Higher Learning & SINTEF’s Existential Rise
and other surfacing products that meet numerous ISO standards tested for at SINTEF. Ice-resistant coatings are now being tested.But, it’s in oil and gas that SINTEF researchers cover the gamut of Norwegian offshore energy value-creation. With the potential rewards high, spin-offs from oil and gas research have been many and stem from research into drilling and well control; exploration and production; gas-process tech; increased oil recovery; plug and abandonment; refining; safety and the environment; subsea systems and pipeline transport.The modern Norwegian oil and gas industry is likely
AREG Membership on the Rise
the local supply chain to U.K. and international markets.”One of the latest members to sign up, EC-OG, developed its Subsea Power Hub technology to store and produce energy for subsea infrastructure.Business Development Manager, Paul Slorach, commented, “Since being established as an oil and gas research and development firm, we have also identified the opportunities that the renewable industry has to offer for our technology.“While we’ve been undergoing this period of significant growth in our business, we decided to become AREG members and it has already proven to be beneficial
GE Opens Global R&D Center in Brazil
* Working with Petrobras and BG Group to develop advanced technologies for oil and gas processing on the seabed * GE’s Brazil Technology Center to focus on subsea oil and gas research, capitalizing on $1.2 trillion offshore market opportunity * Site will include “Crotonville” GE leadership facility to help develop future Latin American industry leaders General Electric today announced the opening of the $500 million Brazil Technology Center that will focus on developing advanced subsea oil and gas technology. The center, GE’s first in
Aker Solutions Appoints Head of Industry & Investor Relations
Aker Solutions says it has recruited David Phillips from HSBC Global Equity Research as head of industry and investor relations. He will start on June 17, 2014. Phillips, 43, served as global co-head of oil and gas research and managing director at HSBC since mid-2011 after joining the bank as an analyst in 2005. He earlier specialized as an analyst covering the chemicals sector for banks including Commerzbank, Morgan Stanley and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson. He will be based at Aker Solutions' London office and report to the company's chief financial officer. David Phillips has a BA in Chemistry
China Optimistic of Finding Gas off Vietnam
evidence suggested the Paracel islands themselves did not have significant potential in terms of conventional hydrocarbons. But near the islands the chance of making a major gas discovery was high because there had been several gas finds already in the area, said James Hubbard, head of Asia oil and gas research at investment bank Macquarie in Hong Kong. "It's not a huge leap of faith to think they might be targeting a gas-prone structure," he said. Indeed, Vietnam has two fields to the left of the rig, much closer to its coast, where U.S. giant Exxon Mobil Corp discovered oil and
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