R&D
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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.
