R&D
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November 12, 2025
Unique Group is partnering with DEEP to deliver key engineering and life-support systems for Vanguard, the world’s first DNV-classed subsea habitat. Vanguard will enable scientists to live and work underwater for up to a week, marking a major step forward in offshore research.
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October 08, 2025
McDermott and Namibia’s PETROFUND signed an MOU to strengthen local workforce development in the country’s emerging oil and gas sector. The partnership focuses on technical training, knowledge transfer, and capacity building aligned with international standards.
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August 29, 2025
The Hamm Institute for American Energy at Oklahoma State University has awarded $200,000 in seed grants to OSU faculty members who are tackling challenges in energy security, resilience and innovation. Eight projects were chosen, each receiving $25,000.
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August 26, 2025
STRYDE has announced the sale of multiple Mini Seismic Systems, including ~2,000 nodes, to support a groundbreaking new initiative in UK academic research. The investment is led by the University of Cambridge and backed by six other leading institutions.
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May 26, 2025
The release of the second edition of API Std 20S strengthens the previous edition’s requirements, incorporating the latest industry practices, clearer non-destructive testing guidance and expanded tools for inspection and process control.
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October 29, 2024
This is the final article in our three-part series exploring the American Petroleum Institute’s (API's) standards development process. In this final article, we turn our attention to the final stages of this process: the approval, publication and ongoing maintenance of a standard.
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October 16, 2024
Enverus industry analysts have released a summary of 3Q24 upstream M&A activity, with the pace of deals significantly slowing in the third quarter of 2024 to just $12 billion in announced deals.
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October 10, 2024
Standards development follows a structured and systematic process, ensuring the highest quality and likelihood of implementation by industry and regulators worldwide. World Oil recently spoke with Paula Watkins, API Senior Director of Standards Development, to gain insights into the intricacies of the standards development process, the role of international collaborations, and the challenges along the way.
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October 02, 2024
Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) is set to launch a research tool which will provide governments, skills bodies, and the energy industry in the UK with the information needed to have the right people with the right skills in place at the times and locations where they are needed.
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October 31, 2022
Ahmed Al Jaber, chief executive of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), called for maximum energy with minimum emissions to ensure global energy security in his opening address at the 38th edition of the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition Conference (ADIPEC).
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October 17, 2022
Equinor has become the first oil and gas operator to utilize a rolling ultrasound scanner to reveal the internal state of concrete structures that are part of offshore platforms.
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October 17, 2022
Schlumberger has entered into an agreement with RTI International, a nonprofit research institute, to accelerate the industrialization and scale-up of its proprietary non-aqueous solvent technology, which enhances the efficiency of absorption-based carbon capture.
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October 05, 2022
Schlumberger announced it has entered into a partnership with Gradiant, a global water solutions provider, to introduce a key sustainable technology into the production process for battery-grade lithium compounds.
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September 30, 2022
Salunda Limited announced an exclusive license agreement with Transocean to make, develop and sell HaloGuard®, the offshore drilling industry’s first safety system that integrates camera and sensor technology with drilling equipment and machine controls.
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September 09, 2022
KBR is launching a study to develop a carbon-neutral, green ammonia-based system to power a semi-submersible drilling unit owned by Odfjell.
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August 29, 2022
Energy services provider Expro is leading industry efforts to meet environmental targets with the development of a digital technology that can help drilling contractors and operators cut an estimated 146 tons of CO2 emissions annually – the equivalent of 58 transatlantic flights.
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August 23, 2022
Recently introduced digitalization and automation technologies are enabling better performance on new build and retrofitted rigs.
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August 23, 2022
A recent ultra-deepwater giant drillships build resulted in two drillships that have the first-ever 20,000 psi well control system equipped with two 20,000 psi blowout preventers.
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August 09, 2022
ONS announced the finalists for its 2022 Innovation Awards on Tuesday, saying the competition was fiercer than ever.
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August 04, 2022
With global costs of corrosion estimated at $2.5 trillion, the project aims to significantly enhance detection and monitoring methods of microbiologically influenced corrosion.
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July 19, 2022
A4I gives UK companies of any size access to the UK’s top scientists and most advanced facilities, techniques and technologies in the world. It aims to boost productivity and competitiveness by helping companies to solve problems in innovative ways.
