Wood Group extends technology partnership with Librestream Technologies

Wood Group has extended its collaborative agreement with Canadian technology company Librestream Technologies to provide advanced digitally enabled solutions for oil and gas customers.

Aimed at combining Wood Group’s industry domain knowledge with Librestream’s real-time mobile video collaboration digital technology, the agreement was initially signed in November 2015 and has been extended for another 12 months.

As part of the agreement, the parties have developed new solutions for delivery excellence from desktop to work site.

Wood Group strategy and development executive president Steve Wayman said: “We believe innovation is the gateway to increased performance, economic recovery and growth in the oil and gas industry.

“By investing in leading-edge digital solutions for the oil and gas market and leveraging our partner Librestream’s technology portfolio, we are enhancing our service offering and delivering more efficient solutions to clients from desktop to worksite.”

According to Wood Group, its eXpert technology solution has been successfully deployed on behalf of major operators on work sites in the UK, the US, Canada and the Middle East in the last six months.

Through this technology, specialists based onshore will be able to connect directly with the remote worksite, through real-time audio and visual display, to review issues and collaborate on a resolution.

Librestream chief executive and founder Kerry Thacher said: “Empowering workers with digital tools designed for rapid response in rugged field environments is our key mission.

“Combining Wood Group’s industry expertise with our technology delivers high-productivity gains for remote workers.”

It is claimed that Wood Group’s eXpert technology solution is less time-consuming for problem-solving and resulting implementation, and also saves on costs associated with mobilisation and shutdown at offshore and remote locations.