R&D/innovation
Petroleum engineers have important roles to play in the future energy for the world. Among these are using our traditional concept of producing oil and natural gas as we are doing now and will need to continue to do for decades to come; using our competencies to address the challenges of climate change; and helping to develop additional forms of energy that do not add…
Houston-based startup Cemvita Factory uses its hydrogen-producing microbes downhole to considerably lower the cost of hydrogen production.
The ATCE Startup Village is a partnership between SPE and the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship at Rice University. Find out which firms took this year's top honors during the annual competition.
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Many OFS companies have pulled away from the unconventional resources and redirected their efforts into alternate energy and clean technology. There is a limited bucket of money available for these companies to invest in new technology, and with every dollar diverted to ESG, those dollars are taken away from traditional technologies. -
Swiss robotics company ANYbotics introduced ANYmal X, the first explosion-proof legged robot, at the Offshore Technology Conference Asia.
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The center will develop innovations for renewable-energy technology and the low-carbon future and will bring together and support research of faculty in the energy, materials science, data science, and artificial-intelligence fields.
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Oil producers encountering pockets of methane typically use flare stacks to burn off the vented gas. However, winds blowing across conventional open flame burners often result in 40% or more of the methane escaping into the air.
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Gazprom Neft and a cloud computing joint venture involving Abu Dhabi National Oil Company have signed an agreement to commercialize jointly developed digital solutions in Russia and the Middle East.
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Tested within a full ballast water tank on a North Sea FPSO, the ROV collected visual inspection data, validating system performance including wireless navigation and wireless communication.
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Applications include identifying new green catalysts to enable the conversion of waste products to useful matter, green hydrogen generation, CO2 utilization, and the development of fuel cells. Novel catalysts also could be used to replace expensive and rare materials such as iridium, the metal used to generate green hydrogen and CO2 reduction products.
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The technical section will focus on the transfer of technology and practices from the oil and gas industry to geothermal energy development and promote industry best practices.
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It appears to be possible to sense how fractures change during production using ultrasensitive fiber-optic strain measurements.
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If you’ve lived in areas with cold winters—really cold winters—you’ll applaud this research. It holds the potential to further the goal of decarbonization of the building industry plus improve comfort.
