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Not all friction reducers are created equal. With dozens of varieties on the market, industry research suggests that oil and gas companies be choosy.

Hearing loss is prevalent in workers in the mining and oil and gas extraction sectors. Approximately 61% of workers in mining and oil and gas extraction have been exposed to hazardous noise levels on the job, according to a study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine.

Average production from Bakken wells completed more than 3 years after they were drilled was approximately equal to wells drilled a year before they were put into service, according to a study by the US Energy Information Administration.

The company’s new approach is designed to cut the time required to generate optimal subsea field layouts.

BP announced that it will deploy continuous measurement of methane emissions in its future BP-operated oil and gas processing projects as part of its ambitious program to detect, measure, and reduce methane emissions. 

Mobile plume tracking, led by Colorado State University air pollution experts, is a key technology in the city of Broomfield’s ongoing Air Quality Testing Program. And it’s just one aspect of a 3-year, $1.7 million contract awarded by Broomfield last year.

Snow depths on Alaska’s North Slope have thinned this year, the University of Alaska Fairbanks said in a study, creating a possible obstacle for exploration in part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge thought to harbor more than 7 billion bbl of oil.

The pilot used sensor technology originally deployed by NASA for the Mars Curiosity Rover to collect methane emissions data live-streamed from a drone. BP said it plans to deploy the technology to all of its North Sea assets, including ETAP and Glen Lyon, in 2020.

Maria Moraeus Hanssen, COO and Deputy CEO of Wintershall Dea, will leave the company on 31 December to focus on other opportunities. Until that time, she will continue in her present role. She had previously served as CEO of DEA prior to its merger with WIntershall. Before joining DEA, she had worked as CEO of Engie E&P International and as head of the E&P business un…

Equinor Technology Ventures and OGCI Climate Investments have agreed to back the tech developer, which integrates its SeekIR miniature gas sensors onto drones to detect, localize, and quantify carbon emissions.

Blending smart-proxy models with data-driven models to create hybrid models is not always the best idea for physics- and engineering-related applications.

Equinor is working on a natural language processing tool that could combine data sources and help planners anticipate the issues that affect onsite operational safety.