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Siemens’ Revive oily water membrane systems replace filtration and flotation with a single step, eliminating the need for polymers and allowing for better oil recovery. The systems can achieve oil and grease and total suspended solids levels of less than 1 mb/L, and a silt density index of less than 3. They can also handle high temperature applications, and they can b…

Halliburton promoted Lance Loeffler to CFO. Loeffler had previously been vice president of investor relations for the service company. He will now lead its financial functions, including financial planning and analysis, accounting and financial reporting, tax, internal assurance, treasury, corporate development, and investor relations. Loeffler joined Halliburton in 2…

London - The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and IPIECA, the global oil and gas industry association for environmental and social issues, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on meeting the world’s energy needs in a socially and environmentally responsible manner.

InsightCM from National Instruments is application software for condition monitoring with full access to waveforms, multiple sensor technology inputs, and enterprise software connectivity. It allows maintenance professionals to diagnose potential faults from anywhere with a web-based interface for viewing asset health data and tools such as statistics, data viewers, a…

Every year, SPE recognizes members who have made an exceptional effort to ensure the technical excellence of the society’s peer-reviewed journals. For their contributions, the following individuals are recipients of the 2018 Outstanding Technical Editor Award.

The Tri-Strakes Combi from Trelleborg is a vortex-induced vibration suppression system for risers and pipelines. It consists of overlapping and interlocking moldings with three-start helical strakes to provide a triangular of trapezoidal strake profile. The system is temperature resistant up to 140°F, and it is available with anti-foul coating or paint designed to pre…

Xodus Group named Gareth Jones as the lead for its decommissioning division. He will be responsible for advising and supporting operators in relation to the environmental and societal impacts associated with decommissioning. Jones joins Xodus from BMT Cordah, where he led the company’s international decommissioning activities. Prior to that, he worked as a marine ecol…

Allweiler GmbH’s OptiFix is a pump designed for wastewater treatment applications. It can be disassembled in five steps, eliminating the need to dismantle it from piping to change the rotor, stator, joints, or shaft seal. It has a leak-resistant ATLS-T1V sensor to detect dry-running conditions before they do damage, as well as a zero-play stub shaft connection and opt…

Dow's ROMAX series of water clarifiers are designed to separate oil from produced water and reverse emulsions. They help ensure that oil levels are low enough such that the water can be reused and integrated into a system, reducing residual oil-in-water from more than 1,000 ppm to below 20 ppm. The clarifiers do not require the inversion that conventional products oft…

Archie W. Dunham retired chairman of ConocoPhillips and chairman emeritus of Chesapeake Energy Corp., was honored as the eighth recipient of the Oklahoma Trailblazer Award presented by the University of Oklahoma (OU) Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy. After graduation, Dunham joined Conoco as an associate engineer and was elected to the Conoco Board of Directors i…