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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 27, 2018
Big data transformation, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and other digital technologies were the key topics at the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE), which took place Sept. 24-26, at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas.
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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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September 26, 2018
GEODynamics introduced a new power charge ignitor system, the S1 Ignitor and Crossover, to address the leading cause of failure to ignite power charges in zonal isolation perforating operations.
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September 26, 2018
Scientific Drilling International today announces the commercialization of its HALO high-performance rotary steerable system (RSS) at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE).
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September 25, 2018
Smith Bits, a Schlumberger company, today launched the HyperBlade hyperbolic diamond element bit that reduces drilling costs by improving the rate of penetration (ROP), while maintaining steering response and directional tracking in soft and plastic rock formations.
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September 25, 2018
Halliburton Company has released the Xaminer Magnetic Resonance (XMR) Service, the industry’s only high pressure rated (35,000 psi) downhole sensor that provides comprehensive nuclear magnetic resonance measurements to improve reservoir insight.
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September 24, 2018
Schlumberger has launched the CemFIT Shield mud-sealing cement system at the Society of Petroleum Engineers Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (SPE ATCE).
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September 17, 2018
A transformative initiative which brought together redundant but highly experienced oil and gas professional, to create and launch exciting, innovative and scalable businesses is aiming to build on its success, as applications open for the third program.
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September 14, 2018
The Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) is supporting three new research projects centred on how digitalization can improve efficiency and provide cost savings to the oil and gas industry.
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September 12, 2018
Gazprom Neft and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have entered into a technical partnership at the Eastern Economic Forum. The document was signed by Alexander Dyukov, chairman of the Gazprom Neft management board, and Wang Yilin, chairman of CNPC.
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September 06, 2018
2H Offshore, a riser and conductor specialist in subsea services group Acteon, has completed the first phase of the STREAM (STeel Riser Enhanced Analytics using Measurements) joint industry project (JIP) and has expanded the work into a second phase.
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