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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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March 05, 2019
Halliburton Company has announced Motors Center of Excellence, a new approach to drilling motor development that combines specialized engineering and manufacturing capabilities to customize motor designs for specific basin challenges.
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February 05, 2019
Aberdeen-based production optimization specialist Enpro Subsea has announced that the $1.9 million (£1.5million) investment project in its Flow Intervention Services (FIS) technology, which included a $977,800 (£755,000) research and development grant from Scottish Enterprise, has started onshore testing ahead of planned subsea field trials later this year.
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February 04, 2019
Southwest Research Institute is helping lead the first phase of a joint industry program (JIP) to verify and validate oil and gas drilling sensor systems.
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January 31, 2019
DynaEnergetics, a business of DMC Global Inc. has announced it achieved a 100% success rate on field trials of its new DS Trinity perforating system.
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January 23, 2019
In their quest to make one of the most expensive methods of producing crude more profitable, Canada’s oil-sands companies have been ramping up efforts to get their thick bitumen to flow through pipelines more easily and cheaply.
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January 17, 2019
Aberdeen-based oil and gas production technology business, Pragma Well Technology, has been given the green light by Pharis Energy and OGTC to progress with the manufacture and prototype testing of their Downhole Steam Injection Valve (DSIV) following a successful feasibility study.
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January 15, 2019
A new computational model could potentially boost efficiencies and profits in natural gas production by better predicting previously hidden fracture mechanics. It also accurately accounts for the known amounts of gas released during the process.