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May 14, 2019
Together, Upwing Energy, an artificial lift technology company, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), one of the world’s leading industrial firms, have been selected by DeepStar, a global offshore research and development consortium, to perform a feasibility and conceptual study of Upwing’s Magnetic Drive System (MDS) for Electric Submersible Pumps (ESPs).
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May 14, 2019
The Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) and Deep Science Ventures (DSV) have selected two pioneering start-up companies to join industry-leading technology accelerator program, TechX Pioneers.
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May 09, 2019
Worley’s INTECSEA consultancy has partnered with the Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) to fund prototype testing of its Pseudo Dry Gas (PDG) liquid removal system.
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May 08, 2019
ExxonMobil has said it will invest up to $100 million over 10 years to research and develop advanced lower-emissions technologies with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and National Energy Technology Laboratory.
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May 08, 2019
Librestream and ecom, a Pepperl+Fuchs brand, have announced a collaboration on the latest innovation for asset analysis and safety inspections in hazardous locations—the Onsight Cube-Ex wearable camera.
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May 08, 2019
For Darren Woods, Exxon Mobil Corp.’s CEO, the answer to climate change won’t be found in solar panels or high-profile global accords, but rather in a U.S. government laboratory.
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May 01, 2019
TUV SUD NEL, the flow measurement R&D specialist, has launched a joint industry project (JIP) to fill a significant knowledge gap in the oil & gas industry’s use of online oil-in-water analyzers to help optimize oil and gas recovery.
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April 17, 2019
DNV GL's Head of Technical Centre China Falk Rothe handed over the two certificates to Dr. Lixin Xu from China Merchants Offshore Technology and Research Center (CM-OTRC).
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April 09, 2019
KBR, Inc. has announced that it has selected Baker Hughes, a GE company, as part of the ongoing development of KBR's standardized mid-scale Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) design.
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April 04, 2019
Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE) has opened a manufacturing and technology center in Oklahoma City dedicated to advancing the performance, quality and reliability of downhole drilling motors.
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April 04, 2019
Total is partnering with China’s Tianneng Group to build batteries, moving into mass production of electricity storage technology.
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April 03, 2019
More than 30 Gazprom Neft research geologists and IBM Research Brazil machine-learning research scientists have come together for the first time to share their unique knowledge, experience and skills in a research project,
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April 03, 2019
A new report published by DNV GL has revealed that the vast majority (85%) of professionals working in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector believe that more investment is needed in LNG infrastructure to satisfy forecasts for growing global demand after 2025.
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March 25, 2019
Gazprom Neft and Schlumberger made an agreement on technological cooperation in well logging. The document was signed by Vadim Yakovlev, first deputy CEO, Gazprom Neft, and Sergey Slyusenko, managing director, Gazpromneft-Noyabrskneftegazgeofizika and Gokhan Saygi, president of Schlumberger RCA.
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March 24, 2019
ABB has opened a new Customer Experience Center at its R&D Competence Center in Bergamo, Northern Italy.
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March 24, 2019
Massimo Inguscio, president of the Italian National Research Council (CNR), and Claudio Descalzi, Eni CEO, following their meeting held last May, have signed a Joint Research Agreement (JRA), to set up four linked research centers in southern Italy. Also, in attendance were Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Minister for Southern Italy Barbara Lezzi and the President of the Apulia Region, Michele Emiliano.
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March 18, 2019
DNV GL has opened an artificial intelligence research center in Shanghai as it seeks new solutions to enhance its audit, inspection and survey services.
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March 18, 2019
Gazprom Neft has concluded a tripartite Cooperation Agreement with Politecnico di Torino and the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (Polytech) — the signatories to this document being Vladislav Baryshnikov, deputy CEO for international business development, Gazprom Neft; Vitaly Sergeev, vice-rector for research, the Peter the Great Polytechnic University; and Patrizia Lombardi, pro-rector, Politecnico di Torino.
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March 18, 2019
With 560 beds the Johan Sverdrup living quarters topside is the largest of its kind in Norway. The fourth and last platform for the first phase of the giant project is now ready for sail-away from Kværner’s yard on Stord to the Johan Sverdrup field, where it will be installed in a single lift.
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March 14, 2019
At a fraction of the cost of conventional tools, Coretrax, the wellbore clean-up and abandonment specialist, is increasing its stock of CX-Enviroplugs to meet demand for a safe, simple and significantly cost-effective solution for big bore cement plug placement.
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March 07, 2019
After the initial opening remarks from key officials, the annual SPE-IADC Drilling Conference on got down to what it does best—presentations on a wide variety of technical innovations and advancements over the last year.
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