Gas transmission pipelines, bringing gas from remote locations to market, is a major focus of the oil and gas industry
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Weatherford smart rod-lift solution increases production 37%
Weatherford International plc has announced its smart rod-lift solution, comprised of production optimisation software, automation and skilled engineers, boosted uptime 42% and increased production 37% for 40 reciprocating rod-lift wells in Sumatra, Indonesia
Emerson launches SpeedWise Reservoir Opportunity solution
Emerson has announced the release of SpeedWise Reservoir Opportunity (SRO), a fully-automated, cloud-native analytics solution developed in collaboration with Quantum Reservoir Impact (QRI)
Dresser NGS announces acquisition of Flow Safe
Dresser Natural Gas Solutions (Dresser NGS) has acquired Flow Safe, a manufacturer of spring-operated and pilot-operated high-performance pressure relief devices based in Orchard Park, NY
Schlumberger introduces diamond element bit and survey-while-drilling service
Smith Bits, a Schlumberger company, has introduced the StrataBlade concave diamond element bit to accelerate the rate of penetration (ROP) in a wide range of rock types