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Salunda, Transocean agree to licensing deal for safety system
Salunda has signed an exclusive
license agreement with Transocean to
make, develop and sell HaloGuard, a safety
system that integrates camera and sensor
technology with drilling equipment and
machine controls.

The system combines real-time loca-
tion technology with a machine vision
system. It is designed to locate personnel
on the drill floor during operations. When
a crew member comes within a certain
distance of working equipment, he or she
is notified by an alarm through a wearable
device. HaloGuard leverages robotics percep-
tion techniques that are responsive to
the dynamic environmental conditions
of an offshore drilling operation.

ADC Energy wins contract
to assess semi, drillships
ADC Energy has secured a contract
worth more than $1 million to deliver
baseline condition assessments for five
vessels for a North American com-
pany. As part of the scope of work, ADC
Energy will conduct baseline condi-
tion assessments of all five rigs, uti-
lizing historical data to identify areas
of potential risk to safety and perfor-
mance. The assets comprise a sixth-
generation ultra-deepwater semisub-
mersible and four sixth-generation
ultra-deepwater drillships.

Products Automated tubular makeup reduces personnel needs
Expro has launched the iTONG system,
a push-button tubular makeup solution
that allows the operator to control, exe-
cute, verify and validate every connection
makeup via a tablet or the control chair. It
ensures joints of casing and tubing can be
made to a specific torque, or broken out in
an automated sequence, with the push of
a button. iTONG is coupled with Expro’s
iCAM torque-turn tubular connection
makeup system, which uses AI to deter-
Halliburton expands data
visualization platform
Halliburton recently updated its HalVue
data visualization platform to incorporate
wireline data visualization. Previously, the
application allowed customers to visualize
mudlogging, MWD/LWD and cementing.

The platform is real-time data monitoring
application that gives users a consistent
view of data across operations as it comes
in from the rig to maximize asset value.

Austenitic stainless steels offer
improved OCTG durability
N’GENIUS Materials Technology has
developed a new series of high-strength
austenitic stainless steels. The N’GENIUS
Series was designed to supplement the
majority of existing grades in the 300
Series, the corrosion-resistant alloy line
pipe grades currently available for selec-
tion in the API Specification 5LC and the
58 mine whether the makeup is successful.

The new technology, which has under-
gone field trials on a jackup rig in the
North Sea and taken part in 22 jobs, can
save an estimated 50 hours of rig time
per year, according to Expro. Further, with
a reduction in the number of personnel
required for tubing operations, a rig using
the technology can reduce annual emis-
sions from rig time, travel and accom-
modation by an estimated 146 tons a year.

DNV-ST-F101 standard, plus the CRA oil
country tubular goods (OCTG) in the API
Specification 5CT for casing and tubing.

It can address challenges associated with
elevated temperatures, high pressures and
higher mechanical loads, as well as cor-
rosion. New thermoplastic composite
bearing reduces friction
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has
launched its latest lightweight thermo-
plastic composite bearing, the HiMod
Advanced Composite Bearing Plus. It is an
enhanced dual-layer bearing with a low-
friction modified PEEK layer that reduces
friction and increases wear performance.

Manufactured using Trelleborg’s patented
Automated Fiber Placement technology, a
thin low friction liner is bonded to the inner
diameters and can be added to the outer
diameters of the bearing.

Real-time comms system
designed for RSS and MWD
Enteq Technologies’ XXT-Hop is a
communications system that allows
drilling contractors to access real-time
data during live operations. The system
can be configured to work with exist-
ing rotary steerable systems (RSS) and
MWD systems. It utilizes drop-in mod-
ules, consisting of a transmitter fitted
above the RSS, which connects with a
receiver in the MWD string to send real-
time drilling data to the surface. It also
removes the need for physical connec-
tors and dedicated collar lengths and
enables logging while drilling (LWD) to
be run below MWD equipment rather
than above.

A version of the XXT-Hop series is
also currently in development with a
range of 25 m, which would allow MWD
to run above the motor.

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2022 • DRILLING CONTRACTOR