R&D
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September 26, 2018
Garlock has launched ABRA-SHIELD, a proprietary expansion joint liner material designed for abrasion resistance and sustainability in demanding high temperature operating conditions.
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September 26, 2018
GEODynamics introduced a new power charge ignitor system, the S1 Ignitor and Crossover, to address the leading cause of failure to ignite power charges in zonal isolation perforating operations.
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September 26, 2018
Scientific Drilling International today announces the commercialization of its HALO high-performance rotary steerable system (RSS) at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE).
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September 25, 2018
Smith Bits, a Schlumberger company, today launched the HyperBlade hyperbolic diamond element bit that reduces drilling costs by improving the rate of penetration (ROP), while maintaining steering response and directional tracking in soft and plastic rock formations.
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September 25, 2018
Halliburton Company has released the Xaminer Magnetic Resonance (XMR) Service, the industry’s only high pressure rated (35,000 psi) downhole sensor that provides comprehensive nuclear magnetic resonance measurements to improve reservoir insight.
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September 24, 2018
Schlumberger has launched the CemFIT Shield mud-sealing cement system at the Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (SPE ATCE).
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September 17, 2018
A transformative initiative which brought together redundant but highly experienced oil and gas professional, to create and launch exciting, innovative and scalable businesses is aiming to build on its success, as applications open for the third program.
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September 14, 2018
The Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) is supporting three new research projects centred on how digitalization can improve efficiency and provide cost savings to the oil and gas industry.
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September 12, 2018
Gazprom Neft and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have entered into a technical partnership at the Eastern Economic Forum. The document was signed by Alexander Dyukov, chairman of the Gazprom Neft management board, and Wang Yilin, chairman of CNPC.
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September 06, 2018
2H Offshore, a riser and conductor specialist in subsea services group Acteon, has completed the first phase of the STREAM (STeel Riser Enhanced Analytics using Measurements) joint industry project (JIP) and has expanded the work into a second phase.
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August 29, 2018
Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), announced today the introduction of its Magnefficient permanent magnet motor (PMM), which enables operators to increase electrical submersible pumping (ESP) system efficiency, thereby lowering power requirements and overall lifting costs.
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August 29, 2018
Come visit ONS Innovation Park 2018 to learn more about the latest technical solutions. The stand gathers 18 small- and medium-sized Norwegian companies, exhibiting new and exciting innovations primarily tailored to increase value creation on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
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August 28, 2018
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has announced the launch of a new metal end cap seal specifically engineered for HTHP 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 27, 2018
At ONS this year, Norwegian company Resman AS is highlighting its innovative tracer technology and how it is delivering zone-specific well production data and production trends for use in production optimization and continuous well performance evaluation.
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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.
