US offers tax incentives to solar manufacturers that use semiconductors
The Biden Administration announced on Tuesday that it would extend an incentive to manufacturers of thin silicon wafers used in solar panels, which are mostly produced in China. This is part of the administration's climate change and job agenda to create a domestic supply chain for solar energy. Thanks to the new subsidies for clean-energy manufacturing, manufacturers have announced dozens solar panel manufacturing facilities by 2022.
Renewables: Ingeteam Gets DNV GL Approval in India
Ingeteam, an independent global supplier of electrical conversion equipment, announced today that it received DNV GL’s “Shop Approval in Renewable Energy” certification for the wind converter manufacturing facility recently established by the company in the Tamil Nadu region. Ingeteam’s new facility is the first-ever wind converter factory to receive such a certificate in India.
Baker Hughes is Exploring Advanced Manufacturing with AFRC
The University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Center (AFRC) and Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), have joined forces to explore how some of the latest advanced manufacturing tools and processes can drive more efficient, smarter ways to reduce cost and increase productivity across BHGE’s operations.Joining the research center as a tier one member, BHGE will…
New RINA Guidelines for Additive Manufacturing
RINA, a specialist in additive manufacturing, has announced the release of its 'Guidelines for the certification of metallic products made by additive manufacturing', for the oil and gas industry.The use of additive manufacturing (or 3D printing) is expanding rapidly, especially as technology now enables the production of larger components and products to meet different mechanical or physical-chemical needs.
Interview: Antony Croston, Trelleborg Offshore
Antony Croston is Business Group Director at Trelleborg’s offshore operation in Houston, responsible for the externally-facing functions of the business covering engineering, business development and project management.MTR caught up with Croston ahead of next week’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston to discuss some of Trelleborg’s latest developments in buoyancy…
Canada Plans New Rules as Firms Find Bad Pipeline Parts
Canada's National Energy Board (NEB) will push for a shift in standards for pipeline parts after TransCanada Corp and Enbridge Inc discovered some that they were using had been substandard, a senior regulatory official told Reuters. The NEB's changes must pass external standards committees that include the pipeline industry and would change the way manufacturers have been designing parts…
AnTech Launches Wellhead Outlets for Low Cost Operations
AnTech Ltd, provider of specialist products and services for the upstream oil and gas industry, has launched three new products within its Wellhead Outlet range. The Type-C Wellhead Outlet, which was designed and developed by the company for use in hazardous environments, has been on the market since 2013 and offers safe and simple installation, created in compliance with API 6A, ATEX and NACE standards.
Mitcham Acquires L-3’s Klein Associates
Geophysical equipment supplier Mitcham Industries, Inc. has acquired L-3 Communications Klein Associates, Inc., a designer, manufacturer and worldwide distributor of sonar and waterside security systems to military and commercial customers, effective January 1, 2016. Klein, now renamed Klein Marine Systems, Inc., was a wholly-owned subsidiary of L-3 Communications Corporation…
DNV GL Wins Frame Agreement with Wintershall Norge
DNV GL has been selected by Wintershall Norge AS to provide a frame agreement for global inspection services for its developments offshore Norway. The overall contract is expected to exceed $1.2 million. The term of the contract is five years, with an option for two, two-year extensions and covers all Wintershall’s projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). It will initially be used for the ongoing Maria development.
Lamprell to Implement Software for Automated Manufacturing
U.A.E based offshore jackup rig builder Lamprell Energy Ltd., will implement SSI's EnterprisePlatform software solution to allow its engineering team to automate manufacturing processes. Acording to SSI (developer of ShipConstructor software), the immediate benefit will come from streamlining and automating Lamprell's processes used to control robotic machinery on the production floor (e.g.
Aberdeen Subsea Section for DNV GL
The subsea sector is reportedly set to quadruple in size, with projected annual revenues of $137.83bn by 2020. Currently 45% of the UKCS (United Kingdom Continental Shelf) production comes from subsea wells and with an increased focus on maximizing economic recovery, one of the key challenges is to increase the use of subsea tie-backs to existing installations. To increase our ability to react to this growth a new DNV GL subsea team has been created.
SPE Aberdeen: Tackling the Offshore Design Challenge
An engineering expert is set to talk at a Society of Petroleum Engineers’ (SPE) Aberdeen Section presentation this month, discussing the challenges associated with the analysis and design of offshore engineering equipment. Offshore marine equipment can be physically complex, expensive, safety critical and required to operate in harsh environments. This means that regulations for design and manufacturing processes can differ based on a number of factors…
