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INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY ANNUAL 2021
Global Design Innovation (GDI): Egineering Innovation - 4
Boston Dynamics: Automate sensing & inspection - 6
OMNI (an ICR company): Digitising asset integrity lifecycle - 9
Arnlea: Standarising your processes, transforming decision making - 10
Eelume: Reshaping underwater operations - 12
Avalone Consultants: The Avalone Blockchain - 14
FutureOn: Digtial twin, revolutionising real-world operations - 16
Intelligent Plant: Industrial APP store leads the way - 18
Ocean Infinity: The world’s largest uncrewed fleet - 20
Intertek: Dig data analytics - 22
Spectis Robotics: Safe remote inspection - 24
Resman: Digitising the wellbore - 25
Norwell Edge: Training smarter - 26
Brainnwave: Insights from your data - 28
OSP Cyber Academy: Online cyber security training - 30
EC-OG: Subsea battery storage - 33
Imrandd: Effective asset management solution - 34
EDR Medeso: Simulation technology - 35
Fennex Limited: Improve operational performance - 36
Safe Influx: Automated well control - 38
HydraWell: Advanced downhole solutions - 40
Surface Corrosion Consultants Ltd: New surface Asset Management APP - 42
Mysep: Deploy rigorous separation modelling - 44
Solab IT Services: Record vital day to day operations data - 46
3t Transform: Training and competence management software - 48
Innovair: Specialist survey & inspection solutions - 50
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Welcome to 2021
KENNY DOOLEY MAIN EDITOR
Over the past nine months there has been a number of prohibitive forces acting on the Energy sector, which have resulted in huge challenges to us all in trying to meet our old objectives with new methodologies. We therefore owe a huge debt of gratitude to those that are responsible for enabling our continued progress and remote working life with their innovation and technology.
Since launching OGV Energy, we have always taken a firm interest in new technologies and have shared these breakthroughs with our audience as part of the “Innovation Zone” in our monthly publication “OGV Energy Magazine”, however the sheer number of videos, animations and social media posts that we have seen over the past few months demonstrating how the sector is progressing, has provided the OGV Energy team with a fresh impetus to release our first “Innovation and Technology in Energy, Annual”, which we hope will grow each year and provide ever more thought provoking concepts.
The pandemic has made it very difficult to plan anything as we go in and out of lockdown, returning to work and then back to home working again and with job security and investment decisions for the sector under threat, it has been very difficult to find the light at the end of tunnel. However, one thing we are always confident about is the Energy sector’s ability to innovate and as “Necessity is the mother of invention”, it has been clear to see that our need has once again been met as we all now rely almost entirely on technology to execute our professional objectives.
Global Design Innovation
GDi offers ultra-efficient technology led and safety driven delivery solutions to its clients. The company was created to support the safety, integrity and cost challenges of Operators in the UKCS mature basin. We have in-house survey, design, engineering, fabrication, construction and inspection capability. Delivering tailored engineering solutions, GDi provides its clients with a cost effective means of safely and efficiently maintaining their assets by utilising the latest technology to streamline workflows and increase uptime.
Company Details
Address:
13 Queens Road, Aberdeen, AB15 4YL, Scotland, UK
Technology
Development stage: Commercial
Launch date: 2019
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ENGINEERING. INNOVATION.
SURVEY, ENGINEERING, FABRICATION & CONSTRUCTION
GDi use the latest laser scanning equipment that permits high precision 3D measurement and imaging. Through our novel approach to capturing entire asset datasets we maximise efficiencies and reduce costs.
Our multi-discipline engineering solutions are delivered via our part-automated design process. This process significantly reduces the time and cost required to execute engineering deliverables. Our 14,000 square foot fabrication facility is based in Aberdeen Scotland, with our construction experience we provide a One Stop Shop solution.
Reduce Cost & Manpower. Improve Quality.
GDI VISION
GDi provides clients with access to a web-based visual platform. Through this technology, we build a digital walkthrough of the asset to view the 360° HD photography.
This innovative web based tool enhances operational and engineering functionality whilst delivering material cost benefits to our clients.
Advanced Functionality. Enhanced Visualisation.
