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Oil and gas industry facing spearphishing attacks

Cyber criminals are aiming their attacks at the oil and gas sector by impersonating specific engineer contractors and shipping companies. Know what to look for and how to avoid a cyber attack.

Blockchain establishes truth

Why blockchain should be a part of any new well build

Remote monitoring of blowout preventers improves operations

BOP system tester uses analytics software to help its oil & gas clients avoid downtime and incident

Students performing drilling simulations during COVID-19 outbreak

LSU Petroleum Engineering instructors are working with simulator company Drilling Systems to ensure their students could perform their drilling simulation lab from home during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Tech giants unite in COVID-19 smartphone effort

Google and Apple unveiled a joint effort to enable the use of Bluetooth technology to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of COVID-19 while protecting user privacy.

Intelligent edge computing at the wellhead improves performance

The digital wellhead promises efficiency and productivity increases for hundreds of thousands of wells across the U.S.

Insidious corrosion of fixed equipment detected via predictive maintenance

Pipes and vessels monitored to detect and mitigate corrosion using wireless instrumentation.

Industrial HMI migrations: Help with Microsoft Windows 7 expiration

Microsoft Windows 7 expired on Jan. 14, and manufacturers’ human-machine interface (HMI) software may still need help migrating to a supported operating system. System integrators can provide migration assistance to lower cybersecurity risk.

Short timeline for automation infrastructure

System integrator assembled a diverse collection of technologies to meet an aggressive schedule.

An immutable ledger enables multi-party operations

Put settlement disputes to bed and ensure multiparty accountability.