Nov 3, 2022
By Brad Michael OTC’s Atlas data software system is designed to improve data accessibility for rig operators and offers them the ability to grant access to that data to others, including government officials. Atlas is actually a bit of a Swiss army knife for us at...
Jul 7, 2022
By Brian LaMarche, Ph.D. and Eric Livesay, Ph.D. An important part of OTC GreenLight, is the ‘analyst.’ The analyst is a type of engine that takes time and pressure data inputs – typically once a second – and yields easily interpreted results of digital pressure...
Mar 18, 2022
By Mike Bethea and Stretch Kuykendall OTC’s digital pressure testing service, OTC GreenLight, has traditionally been delivered as a combination of equipment, software and a technician placed on an offshore rig that is carrying out oil and gas drilling, completions,...
Dec 10, 2020
By Offshore Technical Compliance Management The OTC GreenLight system is used for testing numerous offshore well control equipment and related downhole safety systems common to drilling and completing oil and gas wells offshore and on land. OTC GreenLight...
Apr 6, 2017
QHSE is always a priority in offshore operations, whether on a completions platform or a drillship; however, much of the oil and gas industry’s focus is on safety. Offshore Technical Compliance has expanded its offerings to provide focused environmental regulatory...
Feb 23, 2017
Many drilling engineers and superintendents, company men, HSE managers, OIM’s, rig managers, tool pushers, subsea engineers, drillers and maintenance staff have completed Offshore Technical Compliance’s Offshore Drilling Regulatory Compliance training and have given...
Feb 23, 2017
Since being unveiled in 2015, GreenLight has been optimizing and enhancing the way pressure tests are conducted, analyzed and recorded. The digital pressure testing software suite, created by Offshore Technical Compliance (OTC) in partnership with Hecate Software,...
Dec 21, 2016
BSEE Well Control Rule Hitting More Than Just BOPs The much-talked about and much-questioned 2016 Well Control Rule unveiled by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement offers a laundry list of items to be phased in over time – including 14 key items....
Dec 21, 2016
Offshore Technical Compliance offers an inside look at the steps involved in effective tank inspection as the final infographic in our corrosion series. Click to learn more about the external visual inspection criteria for pressure vessels and the visual inspection...
Nov 1, 2016
Corrosion is a concern at every stage in the life of an oil and gas operation. As most oil and gas operations include the presence of water, it is no wonder that the corrosion of metals is an ever-present factor to be managed. Add in age of equipment and potential...