R&D

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March 2022
Under growing pressure from regulators, investors and customers, oil and gas operators urgently need to reduce their methane emissions. Mitigation is a big challenge, but intelligently combining current and emerging technologies offers a rapid, cost-effective route to success.
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March 2022
The oil and gas industry is unique in many ways, and one of them is the harshness of the environments in which many oil and gas facilities operate.

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March 2022
Continuous circulation technology consistently delivers a decrease in drill pipe connection times, while reducing overall risks and operator costs.

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March 22, 2022
CGG has partnered with the Selkie Project, a new €5.2 million cross-border initiative aiming to boost the marine energy industry in Wales and Ireland.

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March 22, 2022
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company signed a new memorandum of understanding and joint study agreements with counterparts in Germany to accelerate and deepen collaboration in clean hydrogen.

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March 17, 2022
This prestigious award is presented to OTC exhibitors who are revolutionizing the future of offshore energy through technological advancement and innovation.

Article
March 2022
To realize the energy transition successfully, reducing greenhouse gas emissions is equally as crucial as ensuring reliability of supply.

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March 2022
Availability is relative, as the perceived supply tightness pertains only to the rigs that discriminating shale operators are willing to put to work.

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March 10, 2022
Schlumberger expanded its INNOVATION FACTORI network with the opening of a new center in Houston, Texas.

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March 09, 2022
Pasqal, a developer of neutral atom-based quantum technology, and ARAMCO announced the signing of an MoU to collaborate on quantum computing capabilities and applications in the energy sector.

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March 08, 2022
Schlumberger announced the launch of Schlumberger End-to-end Emissions Solutions (SEES), which give operators a robust and scalable solution for measuring, monitoring, reporting and, ultimately, eliminating methane and routine flare emissions from their operations.

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March 07, 2022
Southwest Research Institute will collaborate with University of Michigan to use additive manufacturing and machine learning to create an advanced burner that will eliminate 99.5% of the methane encountered during oil production.

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March 03, 2022
API published a new specification for manufacturing oilfield hammer unions, helping to expand future interoperability of the widely used field equipment and enhance safety for natural gas and oil industry workers.

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February 2022
Research to enable a fully autonomous BHA is proceeding. Development of a virtual test system enables operators to simulate trajectory automation and control by conducting a virtual field test. The technology increases ROP, improves drilling efficiency, and minimizes tortuosity and deviation from the plan.

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February 2022
I guess it goes without saying that the oil and gas industry depends a great deal on fluids flowing from one location to the next, to be captured, processed, or otherwise monetized. Sounds simple, yes? Well, it turns out—not so much.

Article
February 2022
A simple stuck pipe solution improves safety and saves drilling operations days or weeks of NPT.

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February 24, 2022
Subsea 7 and technology partner FLASC B.V., were awarded a grant from the UK government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for £471,760, to further develop an innovative offshore energy storage system.

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February 2022
Long an industry challenge, the electrification of offshore infrastructure enables use of renewable power and simultaneously creates a natural path to digitalization and further environmental impact reduction. This paves the way for the reinvention of offshore oil and gas production.

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February 17, 2022
The capital will be used for the construction of facilities in several places producing green hydrogen-based fuels for maritime and ground transport, aviation and industrial applications.

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February 17, 2022
Houston biotech startup Cemvita Factory is partnering with U.S. gas-equipment manufacturer Chart Industries Inc. to use oil-eating microbes to make hydrogen.

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February 16, 2022
Scientists have deployed a network of seismometers onto Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf in an experiment which will test the ability of the instruments to operate on icy moons of the Solar System.


