R&D

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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.
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May 15, 2019
The University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) has integrated cutting-edge laser metal deposition (LMD) technology within a CNC machine, creating a unique platform that is the first of its kind in Scotland, and one of very few across the world.
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May 14, 2019
Two new doctoral student (PhD) positions are being created through the Industrial Postgraduate Programme, supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and DNV GL. A further full time Research Fellow post is also being created at NTU’s Singapore Centre for 3D Printing.
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May 14, 2019
Together, Upwing Energy, an artificial lift technology company, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), one of the world’s leading industrial firms, have been selected by DeepStar, a global offshore research and development consortium, to perform a feasibility and conceptual study of Upwing’s Magnetic Drive System (MDS) for Electric Submersible Pumps (ESPs).
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May 14, 2019
The Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) and Deep Science Ventures (DSV) have selected two pioneering start-up companies to join industry-leading technology accelerator program, TechX Pioneers.
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May 09, 2019
Worley’s INTECSEA consultancy has partnered with the Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) to fund prototype testing of its Pseudo Dry Gas (PDG) liquid removal system.
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May 08, 2019
ExxonMobil has said it will invest up to $100 million over 10 years to research and develop advanced lower-emissions technologies with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and National Energy Technology Laboratory.
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May 08, 2019
Librestream and ecom, a Pepperl+Fuchs brand, have announced a collaboration on the latest innovation for asset analysis and safety inspections in hazardous locations—the Onsight Cube-Ex wearable camera.
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May 08, 2019
For Darren Woods, Exxon Mobil Corp.’s CEO, the answer to climate change won’t be found in solar panels or high-profile global accords, but rather in a U.S. government laboratory.
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May 2019
Most EOR methods use surfactants as injection fluids in traditional core-flooding operations. However, a new micromodel improves in-situ and dynamic saturation information, in less time and at a lower cost.
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May 2019
Innovative technology helps operators map reservoir and fluid boundaries over 200 ft (61 m) from the wellbore, more than doubling the industry standard for depth of investigation.
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May 01, 2019
TUV SUD NEL, the flow measurement R&D specialist, has launched a joint industry project (JIP) to fill a significant knowledge gap in the oil & gas industry’s use of online oil-in-water analyzers to help optimize oil and gas recovery.
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April 17, 2019
DNV GL's Head of Technical Centre China Falk Rothe handed over the two certificates to Dr. Lixin Xu from China Merchants Offshore Technology and Research Center (CM-OTRC).
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April 2019
Think outside the [ice] box
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April 2019
A new engineered fiber optic and sensing system provides exceptional data quality on permanent and intervention cables. The improved sensitivity lowers operational costs by reducing the source effort and increasing the frequency of the measurements.
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April 09, 2019
KBR, Inc. has announced that it has selected Baker Hughes, a GE company, as part of the ongoing development of KBR's standardized mid-scale Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) design.
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April 04, 2019
Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE) has opened a manufacturing and technology center in Oklahoma City dedicated to advancing the performance, quality and reliability of downhole drilling motors.
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April 04, 2019
Total is partnering with China’s Tianneng Group to build batteries, moving into mass production of electricity storage technology.
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April 03, 2019
More than 30 Gazprom Neft research geologists and IBM Research Brazil machine-learning research scientists have come together for the first time to share their unique knowledge, experience and skills in a research project,
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April 03, 2019
A new report published by DNV GL has revealed that the vast majority (85%) of professionals working in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector believe that more investment is needed in LNG infrastructure to satisfy forecasts for growing global demand after 2025.
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March 25, 2019
Gazprom Neft and Schlumberger made an agreement on technological cooperation in well logging. The document was signed by Vadim Yakovlev, first deputy CEO, Gazprom Neft, and Sergey Slyusenko, managing director, Gazpromneft-Noyabrskneftegazgeofizika and Gokhan Saygi, president of Schlumberger RCA.
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