R&D
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September 18, 2019
Working to deliver transparent data to evaluate the most effective methane emissions reduction strategies, the group was established by leading industry companies Cheniere, Chevron, Equinor, ExxonMobil, and Pioneer Natural Resources.
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September 17, 2019
WAXTREAT SubZero is a winterized PPD with customization capabilities, enhancing performance, while mitigating paraffin build-up, in crude oil pipeline systems, at the same time reducing OPEX requirements associated with pipeline cleaning.
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September 06, 2019
Clariant has opened its next High Throughput Experimentation (HTE) Laboratory in Houston, Texas, where the new facility will be the first of its kind supporting the oil & gas industry. This lab is part of a global Clariant initiative to expand HTE capabilities to North America, the Asia Pacific region, Latin America, Africa and the North Sea.
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September 05, 2019
DNV GL proposes the “Probabilistic Digital Twin” (PDT) to close the gap between digital twins – used increasingly by operators to manage the performance of their assets – and risk analysis still largely conducted manually before assets enter service.
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August 26, 2019
Mosaic Materials has progressed research on a process that uses porous solids to separate carbon dioxide from air or flue gas. The agreement with ExxonMobil will enable further evaluation of opportunities for industrial uses of the technology at scale.
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August 22, 2019
In partnership with The Idea Village and sponsored by Shell Game Changer, this event will connect the best new energy innovators with funding to help further the development of exciting new products and technologies for the energy industry.
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August 22, 2019
The company says its nanoActiv EFT is the first micellar dispersion additive that applies nanoparticle technology to increase initial oil and gas production.
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August 21, 2019
The Slim Battery-powered Conveyor will be the smallest diameter downhole tractor available on the market, offering access to the increasing number of slim, horizontal and highly deviated wells, which up to now have not been serviceable with wireline conveyance.
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August 16, 2019
Upwing Energy has been awarded 10 new patents, for critical enabling technologies in the company’s downhole rotating tools, and proprietary methods used to increase hydrocarbon production and recovery.
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August 15, 2019
The annals of green energy are filled with failures. Many ideas struggled to move from the lab to the factory.
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August 2019
As operators search for reserves in challenging HPHT environments, new technology is required to support these projects. An innovative expandable liner hanger, which offers a gas-tight metal-to-metal sealing system, is capable of superior hanging capacity for installing casing strings of various lengths.
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July 18, 2019
The goal of this collaboration is the creation of a standards-based, open, interoperable, and secure automation architecture that addresses both the technical and commercial challenges of current systems.
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July 09, 2019
IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN) and Total announce that they signed a strategic R&D partnership yesterday, that includes an agreement to endow a chair at the IFP School, on carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) and technologies to curb CO2 emissions.
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July 2019
A new ultra-reach flotation collar, equipped with a second-generation buoyancy barrier, reduces friction in extended reach laterals and lowers costs associated with running casing to the required target depth.
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July 2019
The West Texas hydraulic test site project examines some areas for potential improvement in fracturing, including fracture growth, its interaction with natural fractures, and fracture efficiency for enhanced production. Such advances could lead to fewer infill wells drilled, less water used, and reduced energy input during future oil and gas recovery.
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June 21, 2019
Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE) opened its transformed Centre of Excellence (CoE) facility at an inauguration ceremony with Minister for Energy, Paul Wheelhouse, customers and employees.
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June 21, 2019
Researchers from MIPT, Skoltech, the Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Lomonosov Moscow State University have offered a new approach to oil composition analysis.
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June 07, 2019
Gazprom Neft and the Government of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug are to expand their cooperation in developing viable technologies for exploiting Achimovsky-strata oil deposits.
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May 22, 2019
Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, LLC (OLCV), a subsidiary of Occidental, and Carbon Engineering Ltd. (CE), a Canadian clean energy company, has announced they are jointly proceeding with the engineering and design of the world’s largest Direct Air Capture (DAC) and sequestration facility.
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Vallourec launches its Open Innovation platform to create new partnerships with innovative companies
May 20, 2019
Vallourec launches its Open Innovation platform to create new partnerships with innovative companies
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May 15, 2019
International energy consultancy Xodus Group has expanded its renewables capabilities with the addition of a dedicated advisory unit.
