Innovative Thinkers

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December 2018
Sven Krueger: Learn, develop, and deliver
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October 30, 2018
Day One of the Women’s Global Leadership Conference (WGLC) was held at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, in Houston, on Oct. 29, 2018.
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October 11, 2018
More than 350 of the upstream oil and gas industry’s brightest minds gathered Thursday to find out, and celebrate, the winners of the 2018 World Oil Awards. The awards ceremony, now in its 17th year, seeks to recognize and honor the upstream industry’s top innovations and innovators.
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October 09, 2018
Noia has informed its members, the oil & gas industry, and the public that nominations are now being accepted for the 2019 Industry Achievement Awards. Nominations will remain open until 5 p.m. Friday, November 16, 2018, for both the Outstanding Contribution Award and the Rising Star Award.
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August 29, 2018
World Oil and Gulf Energy Information has announced the finalists for the 2018 World Oil Awards. For 17 years, these prestigious awards have honored the upstream energy industry's leading innovators and innovations.
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August 24, 2018
It’s great to be back in Stavanger this week for ONS, connecting with customers and peers, highlighting innovation, and sharing information and best practices designed to steer the energy industry forward. We shouldn’t underestimate the importance of Norway and the wider North Sea region for its role—past, present, and future—in technology research, development, and incubation.
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August 24, 2018
Bringing together the upstream oil and gas sector, Halliburton’s Life 2018 is a collaborative digital conference that focuses on technology advances in E&P.
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February 2018
Rod Uchytil: Leaving an international impact
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October 2017
Dr. Jim Kaculi says he always “had a great desire to learn.”
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May 09, 2017
A vessel with an asymmetric stern has a twisted aft shape that is designed to account for the differing flow conditions on each side of the propeller. The idea emerged in the 1960s, but due to the difficulty of manually developing the optimal shape, this design failed to make a large impact at the time. DNV GL has revisited the idea.
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May 01, 2017
Expro is showcasing a range of new capabilities and technology at OTC Houston 2017.
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April 2017
Wells drilled offshore Sabah, East Malaysia, using conventional open wellbore technology, have experienced well control events and significant NPT. Problems encountered included kicks, stuck pipe, and lost mud circulation.
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April 13, 2017
The Society of Exploration Geophysicists has released a major update to the venerable SEG-Y workhorse seismic data exchange standard.
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April 11, 2017
Every great drilling engineer, at one time, most likely had a great mentor, who provided him or her with help and support when it was needed most.
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April 06, 2017
Robert Gordon University (RGU) has today launched a new set of online short courses to help professional development and address skills needs within the oil and gas industry.
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April 05, 2017
DSME and DNV GL presented the results of a joint development project (JDP) for the design of an innovative, efficient LNG carrier based on today’s technology, at the Gastech 2017 conference in Tokyo, Japan.
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March 28, 2017
LUKOIL has applied innovative technologies for examination of core samples of the West Qurna-2 field.
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March 21, 2017
For CIPPE 2017 Gold Award, the review committee consists of Chinese academy of sciences and Chinese academy of engineering academicians, and authoritative experts from CNPC, Sinopec and CNOOC. With strict evaluation for innovative products and technologies from well-known drilling companies, the committee has selected the Smart Driller Indicator (SDI), developed by Strategy and Planning Institute from CNPC DR, as the final winner, due to its unique innovation and superior drilling performance in the intelligent drilling field.
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February 28, 2017
Superior Drilling Products, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of drilling tool technologies, announced today that it has been awarded a critical patent that addresses the unique characteristics and capabilities of its Strider technology that is a key component of the Company’s Coiled Tubing Strider (CTS) and Open Hole Strider tools for the oil & gas industry.
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February 27, 2017
Well Control School (WCS) is announcing an alliance with Drilbert Engineering to provide advanced technical drilling operational training for the oil and gas industry.
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