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We provide software which compares a state-of-the-art real-time model downhole with accurate data from drilling operations.
Response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Sekal have like many other companies moved its workforce to home offices from 11th March. As a cloud-based company, that have always worked with remote servers, the transition was smooth. Our DrillScene (real time drilling analytics), DrillExpect services (operational...
Sekal moving our Head Quarter to 2020Park
The global appetite for digitalization and automation of the drilling process is growing exponential as oil and gas operators acknowledges the high value proposition generated from such solutions. As a consequence of this market development, Sekal is expanding both in...
The Research Council of Norway grants funding for Sekal and NORCE project
The Research Council has granted a two year funding to our project for Automatic Drilling Model Configuration. This is an important research and development project that will ease the use of systems like DrillScene and DrillTronics. Equinor is project partner and will...
Global frame agreement signed with Wintershall Dea
Wintershall Dea have on the 28th August 2019 awarded Sekal a 4 year contract with options for another 2 + 2 years for ‘’Drilling Software Applications and Monitoring Services using Sekal applications, DrillExpect, DrillScene and DrillTronics for all Wintershall Dea’s...
Sumitomo Corporation acquired stake in Sekal AS
Sumitomo Corporation (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer: Masayuki Hyodo) has on the 18th July acquired a stake in Sekal AS to further strengthen and accelerate our market strategy and products development...
Sekal selected for the Tekna Technology Award 2018
Tekna have selected Sekal to the ‘’Technology Award 2018’’ for our breakthrough and leading position when digitalizing and automating of the drilling process. Sekal technology is a result from years of research performed by NORCE and Sekal when creating software...
Transocean has announced drilling automation of six floaters
Updated News - World Oil, 18 Feb 2019 STEINHAUSEN, Switzerland -- Transocean Ltd. has announced that it has entered into an agreement with its customer, Equinor, to license and install Automated Drilling Control (ADC) systems on four high-specification, harsh...
SPE – Equinor, Transocean Ink Deal for Five Automated Rigs
News update - Spe.org/Journal of Petroleum Technology, 19 February 2019 Transocean said will install automated drilling systems on four of its harsh-environment rigs on long-term contracts with Equinor. An additional rig will be outfitted with the automation...
Equinor gjør Transocean-rigger enda mer moderne
News updates - Petro.no 19 February 2019 Etter svært gode resultater ved bruk av Automated Drilling Control (ADC) på Transocean Enabler, girer når Equinor opp på enda flere Transocean-rigger. Read the full article (in Norwegian) Sekal press release