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Technology News
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Drilling clean-up technologies showcased at recent expo
- 27 April -
- MI-Swaco Environmental Solutions' latest cleaning technologies for drilling operations were on display on 24 April at the company's Environmental Solution Expo 2008. Nearly 400 attendees from various operating companies were expected for the showcase event, which was held in the outside parking area of the company's corporate headquarters in Houston.
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OnePetro adds safety engineering papers
- 17 March -
- The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has joined OnePetro. More than 1,100 papers from ASSE conferences from 1999-2007 are now available in OnePetro. Oil and gas HSE professionals will find these papers a valuable addition to their research and knowledge base. Individual papers may be purchased for USD 10 each. ASSE's more than 30,000 members [...]
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Oil-shale extraction technology has a new owner
- 01 February -
- As a long-term petroleum source, oil-shale reserves are vast but remain elusive. Oil-services giant Schlumberger is aiming to change that with the recent purchase of a radio-frequency (RF)/critical-fluid (CF) extraction technology that unlocks this vast resource and brings it to the surface in a cost-effective and environmentally sound manner.
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New technology offers profitable, holistic approach to oil-spill cleanup
- 27 January -
- Oil-spill remediation is typically a messy and costly endeavor, but a novel technology promises to make the process clean, quick and profitable. MOP Environmental Solutions' Maximum Oil Pickup (MOP) technology cleans up both onshore and offshore spills, and allows the operator to recover nearly all the oil for further processing.
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New sharing website aims for "Step Change" in asset integrity
- 18 January -
- A new program to improve asset integrity on offshore installations in the North Sea has launched with the creation of a unique data-sharing website. The UK-based partnership Step Change in Safety says that its new asset-integrity site will help achieve the goal of making the UK oil and gas industry the world's safest by 2010.
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R&D Technical Section marks first year at ATCE
- 08 January -
- In its ongoing endeavor to foster cooperative research within the upstream oil and gas industry, SPE's R&D Technical Section (RDTS) held its annual meeting at the 2007 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) in Anaheim, California. According to Section Chair Chris Buckingham of the Southwest Research Institute, while the section made a great deal [...]
SPE.org now has a Technical Editor to help keep members up to date with technology developments. Ted Moon will be bringing you information on emerging technologies, R&D successes, new field applications, updates from SPE papers about recent innovations, and more.
Industry News
- Norwegian Agency Reports Environmental Emissions for 2007
- PSA Holds Seminar to Educate NCS Players about Safety
- Expro Wins Safety Award for Third Year in a Row
- MMS Prepares for 2008 Hurricane Season
- Discoverer Deep Seas Assists with Coast Guard Rescue
- Nigerian Foreign Oil Workers Kidnapped
- Norway's PSA to Review AoC Scheme
- NOPSA Cites Safety Concerns on Four Vanguard FPSO
- New Tool Predicts Effects of Inclement Weather on Offshore Equipment
- DNV Releases Recommended Practice for Offshore Structures
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