R&D/innovation
A 15-year SPE member, he will oversee the Office of Fossil Energy and the National Energy Technology Laboratory, managing a $5-billion R&D portfolio spanning coal, oil, natural gas, and critical minerals with the goal of advancing affordable and reliable energy solutions.
This article is the fourth in a Q&A series from the SPE Research and Development Technical Section focusing on emerging energy technologies. In this piece, David Reid, the CTO and CMO for NOV, discusses the evolution and current state of automated drilling systems.
Oil and gas experts encourage human/AI partnerships that can “supercharge” capabilities to create competitive advantages.
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Fervo Energy’s bet that fracturing methods can be used for geothermal power is looking like a winner. -
Wave power plus a subsea battery can be a reliable source for subsea operations, to a point.
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The winners of this year’s Drillbotics competition are teams from the University of Stavanger and Clausthal University of Technology. Thirteen teams registered last fall, coming from seven countries spanning four continents.
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The projects are expected to remove more than 2 million metric tons of CO2 emissions annually from the atmosphere.
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SponsoredThe Wyoming Gas Injection Initiative (WGII) makes available $22 million of matching funds from the State of Wyoming to implement, in close collaboration with oil and gas operators and Dow, multiple field pilot projects in the State of Wyoming. The Initiative will fund projects over a 3- to 5-year period to support developments with significant potential to enhance wel…
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Operators share emissions-mitigation research insights amid calls to accelerate to meet 2030 goals.
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With the acquisition of manufacturing firm Revak Keene, Fox Innovation and Technologies plans to launch technology aimed at disrupting the compressor and rotating equipment aftermarket status quo.
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Leading energy technology companies unite to unlock efficiencies and increase reserve recoveries using digital advances.
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A decade ago, SPE defined key R&D and technology challenges for the industry. To address the more uncertain environment of the 2020s and beyond, we have updated the grand challenges via a January 2023 SPE workshop.
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SPE’s professional membership has an important role to play in mitigating climate change concerns and in developing new low- or no-carbon sources of energy. We offer a forum for presenting and disseminating scientifically vetted technical information about what can be and is being done by our members.
