FEI and Weatherford Laboratories entered into a joint agreement to offer advanced reservoir characterization services to the oil and gas industry. The two companies will work together to create new workflows that integrate Weatherford’s traditional core analysis an FEI’s digital rock imaging…
EOR is taking off offshore, yet scientists at the University of Aberdeen believe more work needs to be done to understand the link between reservoir properties such as wettability and fluid flow to help in order to truly benefit from EOR…
Three university students studying topics relating to the oil and gas sector have been picked as the winners of the Offshore Mediterranean Conference 'five minute speech contest.' Out of about 20 technical papers presented in just five minutes…
FEI introduced its new HeliScan microCT advanced imaging system during the grand opening of its Digital Rock Lab in Houston. Raw tomogram image (no post processing) of Austin Chalk formation highlighting 1…
ABB’s Measurement Products’ laboratory in Germany received accreditation for independent testing and calibration of gas analyzers. The German Accreditation Service (DAkkS) awarded the accreditation. ABB’s laboratory in Frankfurt Praunheim…
Jill Rivette joins C & C Technologies Inc. Geotechnical Division in Houston TX as a senior geotechnical engineer. Rivette is a licensed professional engineer in the State of Texas and brings with her many years of experience in geotechnical engineering…
Newpark Drilling Fluids celebrated the opening of its Technology Center in Katy, Texas on Oct. 30, located close to corporate headquarters. The project has been under development for nine months. Newpark President Bruce Smith said he…
Sheldon Manufacturing has introduced the BactronEZ, an ideal first anaerobic chamber or replacement chamber for users who desire to upgrade their existing chamber. The BactronEZ has a 13.7cu ft workspace and a 300-plate capacity incubator…
Thermo Scientific’s Niton Field X-ray Lab (FXL) equipped with the new Thermo Scientific z-CAL, enables users to more accurately detect oil-bearing strata, improve mud-logging and support geo-steering. This capability can be attributed to…
Fugro Chance Inc. provided three-dimensional (3D) acoustic metrology on a large 36-inch (91 cm) diameter spool piece, despite environmental and logistical challenges. The highly accurate metrology was performed from a platform in Enlace Litoral Tabasco…
Clariant opened a new R&D Laboratory for Catalysts for Chemicals and Oil & Gas industries. Located in the company’s largest manufacturing plant of Latin America, in Suzano (Brazil), the laboratory begins operations with a complete infrastructure…
Next Tuesday, April 30, OE will host new Expert Access webinar, this time featuring Patrick Zirnhelt and Jeremiah Woodford of IFS North America. Zirnhelt penned an article for OE’s April issue entitled “Increasing returns from asset management investment…
CM Labs Simulations launched a new simulation and visualization software called Vortex, designed to reduce cost and risks during offshore operations. It’s suitable for in engineering, testing, planning, and training. Vortex software can be used to simulate dynamics of virtual cranes…
Eric Byres leads cyber security webinar Image: iStockphotoIn an OE exclusive webinar, readers were able to ask questions and listen to a live presentation with security expert Eric Byres, a SCADA specialist at Tofino Security. The forum…
The well intervention operation undertaken by Total and Wild Well Control has succeeded in stopping a gas leak at Elgin’s G4 well, the French supermajor announced on 16 May 2012. Total’s president of E&P Yves-Louis Darricarrère called the outcome a ‘major turning point…
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