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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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Lowering Your Total Installed Cost Through Structural Steel Savings
September 15, 2017
Eaton
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ZF 8 TX Functional Powerhouse: Robust Lightweight for Oil and Gas Production
June 15, 2017
ZF
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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.
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April 26, 2017
IBM and Flotek Industries announced a global agreement to develop a cognitive reservoir performance system for the oil and gas industry.
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April 14, 2017
ABS, provider of classification and technical services to the offshore industry, has issued the ABS Guidance Notes on Geotechnical Performance of Spudcan Foundations, encompassing the results from multiple targeted jackup research initiatives.
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April 10, 2017
The National Materials and Manufacturing Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will conduct a workshop April 10-11 to discuss the causes of bolt material failures and possible options for reducing the risks associated with bolts in subsea oil and gas operations.
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Sustainable Collaboration in Oil and Gas Refining: Becoming a Super-Refiner
March 20, 2017
IDC Energy Insights
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February 20, 2017
NEL, the flow measurement R&D specialist, has appointed Dr. Bruno Pinguet as senior consultant.
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February 17, 2017
A new modelling approach developed and validated by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) presents a major step forward in understanding how offshore blowout preventers (BOPs) are likely to function if employed during a blowout.
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February 16, 2017
As part of its ongoing technology strategy, Gazprom Neft has established a program directed at developing technologies to exploit oil reserves located below a gas cap.
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February 15, 2017
Siemens is joining forces with three partners to take part in the research project, Road to Digital Production (R2D), supported by the Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Media, Energy and Technology, which is aimed at developing improved technologies, interfaces and infrastructures for the implementation of digital industrial production.
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February 10, 2017
Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering, a provider of offshore marine warranty, dynamic positioning and engineering services, has completed a suitability survey for the world’s second largest semisubmersible, the Xin Guang Hua, in advance of her maiden voyage.
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February 01, 2017
Oceaneering International, Inc., has announced that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded a technology development contract by Statoil Petroleum AS. The contract provides for the development, manufacturing, testing, and mobilization of a self-contained, battery-powered work class remotely operated vehicle (E-ROV) system deployed on the seabed.
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January 23, 2017
Halliburton announced today that two of its RapidStart Initiator CT (casing test) sleeves opened after 32 months downhole. Thirty-two months is an industry record for the successful operation of a toe sleeve.
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January 05, 2017
Exxon Mobil has announced the development of its cMIST technology, which dehydrates natural gas using a patented absorption system inside pipes and replaces the need for conventional dehydration tower technology.
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January 05, 2017
NEL, the flow measurement R&D specialist, has developed a novel method for calculating Reynolds numbers in real-time, helping the oil and gas industry to significantly reduce financial exposure of heavy oil flow measurement.
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Operator successfully restimulates Cotton Valley Lime well using customized solution (1)
October 22, 2015
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