MIT team comes up with copycat nuclear power generation floater
Researchers at MIT have cottoned to the potential value of oil and gas floating production systems design for offshore nuclear reactors.
Researchers at MIT have cottoned to the potential value of oil and gas floating production systems design for offshore nuclear reactors.
It appears that one of the deadliest greenhouse gases of all may be escaping from at least some shale gas production wells in the US.
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In our special Young Energy edition of Energy published in March, we reviewed a selection of oil industry recruitment presentations made by schools that took part in a competition run by the Society for Petroleum Engineers and International Coiled Tubing Association.
Technology designed for offshore installations and adapted for warfare has captured the attention of the Royal Academy of Engineering. OptaSense technology, dubbed the ‘Earth’s Nervous System’, was shortlisted for the Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award is the UK’s longest running national prize for engineering.
North-east school pupils are being invited to apply for a free week-long taste of what a career in the oil and gas industry is like.
US oil major Chevron has pledged a $30million (£17.8million)support to science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) partnerships to increase engagement in the subjects young people.
Engineering solutions group Aveva has boosted its research and development division in India by opening a second Hyderabad office.
Aubin Group has forged a Middle East partnership in a bid to provide pioneering technology.
Aker Solutions and Baker Hughes are have forged a joint venture in a bid to develop technology focused on boosting output, increasing recovery rates and reducing costs for subsea fields.
Subsea training facility The Underwater Centre is to launch a new course on bolt tensioning after demands from the industry.
The National Hyperbaric Centre is to expand into the Far East after opening an office in Singapore to provide subsea training in the country.
Offshore energy services group SeaEnergy is to focus on its successful 3D visualisation system after announcing plans for a restructure.
A technology company in Wick is aiming for the stars after it received a “significant” order from the US government space agency Nasa.
At last month's highly successful Unconventional Gas Aberdeen - 2014 conference, a new innovation was a competition designed to showcase unconventionals research being conducted at UK universities.
Energy industry services group 3sun has landed a deal to design and manufacture replacement control panels for a North Sea firm after completing a £1million obsolescence project.
The progress and future potential of oilfield digitalisation have been the key focus on the first day of the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ (SPE) Intelligent Energy event in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
A North Sea project claims it has improved drilling efficiency by 60% after developing a new system to improve team operations.
Oil and gas technology firm EV has opened a new technology centre to house its research and development activities.
Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing is to deliver the keynote speech at the first of a series of events aimed at opening up the energy industry to the next generation of talent.
Aberdeen-based subsea firm Viper has landed a deal with oil majors BP and Total to develop its insulation monitoring system which could save North Sea projects millions of pounds.
Energy industry IT firm Adept Solutions has strengthened its team after appointing Brian Swift as its new technical manager.
The offshore environment is widely recognised as a dangerous workplace, and the exact number and types of related health hazards can be hard to comprehend – but not for the industry's medical specialists.
A leading sand control expert is to give the keynote speech at a conference in Aberdeen later this month.
Industrial control systems in the energy industry and the sector's transition into the digital age will be the focus of an upcoming Society of Petroleum Engineers conference.