VISUAL INSPECTION STEP CHANGE
GDi have developed a revolutionary visual inspection system that rapidly obtains accurate inspection data, detects and quantifies defects.
The inspection system is deployed via GDi Vision and eliminates the need for traditional photography and descriptive text reporting. The output is auditable, not subjective and can be overlaid over any number of inspections to view in detail where changes or degradation is taking place.
Step Change in Quality. Reduce Costs & Manpower.
INTEGRITY MANGEMENT DIGITAL TWIN
GDi Vision allows Digital Twin functionality for the Integrity Management Cycle. The digital twin is the single source of all asset integrity information, including modules for Risk Based Assessment, Inspection Planning, Anomaly Management, Fabric Maintenance and Repairs.
The process is fully digitised allowing users to enter, view, manipulate and manage all asset integrity information, eliminating the need to generate and maintain reports, drawings and registers.
Increased Visibility. Risk & Cost Reduction.
‘SPOT’ Automate sensing & inspection, capture limitless data and explore without boundaries
Boston Dynamics
Boston Dynamics is a world leader in mobile robots, tackling some of the toughest robotics challenges. We combine the principles of dynamic control and balance with sophisticated mechanical designs, cuttingedge electronics, and next-generation software for high-performance robots equipped with perception, navigation, and intelligence. Boston Dynamics has an extraordinary and fast-growing technical team of engineers and scientists who seamlessly combine advanced analytical thinking with bold engineering and boots-in-the-mud practicality.
Company Details
Address:
9PVR+2Q Waltham Massachusetts United States
Technology
Development stage: Commercial
Launch date: 2019
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TRANSFORMATIVE MOBILITY
Spot is an agile mobile robot that navigates terrain with unprecedented mobility, allowing you to automate routine inspection tasks and data capture safely, accurately, and frequently.
The results? Safer, more efficient and more predictable operations.
SITE DOCUMENTATION
Integrate Spot with a 360° camera and site documentation software to reduce time required to capture data and enhance employee productivity in documenting and managing site progress.
Learn how Pomerleau uses HoloBuilder’s Spot integration to save 20 hours of employee time per week documenting a 500,000 sqft. project.
DIGITAL TWIN CREATION
Equip Spot with a laser scanner and program routine scanning routes to create digital twins of worksites and identify rework sooner.
GAUGE READING
Attach a Spot CAM to the base platform to collect color visuals and read analog gauges measuring pressure, flow, temperature, and more. Attach a PTZ to the Spot CAM to get 30x optical zoom and inspect gauges from afar.
LEAK DETECTION
Add processing to visuals collected by the Spot CAM payload to detect water and steam leaks around plants and note equipment with degraded performance.
NOISE ANOMALY DETECTION
Equip Spot with a microphone or utilise the one on the Spot CAM to detect abnormal operating noises like ticking, grinding, or whirring.
THERMAL INSPECTION
Equip Spot with a thermal camera to detect issue-indicating hot spots on machines or electrical conductors.
TUNNEL INSPECTION
Drive Spot underground remotely post-blast to look for cracks and instabilities and ensure safe conditions for workers.
WHY DOES BOSTON DYNAMICS MAKE LEGGED ROBOTS?
Boston Dynamics focuses on creating robots with advanced mobility, dexterity and intelligence. We have long held that mobility sufficient to access both the natural and the built world required legs. We began the pursuit of this dream over 30 years ago, first in academia and then as part of Boston Dynamics because it was an exciting technical challenge and because to build a highly mobile robot required it. We wanted to build a robot that could go where people go. The commonly referred to “dull, dirty and dangerous” tasks don’t occur solely on a neatly organised factory floor, they pop up in the natural world and in existing infrastructure. These are places where being effective requires deftly maneuvering through rocky trails, staircases, catwalks, doors or narrow cluttered passages. The environment can’t be conformed to the machine, and therefore the machine must be capable in the environment as it comes.
