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September 23, 2019
Equinor has signed a Framework Agreement with IFPEN for provision of advanced R&D services in oil & gas technologies, renewable energies and low carbon solutions for a period of four years.
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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 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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March 22, 2019
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Gamechanging & class-approved Structural Repair for FPSO Hulls with no Hot Work

November 09, 2018
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March 07, 2018
Hunting Energy Services, a subsidiary of Hunting PLC, the international energy services company, today announced the introduction of its TEC-LOCK semi-premium connection technology.
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March 05, 2018
As the intensity of completing unconventional wells continues to grow, so too do the demands on fracturing equipment. Longer laterals, rising stage counts, and increased pressures and proppant loadings per stage make hydraulic fracturing an extremely difficult—and consumptive—enterprise, particularly in the challenging wells seen in regions like the Permian basin.
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March 01, 2018
Abrado announced today that it has successfully completed the first casing section milled window utilizing a mud motor to power its patented Medusa expandable dual-string casing section-milling technology to successfully abandon a Gulf of Mexico well.
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February 26, 2018
Leading international oilfield services company, Expro, has enhanced its cased hole services offering, signing a global agreement with downhole video and camera technology specialist Vision iO.
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February 21, 2018
GEODynamics has introduced ISOLOC plug and abandonment, specialized-perforating systems for remedial cementing and circulation.
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February 15, 2018
Proactive Real Time Systems (PRTS) has launched its new software product called the Real-Time Advisory System (RTAS).
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February 15, 2018
A selection of Scotland’s leading oil and gas research and development institutions will be heading to China next month (March 5-10) to strengthen ties, share knowledge and increase business opportunities with leading innovation houses in Beijing.
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February 09, 2018
Wood Mackenzie and the Oil & Gas Technology Centre announced today that developing new subsea technology and approaches to field developments could help unlock an additional 400 MMbbl of oil and gas and generate £3 billion of additional value.
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February 08, 2018
CGG, its technology partner, and Ardiseis, subsidiary of the Arabian Geophysical and Surveying Company (ARGAS), the Middle East’s seismic acquisition specialist, have announced the successful completion of the world’s highest-density broadband seismic survey ever acquired onshore or offshore.
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February 06, 2018
Royal IHC has successfully passed the first significant milestones in the design and build process of an integrated reel lay vessel for Subsea 7.
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January 24, 2018
ConocoPhillips and Statoil Petroleum AS have signed a joint sponsorship development agreement with Visuray Technology Limited, to fund the development of novel downhole technology that can evaluate the integrity of cement behind multiple casing strings in oil and gas wells.
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January 16, 2018
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company announced today that it has signed a three-year joint development agreement with MagnaBond, LLC, to develop new technologies that could enhance cost-effective evaluation of well cementing, casing and tubing.
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