Oil and Gas
In the oil and gas sector, additive manufacturing offers significant advantages in the development of drilling equipment and downhole tools. The ability to create custom-designed, lightweight, and high-strength components allows for improved performance and efficiency in extracting and processing hydrocarbons. Additionally, 3D printing can be used to manufacture spare parts on-site, reducing downtime and logistics costs in remote oilfields. Another key area is the production of hydraulic components such as valves, which has emerged as a killer application for this segment of additive manufacturing.
A single check valve used to take 52 weeks to reach an offshore platform: cast, machined, shipped, cleared through customs, and installed. ExxonMobil and EOS cut that time to under…
In the oil and gas industry, it is vital that valve cavities be depressurized in a controlled way. This process requires specialized components like Double Block and Bleed (DB&B) accessory…
The ToZero project—full name: Towards Zero Waste in Aluminum BiW Manufacturing—completed its final review after achieving its core objective: determining whether aluminum scrap from body-in-white automotive production could be converted…
VoxelMatters is again serving as the official media partner for the Formnext Technology Talks, a year-round webinar series organized by Mesago Messe Frankfurt that runs through October 2026 ahead of…
Voestalpine Additive Manufacturing has earned certification to American Petroleum Institute’s Specification 20S, qualifying the company to produce additively manufactured metallic parts for oil and gas applications at a serial scale.…
Across various industries like aerospace, defense, energy, and transport, additive manufacturing technologies are paving the way to greater efficiency and supply chain resilience, particularly where spare parts are involved. The…
Additive manufacturing is moving from trials to central production workflows across the energy sector. The clearest indicator is revenue momentum tied to direct part production rather than prototyping in many…
SENAI CIMATEC expanded the Additive Manufacturing Bureau at CIMATEC Park in Camaçari (BA) as part of a strategic initiative developed in partnership with the Oil and Gas company Petrobras. The…
In our final eBook of 2025 we are looking at the energy sector, where additive manufacturing technologies—metal AM in particular—are transitioning from prototyping and development to production. The energy sector…
Roboze has entered into a strategic partnership with Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) in Bahrain to develop the Roboze Advanced Manufacturing Smart Factory, a facility designed to serve the…
