Caterpillar's new dipper for the 7495 HF electric rope shovel is a patent-pending design aimed at improving performance without increasing demands on hoist and crowd capabilities. Targeted directly at hard digging work in oil sands applications, the new dipper's improved shimming and inserts are expected to improve uptime by as much as 0.25 percent, offering production gains.

Canadian drillers dropped four working units over the past week, but are still well ahead of 2020 numbers, according to the weekly Baker Hughes rig count.

The merger of Baker Hughes' Subsea Drilling Systems business and Akastor ASA's wholly-owned subsidiary, MHWirth AS, has been completed to form a global offshore drilling equipment company. The new company will be known as HMH, and as previously announced, Baker Hughes and Akastor own equal equity in the Company.

Baker Hughes has released their latest rig report, which saw a spike in numbers across both North American markets.

Obsidian Energy has provided an update on a continued strong second half development program with two drilling rigs active in its Cardium asset and announce it has also extended Stephen Loukas' contract as Interim President and CEO to December 31, 2021.

Graco Inc. has launched the Pulse Level Tank Monitoring system. Choose from multiple tank-level monitoring technologies, including the first system running entirely on Wi-Fi. The Pulse Level system allows you to track tank levels, capture and apply data, and allocate inventory quickly, accurately and confidently from the industry's leading fluid management expert.

Emerson's new DataManager software v8.2 helps refiners monitor corrosion of hydrofluoric (HF) acid alkylation units to prevent costly, unplanned shutdowns and maximize profits and productivity. 

Wearable Technologies Ltd. has joined a worldwide partnership with IT services consultancy giant Wipro, to offer WTL's ELEKSEN Connected Worker solution to their respective global client bases.

Oil and gas companies are finding innovative ways to capitalise on the benefits of virtual reality (VR) technology, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

Quorum Software, a leader in digital transformation for the oil and gas industry,  announced the release of myQuorum DynamicDocs, a cloud-based document management system purpose-built to make oil and gas operators more secure, agile and compliant. As part of the myQuorum platform, DynamicDocs will play a central role in helping Quorum customers evolve document-based business processes to deliver more value and streamline workflows.

Schlumberger announced that its technology partnership with Microsoft to develop cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure and Azure Stack has been strengthened by new deployments being introduced at the SIS Global Forum 2019 in Monaco.

Honeywell has unveiled new software to help field workers in the oil and gas, mining, and aerospace industries digitize equipment inspection programs, which can increase productivity, improve accuracy and minimize unplanned asset downtime.