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SAP SE and DNV GL, one of the largest independent management and quality assurance experts, said they have teamed up to deliver a new industry cloud solution, Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) Manager, designed to tackle a major problem facing the integrity of oil and gas plants. Corrosion Under Insulation Manager is one …

DNV GL has published the oil and gas industry’s first recommended practice (RP) on how to build and quality-assure digital twins. Developed in collaboration with TechnipFMC, DNVGL-RP-A204: Qualification and assurance of digital twins sets a benchmark for the sector’s varying approaches to building and operating the technology. It guides industry …

Jon Fredrik Baksaas, the former CEO of Telenor, has been appointed as DNV GL’s new Chair of the board.  Although best known for his thirteen-year tenure as CEO and President of the telecoms firm, Mr Baksaas started his career with DNV (as it was then known) and spent six years …

DNV GL and FPSO specialist Bluewater are undertaking a pilot project to use hybrid digital twin technology to predict and analyze fatigue in the hull of an FPSO in the North Sea. The project aims to validate and quantify the benefits of creating a virtual replica of the FPSO to …

Deep decarbonization of the world’s energy system is still 15 years away, with carbon emissions set to remain stubbornly high until the mid-2030s, according to a new forecast of the energy transition by DNV GL. Carbon dioxide emissions from energy use will fall just 15% to 2035, before then dropping 40% to 2050. The oil and gas industry …

A drone has successfully inspected a 19.4 meter high oil tank on board a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel.  The video shot by the drone was interpreted in real-time by an algorithm to detect cracks in the structure.  It is the latest step in a technology qualification process that …

DNV GL has issued an international call to oil and gas operators and the supply chain to pilot a methodology that will prove whether the data generated by digital twins can be trusted, and if the technology is delivering value. Companies manufacturing hardware across the oil and gas value chain …

DNV GL, the risk management and system assurance company, has launched a venture fund in response to the challenges of the “decade of transformations,” which will be defined by the energy transition and the fourth industrial revolution.  DNV GL Ventures will build a portfolio of between 15-20 startups in the …

New DNV GL research based on more than 1,000 failure cases has revealed that tubes and piping are the most failure-prone components in the oil and gas and maritime industries. Fatigue and corrosion are the most common failure types. The research is based on cases from DNV GL’s global network …

of subsea equipment, has been published by DNV GL. Developed through a joint industry project (JIP), the new RP aims to streamline manufacturing processes and significantly reduce lead-time and cost. For the first time, DNVGL-RP-B204 “Welding of subsea production system equipment” provides agreed and harmonized operator requirements and best practice …