Atlas: A World of Data to Improve Rig Performance

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...

Under the Hood of GreenLight

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...

Activating a Remote Solution to Digital Pressure Testing

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,...

Introducing … Our Multi-test system

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...

OTC Expands Environmental Assessment & Management Services

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...

GREENLIGHT: A Flexible and Simple Digital Pressure Testing Solution

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,...

Standard 53 Applies to Subsea Well Intervention Systems

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....

External Tank Visual Inspection Criteria

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...

Preventing Corrosion

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...