R&D
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August 2022
Napoleon Bonaparte once said, “For war, we need three things—money, money and more money.” I believe his quote applies today for our industry: “To prosper, we need three things—technology, technology and more technology.”
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August 24, 2022
Provider of advanced drilling simulation technology, Drilling Systems, part of market-leading provider of training, technology and simulation solutions 3t Energy Group, has delivered a bespoke well control training lab to Western Texas College with the installation of its cutting-edge simulators.
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August 23, 2022
Recently introduced digitalization and automation technologies are enabling better performance on new build and retrofitted rigs.
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August 23, 2022
A recent ultra-deepwater giant drillships build resulted in two drillships that have the first-ever 20,000 psi well control system equipped with two 20,000 psi blowout preventers.
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August 16, 2022
MAN Energy Solutions has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Stena Teknik – Stena’s inhouse R&D division – and Proman – the world’s second largest methanol producer – regarding their mutual cooperation on a project to retrofit MAN 48/60 engines to make them capable of dual-fuel, diesel and methanol operation.
Article
August 2022
Subsea trees have traditionally required specialized engineering design. To rectify this situation, the service provider has introduced a standardized approach to simplify designs, which has reduced costs and NPT.
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August 09, 2022
ONS announced the finalists for its 2022 Innovation Awards on Tuesday, saying the competition was fiercer than ever.
Webcast
Spontaneous Imbibition — A Forum for a Fresh Look at EOR
August 25, 2022
Stepan Oilfield Solutions and Rockwater Energy Solution
During this 60-minute workshop, we will discuss the following: 1) No Pressure — Learn More About Spontaneous Imbibition presented by Dr. Aaron Sanders, Technical Director of Oilfield Solutions from Stepan Oilfield Solutions. 2) Oilfield Chemistry — the Move from Design to Application presented by Brian Price, Vice President- Technology from Rockwater Energy Solutions
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August 04, 2022
With global costs of corrosion estimated at $2.5 trillion, the project aims to significantly enhance detection and monitoring methods of microbiologically influenced corrosion.
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July 26, 2022
Siemens Energy announced that it is expanding its Innovation Center – Orlando, the company’s largest and first global hub for innovation dedicated to accelerating the development of products and solutions to drive the energy transition through collaboration, rapid prototyping, and testing.
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July 26, 2022
In 2020, Paradigm Technology Services B.V delivered four NORSOK e-Winch® units to Deepwell AS (now Archer AS) of Norway, for continuous operations aboard the Seafarer vessel.
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July 19, 2022
A4I gives UK companies of any size access to the UK’s top scientists and most advanced facilities, techniques and technologies in the world. It aims to boost productivity and competitiveness by helping companies to solve problems in innovative ways.
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July 19, 2022
GD Energy Products, a total solutions provider for the drilling, well servicing and frac pumps market, has partnered with Texas Pump Systems to develop innovative pumps for a large offshore floating production storage and offloading facility.
Article
July 2022
Predicting sand erosion, using computer simulation, and exploring ways in which the reliability of the predictions has been enhanced, leading to safer, more efficient operations.
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July 15, 2022
Half-year data points for the offshore market released by Clarksons Research, profiling improving activity, utilization and day rates across the offshore oil and gas market, show the overall index is up 17%.
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July 14, 2022
Well construction expert DeltaTek Global announced its QuikCure® technology has received a U.S patent, confirming the unique attributes and technical make-up of the company’s rapid cement hydration offering.
Article
July 2022
A pump protection assembly has proven to safeguard pumps from sand and extend ESP run life in unconventional wells. This solution controls flowback from frac sand and other solids that can lead to overload and shutdowns. The enabling technology eliminates issues related to particle size distribution uncertainty.
News
July 05, 2022
For over 20 years, the World Oil Awards have recognized and honored the upstream energy industry’s leading innovators and innovations and recognized changes in technology that have made a lasting impact. Nominations for this year's awards will be accepted through this Saturday, July 9, at midnight CST.
Whitepaper
Electrification: Technologies and innovations that advance the upstream industry
June 30, 2022
Schlumberger and Schneider Electric
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June 27, 2022
ABB’s CoriolisMaster flowmeter has received recognition for its high levels of accuracy, gaining custody transfer standards approval.
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June 23, 2022
Research shows companies with a higher percentage of women in executive positions have a 34% higher total return to shareholders than those that do not and companies with ethnic diversity on their executive team are 25% more likely to have above average profitability and 27% likelihood of outperforming peers in value creation.