While we take the natural world as inspiration for our robots, the design is ultimately motivated by functionality. Our robots end up moving like humans and animals not because we designed them to look like humans and animals but because we made them balance. Balance and dynamic motion are characteristics we have previously only seen in animals. It is this organic quality of dynamically stable motion that people tend to associate with lifelike movement. Partly because of the benefits of dynamic motion, our robots can navigate tough unstructured, unknown or antagonistic terrain with ease. Wheeled and tracked robots are limited by stairs, gaps, ground-level obstructions such as cabling and staged materials and minor height differences in flooring. These environments don’t present the same challenges for legged robots.
WHAT MAKES BOSTON DYNAMICS UNIQUE?
One of the things that makes Boston Dynamics unique is the ambition to build dynamically stable, legged machines. Marc Raibert began tackling this problem before anyone else in the world. And we’ve been at it since, almost 35 years. We’ve been inspired by and worked towards this goal for so long that we have invented techniques to make robots work that you can’t find in any textbook or technical article. The result is that we now know how to build walking machines of any size, shape, actuator style or powerplant. These unique designs enable our robots to conquer terrains inaccessible to others, and perform automated tasks in unstructured environments. “There are thousands of pounds of pressurised combustible material out there. High-pressure oil and gas can create risks for people working in close proximity. If we could have a robot with the proper sensors out there, we’d much rather do that.”
Adam Ballard, Facilities Technology Manager, bp
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DIGITISING ASSET INTEGRITY LIFECYCLE Reshaping the oil industry
OMNI’s software has been designed to cover the full integrity lifecycle, which is made up of a suite of asset integrity modules, including Risk Based Inspection (RBI), Anomaly and Repair, Workpack, and Inspection. Through its efficient client onboarding and configuration process, OMNI has made it easier than ever before to implement a full lifecycle software solution into any organisation. Whether it is migrating from an existing software or database system, or implementing for the first time, OMNI has developed a data migration process using data mining algorithms that are proprietary to OMNI.
Acting as “more than an integrity software”, OMNI has designed innovative features such as automation, operational tracking and a communications hub for digital collaboration and drives efficiencies and open up integrity management to the wider organisation. OMNI is fully interfaced with digital tools such as tablet technology for inspection reporting, corrosion sensor connection and QR tagging with the aim is to empower the workforce to continually drive efficiencies.
OMNI is working in partnership with the University of Strathclyde through the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), and funded by Innovate UK, to develop predictive algorithms and prognostics health management capability to be integrated into the software.
The OMNI software has been built on expertise gained in the field, with Insiso - the software developer - who have vast experience in AI and IoT (Internet of Things), together with data scientists and a Silicon Valley expert to hone a next-generation User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI). That combined knowledge has been converted into a useful solution for operators, allowing them to extend the life of their assets and plan better in a simple to use system providing resilience, speed and accuracy. Businesses often have decades of historical data which can be cumbersome to manage. OMNI aims to accelerate the shift to digital asset integrity by incorporating the latest advancements in technology and delivering simple but powerful solutions. Additionally, OMNI can help organisations futureproof their business by continuing to innovate and develop its software products with machine learning, predictive analytics and sensor connections, ensuring that clients always remain ahead of the curve when it comes to digital asset integrity management.
OMNI is a cross-industry solution, part of ICR Integrity - a leading provider of integrated maintenance, repair and production solutions for industrial related services to the oil and gas, chemical, nuclear, marine and defence industry. OMNI will leverage ICR’s global network, which includes its Aberdeen headquarters and operational hubs in the UK, UAE, USA, Norway and a JV partner in Australia.
OMNI Integrity
Established in 2020, OMNI Integrity, a subsidiary company of ICR Group, is a new digital full lifecycle asset integrity management solution developed by industry experts, that allows companies to manage, predict, plan and optimise their asset integrity management programmes. OMNI is built on the combined knowledge of integrity engineers, software developers, and data scientists, and years of cross-industry experience.
OMNI’s software has been developed by industry and integrity experts and encompasses the entire integrity lifecycle from risk-based inspection (RBI) through to repair and inherently boasts features such as automation, tracking, collaboration and communication to help build cohesion across various assets and throughout entire organisations.
Company Details
Address:
ONE Tech Hub Schoolhill AB10 1JQ, Aberdeen Scotland, UK
Technology
Development stage: Commercial
Launch date: November 2020
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