R&D
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March 13, 2018
Global subsea equipment specialist, Ashtead Technology, has invested £2.8 million in new technology over the past month in response to anticipated market demand.
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March 09, 2018
Today, strict global onshore and offshore disposal standards are applicable industry-wide. One of the requirements specifies that free fluid must be removed from all cuttings. This can result in increased costs for operators due to higher treatment, disposal and transportation costs.
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March 07, 2018
Hunting Energy Services, a subsidiary of Hunting PLC, the international energy services company, today announced the introduction of its TEC-LOCK semi-premium connection technology.
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March 05, 2018
As the intensity of completing unconventional wells continues to grow, so too do the demands on fracturing equipment. Longer laterals, rising stage counts, and increased pressures and proppant loadings per stage make hydraulic fracturing an extremely difficult—and consumptive—enterprise, particularly in the challenging wells seen in regions like the Permian basin.
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March 01, 2018
Abrado announced today that it has successfully completed the first casing section milled window utilizing a mud motor to power its patented Medusa expandable dual-string casing section-milling technology to successfully abandon a Gulf of Mexico well.
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February 26, 2018
Leading international oilfield services company, Expro, has enhanced its cased hole services offering, signing a global agreement with downhole video and camera technology specialist Vision iO.
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February 21, 2018
GEODynamics has introduced ISOLOC plug and abandonment, specialized-perforating systems for remedial cementing and circulation.
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February 15, 2018
Proactive Real Time Systems (PRTS) has launched its new software product called the Real-Time Advisory System (RTAS).
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February 15, 2018
A selection of Scotland’s leading oil and gas research and development institutions will be heading to China next month (March 5-10) to strengthen ties, share knowledge and increase business opportunities with leading innovation houses in Beijing.
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February 09, 2018
Wood Mackenzie and the Oil & Gas Technology Centre announced today that developing new subsea technology and approaches to field developments could help unlock an additional 400 MMbbl of oil and gas and generate £3 billion of additional value.
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February 08, 2018
CGG, its technology partner, and Ardiseis, subsidiary of the Arabian Geophysical and Surveying Company (ARGAS), the Middle East’s seismic acquisition specialist, have announced the successful completion of the world’s highest-density broadband seismic survey ever acquired onshore or offshore.
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February 06, 2018
Royal IHC has successfully passed the first significant milestones in the design and build process of an integrated reel lay vessel for Subsea 7.
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January 24, 2018
ConocoPhillips and Statoil Petroleum AS have signed a joint sponsorship development agreement with Visuray Technology Limited, to fund the development of novel downhole technology that can evaluate the integrity of cement behind multiple casing strings in oil and gas wells.
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January 16, 2018
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company announced today that it has signed a three-year joint development agreement with MagnaBond, LLC, to develop new technologies that could enhance cost-effective evaluation of well cementing, casing and tubing.
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January 16, 2018
RPSEA has released its Technology Roadmap, a plan that outlines the challenges and research needs of the U.S. onshore and offshore oil and gas industry for the coming decade.
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January 12, 2018
Difficult drilling conditions in the Permian basin demand a drill-bit philosophy geared toward efficiency and durability. Three record runs recently occurred in the Permian basin that showcased the performance of National Oilwell Varco's Tektonic bits with Permian Series cutters.
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January 04, 2018
Statoil is the latest addition to a Joint Industry Project (JIP) attempting to revolutionize subsea boosting pumps.
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January 01, 2018
Hardbanding Solutions by Postle Industries has developed a remarkable patent-pending product and effective procedure to restore work string tubulars that have worn below the minimum allowable connection diameter.
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May 15, 2017
A major funding package for the Institute of Petroleum Engineering (IPE) at Heriot-Watt University will directly support research and training for the future of the industry in UK offshore waters.
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May 10, 2017
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement provided the latest details on its efforts to improve oil spill response technologies at the Arctic Oil Spill Response Research and Technology Workshop April 26.
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May 09, 2017
A vessel with an asymmetric stern has a twisted aft shape that is designed to account for the differing flow conditions on each side of the propeller. The idea emerged in the 1960s, but due to the difficulty of manually developing the optimal shape, this design failed to make a large impact at the time. DNV GL has revisited the idea.
