Innovative Thinkers

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May 2025
The new Hummingbird all-electric land cementing unit is making its debut in field trials this year, and it stands to improve sustainability, reliability, efficiencies and safety of cementing operations.  
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May 26, 2025
The release of the second edition of API Std 20S strengthens the previous edition’s requirements, incorporating the latest industry practices, clearer non-destructive testing guidance and expanded tools for inspection and process control.
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May 20, 2025
SLB has launched Retina™ at-bit imaging, a first-of-its-kind solution which enables identification of formation characteristics. Retina addresses the limitations of traditional imagers, which are often restricted by operational factors like drilling fluid type and wellbore damage, SLB stated.
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May 15, 2025
Weatherford has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in a move to strengthen its digital capabilities. Through the agreement, AWS will support the development of next-generation technologies, further enhancing Weatherford’s Unified Data Model.
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May 08, 2025
Core Laboratories Inc. has opened a new Unconventional Core Analysis Laboratory in Saudi Arabia. Developed in collaboration with Abdulla Fouad Group, the facility underscores the company's commitment to advancing reservoir evaluation technologies in the Middle East.
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May 05, 2025
STR, a provider of advanced sensor technology, has strengthened its global offering by entering into a partnership with SubC Imaging, an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of subsea cameras, digital video recorder products and data-as-a-service provider.
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April 2025
As a component in the upstream value chain, production seemingly has been the last sector to see its problems solved through encompassing solutions, but that reality is changing.   
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April 07, 2025
Sulzer has launched its Sulzer Energy Optimization Service, an energy efficiency and carbon reduction service that will create a new best practice standard for the operation of centrifugal pumps across their lifecycle for energy intensive industries such as power generation, oil and gas, chemicals and water desalination.
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April 10, 2025
Miros, an industry leader in real-time ocean insights for maritime and offshore operations, has made a significant update to its Oil Spill Detection (OSD) system. The latest version of the Miros OSD now features cloud-enabled capabilities.
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March 27, 2025
Gulf Energy Information is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the 2025 Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards, the premier international honors recognizing outstanding innovation, leadership, and achievement across the global energy sector.
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March 2025
This article presents a unique experience where logging-while-drilling data could be streamed with high quality in real time, in a record-length extended-reach well drilled through complex carbonate reservoirs with deployment of an advanced new solution.
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March 13, 2025
Salunda has launched the Latch Hawk 2 fingerboard latch monitoring device, marking a significant step forward in preventing dropped objects and improving safety during pipe handling on offshore drilling rigs.
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March 06, 2025
Baker Hughes and Woodside Energy have announced a joint initiative to develop a lower carbon power generation technology solution utilizing the Net Power platform that is specifically designed for oil and gas (including LNG), heavy industries and other smaller scale applications.
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February 25, 2025
Diamondback Energy Inc. is in talks to form a power joint venture that would solve some of the shale giant’s own needs in the Permian Basin while also selling electricity to artificial intelligence data centers in West Texas.
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February 18, 2025
Halliburton today announced the launch of the new EcoStar® electric tubing-retrievable safety valve (eTRSV). This second-generation product builds on the success of the industry’s first electric TRSV, which won the OTC Spotlight on New Technology Award in 2017.
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January 30, 2025
Aramco Americas has contracted GHGSat to monitor methane based on the success of an earlier pilot program. Abating methane emissions is an important lever for Aramco in its ambition toward net-zero across its wholly owned and operated assets by 2050.
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January 29, 2025
SLB has opened its Africa Performance Center in Luanda, Angola. The center will serve as a collaborative hub for industry stakeholders providing access to innovative solutions across digital, AI, oil and gas and new energy sectors within Angola and Africa.
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January 07, 2025
PakEnergy has acquired Petrosight in a move to reinforce its position as a single-source provider of end-to-end well-lifecycle management solutions from site planning and construction to drilling, production, workovers and decommissioning.
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January 06, 2025
Solace Global Risk has officially acquired Nuraling, an independent AI innovation, bringing tailored machine learning solutions to Solace Secure and other services.
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December 2024
Innovations in personnel monitoring solutions can improve crew safety and reduce operational downtime in the oil field 
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