yearly, monthly, or daily basis.
• Easy to manage and integrate mobile data: solution operates in on line and off-line scenarios.
The solution leverages the full features of the iPad, including the iPad camera to capture and store images with their report and create standard PDF outputs to view, print, or email.
Source: Landmark Software & Services, 3000 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Houston, TX 77032.
