R&D

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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.
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January 14, 2019
Attollo Offshore has launched its Aberdeen-based Innovation Incubator.
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January 11, 2019
The National Decommissioning Centre (NDC), a global technology R&D hub, is today opened by Lord Duncan, UK Government Minister for Scotland and Paul Wheelhouse MSP, Scottish Energy Minister, in Newburgh, in North-East Scotland’s Energetica Corridor.
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December 19, 2018
Following recommendations from a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report released earlier this year, the National Academies’ Gulf Research Program (GRP) is developing a long-term research campaign to improve understanding and prediction of the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current System (LCS).
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December 11, 2018
The American Petroleum Institute has awarded a contract to DNV GL, the technical advisor to the oil and gas industry, for the full-scale S-N fatigue testing of large diameter bolts.
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December 11, 2018
Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands Paul Wheelhouse, has opened Petrofac’s new technology Innovation Zone in Aberdeen.
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December 11, 2018
LUX Assure, a specialist in the provision of chemical monitoring and management solutions, and the University of Strathclyde have secured a grant from the Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) to further develop LUX’s successful CoMic technology to provide the industry’s first corrosion inhibitor micelle detection tool with automated data analysis capability.
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November 26, 2018
Hydraulic subsea tools specialist, Webtool, is developing a Fast Intervention Tool for subsea pipeline decommissioning in conjunction with Chevron Energy Technology Company.
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November 13, 2018
Fluor Corporation has announced that its JV team, KPJV, has developed one of the world’s largest, single 3D intelligent plant design models for Tengizchevroil LLP’s future growth project.
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November 06, 2018
Fugro has signed a joint development agreement with L3 ASV, a leader in the field of unmanned and autonomous vessel technology, to create the next generation of autonomous vessels for the commercial survey market.
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November 01, 2018
JFE Connections America and JFE Technical Center are pleased to announce the opening of our new research and development lab in North Houston, at 6415 N. Sam Houston Pkwy W., Houston, Texas 77086.
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October 17, 2018
Clariant has announced the inauguration of a new state-of-the-art laboratory at its facility in Midland, Texas.
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October 16, 2018
Deriving facies models from the outcomes of seismic inversions, and their derivatives, has become standard practice in reservoir characterization workflows.
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October 12, 2018
SUEZ has opened one of the world’s largest, most advanced analytical laboratories to serve its growing client base, including the booming refining and petrochemical market, as well as oil and gas operations along the Gulf Coast and beyond.
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October 10, 2018
The Texas Alliance of Energy Producers (Alliance) and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) have announced their joint effort on two new projects for the benefit of the oil and gas industry. The first project is the 2018 White Paper on water use in the energy industry.
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October 10, 2018
The University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) and Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), have joined forces to explore how some of the latest advanced manufacturing tools and processes can drive more efficient, smarter ways to reduce cost and increase productivity across BHGE’s operations.
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October 04, 2018
Pragma Well Technology Ltd., a FrontRow Energy Technology Group company focused on advanced production technologies, has secured a contract with Saudi Aramco worth over $700,000.
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October 04, 2018
BP has announced that it has signed a ventures cooperation agreement with Aker BP to explore possible areas of cooperation in the development and deployment of advanced technologies in their businesses.
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September 26, 2018
Garlock has launched ABRA-SHIELD, a proprietary expansion joint liner material designed for abrasion resistance and sustainability in demanding high temperature operating conditions.
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