Innovative Thinkers
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December 02, 2025
Unseenlabs has successfully launched its BRO-17 and BRO-20 satellites—an expansion that strengthens global RF-detection capabilities increasingly used to monitor offshore energy activity.
Article
October 2025
In this month’s First Oil, Editor-in-Chief Kurt Abraham recaps the 2025 Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards and the technologies driving upstream innovation. He also examines Trump’s Arctic drilling decision, the latest U.S. energy developments, and industry highlights from Houston to Aberdeen in a year of transition and technical progress.
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October 16, 2025
The 2025 Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards in Houston honored this year's upstream innovators, including SLB, Saudi Aramco, Halliburton, ExxonMobil, Baker Hughes, Oil States, NOV and Reliance Industries. Winners were recognized for advancements in deepwater and drilling technologies, digital transformation, completions and more.
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October 01, 2025
Weatherford International launched its Industrial Intelligence digital portfolio at the FWRD 2025 Technology Conference in Houston, introducing advanced edge automation, digital twin technology and AI-powered platforms.
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September 25, 2025
WellSense and FrontRow Energy Technology Group completed their first technology divestment as Halliburton acquires a global license for FiberLine Intervention (FLI) well diagnostics technology, advancing well stimulation monitoring and efficiency in the oilfield sector.
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September 19, 2025
Tracerco has introduced its chemical tracer technology into a U.S. carbon capture and storage project for the first time. Adapted from enhanced oil recovery applications, the tracers provide ultra-sensitive leak detection, track plume migration, and verify CO₂ containment.
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September 15, 2025
TAQA (Industrialization & Energy Services Company) has introduced the Esaar™ mud motor, designed to improve drilling performance and serviceability. Built for durability in high-torque and corrosive conditions, the motor has been field-tested across a range of well types.
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August 29, 2025
The Hamm Institute for American Energy at Oklahoma State University has awarded $200,000 in seed grants to OSU faculty members who are tackling challenges in energy security, resilience and innovation. Eight projects were chosen, each receiving $25,000.
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August 15, 2025
TechTAC® has secured a U.S. patent for its Slimline® QuickSet™ Tubing Anchor Catcher (TAC). The reduced revolutions required to set the Slimline QuickSet TAC allows petroleum engineers and operators more flexibility in the design and deployment of their downhole production strings.
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August 06, 2025
SENS has unveiled the SuperTorque 8ZR, a compact DC genset starting system offering higher reliability, reduced maintenance, and significant cost savings for mission-critical power applications.
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August 05, 2025
The replacement of a problematic pneumatic level controller and valve resulted in significant uptime and throughput savings for a Canadian upstream producer.
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July 24, 2025
Cathedral Holdings Inc. has opened a new 5,000-sq-ft technical lab and office facility in The Woodlands, Texas. The space will serve as the official headquarters for Centrium Energy Solutions, the group’s newly launched oil and gas company.
News
July 10, 2025
ASTM International is developing a standard (WK92298) that will provide a procedure to measure the rate of evaporation of oil over time and with temperature. The test method aims to measure the properties of oil for environmental modeling.
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July 09, 2025
The NATO Innovation Fund and Investinor will pay $14 million for a stake in Kongsberg Ferrotech, enabling the startup to scale up production of its submersible robot. The first machine already is currently deployed for offshore oil and gas operations in Abu Dhabi.
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July 01, 2025
Cunningham Natural Resources Corp. (CNRC) have announced that Aruna Holdings LLC has acquired 80% of the company. The deal includes a change of name to Surya Oil and Gas Corp. (SOGC), and the licensing and deployment of Surya's proprietary Kubera™ technology.
Article
June 2025
In this executive Q&A, Sercel-GRC’s Vice President of Marketing & International Sales describes how GRC has evolved from providing traditional data acquisition to integrated electronic systems to assist field operations. Along the way, the company has provided numerous innovations to the industry.
Article
June 2025
The authors discuss how advanced electric submersible plunger pump (ESPP) solutions—featuring permanent magnet motors (PMMs) and linear PMM technologies—are tackling industry challenges, enhancing production across diverse applications, and supporting global sustainability objectives.
News
June 23, 2025
Delivered at its state-of-the-art GTSC training center in Dammam, 3t's enhanced facilities and new programs mark a significant milestone in supporting female workforce participation and advancing Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030.
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June 20, 2025
Angola’s national oil company Sonangol has signed two agreements with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) aimed at strengthening cooperation and knowledge-transfer in the fields of oil, gas and critical minerals.
News
June 19, 2025
As part of the collaboration, Petronas will deploy Halliburton Landmark’s DecisionSpace® 365 Geosciences Suite and Unified Ensemble Modeling solutions with the objective to unify exploration and development workflows and accelerate time to first oil.
Article
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.
