R&D
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August 27, 2018
Oil companies are looking for ways to increase oil recovery rates. Subsea boosting can be a powerful tool, but investment costs are often too high, driven by expensive topside modifications and overall system cost.
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August 16, 2018
Oil and water tend to separate, but they mix well enough to form stable oil-in-water emulsions in produced water from oil reservoirs to become a problem. Rice University scientists have developed a nanoparticle-based solution that reliably removes more than 99% of the emulsified oil that remains after other processing is done.
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August 13, 2018
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has announced the launch of a new metal end cap seal specifically engineered for HPHT wellhead tubing and casing hanger sealing environments, which combines the pressure and extrusion resistance of a metal-to-metal bonded component with the flexibility of an elastomer.
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August 09, 2018
Fugro is introducing a new bathymetric lidar system that delivers industry-leading depth penetration and point densities for nearshore and coastal mapping.
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July 27, 2018
After modernization of the SEC’s reserves reporting requirements in late 2008, many folks in the U.S. oil and gas industry would have expected that the SEC and PRMS (Petroleum Reserves Management System) systems would classify, characterize and estimate reserves in a broadly consistent way, save for some obvious differences, such as prices and costs used in evaluations and some potential interpretation issues. However, this has not necessarily been the case.
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July 17, 2018
SGS and Baker Hughes, a GE company have announced a strategic alliance agreement (SAA) for the joint deployment and commercialization of BHGE’s real-time software and sensor-based predictive corrosion management (PCM) solution.
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July 17, 2018
Weatherford International plc announced the commercial release of a new Rotaflex long-stroke pumping unit that improves artificial-lift efficiency in challenging applications including deep, high-volume and high gas-to-liquids wells.
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July 11, 2018
Nanotera has introduced plant-based solutions to replace chemical and hazardous products in the oil and gas industry.
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July 11, 2018
Element Materials Technology has opened a new laboratory in Singapore, servicing the oil and gas sector.
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July 02, 2018
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, hosted a grand opening event for their new facilities based in Clinton, Oklahoma.
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June 29, 2018
HOMER CITY, Pa. -- In the past year, Chemstream has transformed what once was a small area nestled at one end of the company’s headquarters into a spacious, state-of-the-art laboratory.
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June 15, 2018
New work by Rice University chemical engineers may make it easier to characterize unconventional oil or gas shale formations.
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June 05, 2018
Teledyne CARIS is pleased to announce the release of HIPS and SIPS 11.0. This release introduces several improvements making it easier for users to start new projects and process data, as well as an enhanced user experience while interacting with survey data.
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June 04, 2018
Halliburton has released the EarthStar ultra-deep resistivity service, a logging-while-drilling technology that helps operators map reservoir and fluid boundaries over 200 ft (61 m) from the wellbore, more than doubling the depth of investigation of current industry offerings.
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June 01, 2018
The Science and Technology Center of Gazprom Neft and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology signed a collaboration agreement at the Skolkovo Startup Village — the largest startup-conference in Russia and CIS for technology entrepreneurs. The parties have agreed on the further development of joint research and innovation/entrepreneurship activity.
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May 21, 2018
GEODynamics’ Engineered Perforating Solutions Division has introduced FracIQ PRO, a revolutionary perforating system tailored for multi-stage plug-and-perf operations.
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May 14, 2018
Subsea services company, Rovco is on track to rapidly grow its share of the global subsea market after securing a £1.2-million investment, enabling the firm to launch its advanced live 3D subsea survey system and triple its workforce.
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May 08, 2018
Energean Oil & Gas announced that it has received Class approval from DNV-GL, the global quality assurance body, for the Basic Design of the new-build Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) that will be deployed at its deepwater Karish-Tanin development, offshore Israel.
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May 03, 2018
Weir introduced its second-generation RFID technology to enable frac iron fleet maintenance in the field in remote locations plagued with low internet or cellular connections.
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May 01, 2018
Sean Thomas, P.E., general manager at Universal Subsea Inc., presented the company’s business plan and patent-pending Wellhead Defender subsea isolation cap at the Rice Alliance Startup Roundup at OTC on April 30.
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April 27, 2018
Delmar Systems and Maritime Developments (MDL) have formed a joint-partnership to launch LiveWire, an innovative solution for wire rope inspection and change-out services.
