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BOP equipment, it’s due to the support- The cool, curious liquid may seem Cyberhawk commanded a fair amount of ing systems,” Balevic said. unusual, but 3M insists most have been foot traf? c.

GE Oil & Gas also announced that it around it before. Used to clean electronic Having worked with major companies had secured its ? rst two contracts for devices and minimize their heat, 3M says around the world and being the previous the SeaLytics system, from Houston’s its Novec ? uids are also “used to safely recipient of an Oil and Gas UK Award for

Atwood Oceanics and Brazil’s Queiroz extinguish ? res in places that house offshore inspection in the North Sea, the

Galvão Óleo e Gás. our American treasures,” such as the UK-based company educated attendees www.ge-energy.com Alamo and the US Library of Congress. on the bene? ts of using its remotely oper-

It even safeguards Benjamin Franklin’s ated aerial vehicles (ROAV) for offshore

Spotlight

OTC2014: 3M Novec library and the 24ft-long squid in the inspection. engineered ? uids

Smithsonian. Non-toxic, non-? ammable, Cyberhawk’s ROAVs can be deployed and with high thermal stability, the envi- in helicopter-constrained situations to ronmentally friendly liquid can be used monitor ? are booms, drilling derricks, in heat transfer, lubricant and coating and vent stacks. ROAVs are unmanned deposition, and precision cleaning. and battery-operated, which means www.3M.com that personnel are not entering danger- ous or risky locations for inspection.

OTC2014: Cyberhawk ROAV

Additionally, the asset remains online

Image of Novec engineered ? uids from 3M. and producing during inspection, and

Past the welding demonstration in 3M’s site reports are produced the same day.

“Innovation Lab,” conference attendees

Thermal imaging and close-up, high- found a cellphone submerged in a clear de? nition photographic images from all liquid that looked like water. With a angles are available for detailed analysis. 3M employee on-hand to supervise,

Trained inspection engineers and pilots passers-by retrieved the phone from the with hundreds of hours of experience in liquid, often with pleased, yet slightly- what the company calls “GPS-denied” baf? ed looks on their faces. Not only environments operate the units.

Image of an ROAV from Cyberhawk.

—additional material provided by Audrey was the device functional, neither the

Winner of OTC’s Stand-of-the-Day award

Leon phone nor their hands retained any among a ? eld of 3000+ exhibitors, www.thecyberhawk.com dampness or residue.

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