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August 23, 2022
A recent ultra-deepwater giant drillships build resulted in two drillships that have the first-ever 20,000 psi well control system equipped with two 20,000 psi blowout preventers.
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August 09, 2022
ONS announced the finalists for its 2022 Innovation Awards on Tuesday, saying the competition was fiercer than ever.
Webcast

Spontaneous Imbibition — A Forum for a Fresh Look at EOR

August 25, 2022
Stepan Oilfield Solutions and Rockwater Energy Solution
During this 60-minute workshop, we will discuss the following: 1) No Pressure — Learn More About Spontaneous Imbibition presented by Dr. Aaron Sanders, Technical Director of Oilfield Solutions from Stepan Oilfield Solutions. 2) Oilfield Chemistry — the Move from Design to Application presented by Brian Price, Vice President- Technology from Rockwater Energy Solutions
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August 04, 2022
With global costs of corrosion estimated at $2.5 trillion, the project aims to significantly enhance detection and monitoring methods of microbiologically influenced corrosion.
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July 19, 2022
A4I gives UK companies of any size access to the UK’s top scientists and most advanced facilities, techniques and technologies in the world. It aims to boost productivity and competitiveness by helping companies to solve problems in innovative ways.
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July 19, 2022
GD Energy Products, a total solutions provider for the drilling, well servicing and frac pumps market, has partnered with Texas Pump Systems to develop innovative pumps for a large offshore floating production storage and offloading facility.
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July 15, 2022
Half-year data points for the offshore market released by Clarksons Research, profiling improving activity, utilization and day rates across the offshore oil and gas market, show the overall index is up 17%.
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July 14, 2022
Well construction expert DeltaTek Global announced its QuikCure® technology has received a U.S patent, confirming the unique attributes and technical make-up of the company’s rapid cement hydration offering.
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July 05, 2022
For over 20 years, the World Oil Awards have recognized and honored the upstream energy industry’s leading innovators and innovations and recognized changes in technology that have made a lasting impact. Nominations for this year's awards will be accepted through this Saturday, July 9, at midnight CST.
Whitepaper

Electrification: Technologies and innovations that advance the upstream industry

June 30, 2022
Schlumberger and Schneider Electric
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June 23, 2022
Research shows companies with a higher percentage of women in executive positions have a 34% higher total return to shareholders than those that do not and companies with ethnic diversity on their executive team are 25% more likely to have above average profitability and 27% likelihood of outperforming peers in value creation.
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June 23, 2022
In an effort that has been underway for several years and is now set against a backdrop of triple-digit oil prices, oil and gas companies are continuing attempts to devise new methods of increasing production from existing unconventional wells.
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June 01, 2022
Eni announced its work with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to integrate its proprietary data platform XWARE with the cloud native Open Subsurface Data Universe on AWS. This enables faster data exchange between external ecosystems, deployment of innovative Seismic Cloud applications, and fostering new digital workflows and insights.
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May 23, 2022
The OU team designed and proposed a system to repurpose six abandoned oil and gas wells in Shawnee, Oklahoma, to provide clean, renewable geothermal energy for more than 730,449 square feet of educational and municipal buildings.
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May 11, 2022
A London-based startup that makes small, modular units to capture carbon emissions from smokestacks has raised $150 million from investors that include the venture arms of Chevron Corp., Saudi Arabian Oil Co., and Samsung Group.
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May 06, 2022
The U.S. Department of Energy is actively aligning funds and programs to further support the thriving offshore wind industry, specifically projects in the US Gulf of Mexico and Central Atlantic.
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May 05, 2022
Baker Hughes launched a new subsea wellhead technology, the MS-2 Annulus Seal, to save substantial operational rig costs by helping lower overall wellhead installation costs due to reduced rig trips.
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May 05, 2022
Concerned about the growing safety risk posed by corrosion and other structural integrity issues associated with the global floating production fleet, American Bureau of Shipping pulled together an industry working group 18 months ago.
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May 04, 2022
Oxford Flow, flow control equipment specialist for oil, gas, industrial process and water industries, has been awarded the Albert Woelfel Best Mechanical Engineering Achievement Award by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers at OTC for its ES axial flow valve.
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May 04, 2022
Devon Energy Corp., one of the biggest oil explorers in the Permian Basin, is getting into the sand business to combat rising costs.
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May 03, 2022
The pandemic had a unique impact on the energy industry and will pave the path of the energy transition on its way to net zero emissions, Society of Petroleum Engineers President Kamel Ben-Naceur said during a keynote presentation at OTC.
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