Wireline Spring 2018

Knowledge Transfer | Supply Chain

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It’s not just small updates or improvements to software, but more significant jumps in functionality that can add extra value in efficiency and savings.

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Wood's eXpert technology allows worksite issues to be assessed remotely

3D overlay and live data in R2S Mosaic

This can range from inspection schedules and drawings to integrity and sensor systems, providing a complete overview of the live status of the equipment. The recent development has been driven primarily, though not exclusively, by developments in oil and gas. Head of product development Martin MacRae says: “We apply our experience to the challenges facing the industry and work to address them. It’s not just small updates or improvements to software, but more significant jumps in functionality that can add extra value in efficiency and savings.” Those advances have included adapting technology developed for the forensics industry to enable comparison of fingerprints. It is now used to present ‘before’ and ‘after’ comparisons of

various locations around the world,” adds Return To Scene’s Bob Donnelly. “Most of our customers get a return on investment very quickly because of the number of journeys offshore that they eliminate. The general feedback from our customers is their return on investment is multiple.”

offshore facilities so that operators can assess the work on an asset and assure integrity. For Return To Scene, the oil and gas industry has shaped up to be one of its key markets, although it very much still services the law enforcement sector. Since the late 2000s, the company has provided services on nearly 100 UK North Sea assets for close to 20 operators and is increasingly supporting operators internationally, primarily in North America, but also in the Middle East, Australia and elsewhere. The company has representatives in the USA and Dubai, but its 35-strong Aberdeen workforce performs the technical work on each project. “It means we’re in effect exporting our technology, skills and experience to

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