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Voices: “What role should national governments have in funding research and development in the oil and gas industry?”

Nov 26, 2013

A helping hand. When it comes to new technology, OE asked: “What role should national governments have in funding research and development in the oil and gas industry?” Research and development is key to competition…

Statoil EVP: Subsea factories are business critical

Nov 26, 2013

Statoil is targeting 2020 to deploy a subsea factory, or a fully-functioning process plant atop the sea floor, according to a technology briefing held by some of the Norwegian company’s top executives at its Houston headquarters in mid-November…

Statoil and NASA finalize research agreement

Nov 22, 2013

Statoil and the US National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) have formed a partnership to explore how technologies and knowledge from the space and oil and gas industries can be relevant to one another. Statoil and NASA will explore a wide range of technologies…

Clariant inaugurates a new research a new development in Suzano

Sep 01, 2013

Clariant inaugurated a new research a new development in Suzano, Brazil. The laboratory begins operations with a complete infrastructure, state-ofthe- art equipment with a team of researchers dedicated to develop new generations of catalysts…

Severn Glocon acquires Calidus Engineering

Aug 01, 2013

Severn Glocon Group acquired HPHT company, Calidus Engineering. Now renamed Severn Subsea Technologies Ltd., the company will provide research, development and test facilities to enhance Severn Glocon’s subsea valves capability.   A former subsidiary of Badger Explorer (Norway)…

Rosneft and ExxonMobil sign agreements establishing a joint ARC

Jul 10, 2013

Exxon, Rosneft establish ARC Rosneft and ExxonMobil signed agreements establishing a joint Arctic Research Center (ARC) in Russia and technology-sharing to support their joint ventures worldwide. ARC will provide research, development…

Colloquy: Exploration Fabric of Africa

Jul 10, 2013

Colloquy: Editor’s Column The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) has developed a new African exploration GIS database, as the Edward G. Purdy Memorial Project, honoring the late geologist (b. 4 December 1931, d. 13 October…

Exxon, Rosneft establish Arctic research center

Jun 12, 2013

Russia's Rosneft and North American supermajor ExxonMobil signed final agreements establishing a joint Arctic Research Center (ARC) in Russia and an over-arching technology sharing agreement to support the companies’ joint ventures worldwide…

Craig International Supplies launches West African alliance

Apr 24, 2013

Craig Group seeks Ghana bases Craig International Supplies (CIS), a division of global shipping and energy services firm Craig Group, has announced at the 4th Ghana Summit, Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition, a strategic partnership…

Torhaug to head DNV Research

Nov 28, 2012

Rune TorhaugDet Norske Veritas (DNV) has appointed Rune Torhaug as the new Managing Director for DNV Research and Innovation. He has worked internationally with leadership roles in DNV Energy, DNV Maritime and DNV Business Assurance.Torhaug has a strong background in risk and reliability…

Handling the heavier crudes

Jun 01, 2012

With heavy oil today representing around 70% of the world’s confirmed oil reserves, extraction of the heavier crudes is growing rapidly and there is an increasing need for flow measurement of high viscosity hydrocarbons. NEL's Chris Mills reviews the technological challenges ahead…

Eric Cayeux is the 2012 recipient of Statoil’s research prize

May 27, 2012

Eric Cayeux (pictured), chief scientist, drilling & well modeling, at the International Research Institute of Stavanger (Iris), is the 2012 recipient of Statoil’s research prize which comes with NKr200,000 and a Håkon Bleken lithograph…

Trial run

Mar 03, 2012

Perth-based subsea engineering and remote technology firm Velocious has rolled out a new ‘mock’ ROV that the company says can be configured to any industry standard workclass ROV, including the six most widely used ROVs in subsea construction…

ROV products in action

Mar 01, 2012

Trial runPerth-based subsea engineering and remote technology firm Velocious has rolled out a new ‘mock' ROV that the company says can be configured to any industry standard workclass ROV, including the six most widely used ROVs in subsea construction…

Pipe-making milestone for Tupi

Jul 09, 2010

The thickest 18in UOE pipe manufactured to date was required for Petrobras' Tupi field. Corus' Simon Slater, Richard Freeman, Martin Connelly and Shuwen Wen describe the manufacturing steps taken to meet the technical linepipe requirements of the project…

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