Removing Barriers
- Category: Archived Articles
- Published on 01 November 2012
- Written by Maurice Smith
[Print Article: November 2012, by ] There is little doubt that what has been the most prominent advance in oil and gas technology in recent years—the commercial success of multistage hydraulic fracturing—has transformed the energy supply picture across North America and, increasingly, around the world.
Solution in Hand
- Category: Archived Articles
- Published on 01 November 2012
- Written by Jim Bentein
Hand-held technologies cut costs, improve safety and enhance oilfield equipment reliability
[Print Article: November 2012, by ] Steve Jobs, the late chief executive officer and co-founder of computer, tablet and smartphone technology giant Apple Inc., used to talk about the need for his company’s products to be elegant—a word that might not come to mind if he had learned that North America’s largest hazardous waste disposal firm would end up using his company’s iPads and smartphones in its operations.
[Print Article: November 2012, by ] Steve Jobs, the late chief executive officer and co-founder of computer, tablet and smartphone technology giant Apple Inc., used to talk about the need for his company’s products to be elegant—a word that might not come to mind if he had learned that North America’s largest hazardous waste disposal firm would end up using his company’s iPads and smartphones in its operations.
In The Zone
- Category: Archived Articles
- Published on 01 November 2012
- Written by Jim Bentein
Ozone-based frac water treatment technology provider targets the oilsands.
[Print Article: November 2012, by ] The head of a Florida-based company that has developed a chemical-free water treatment and recycling technology, now used extensively where fracking is deployed in the United States to produce natural gas and oil, says he believes the company’s ozone-based method can also be applied to the oilsands industry in Canada.
[Print Article: November 2012, by ] The head of a Florida-based company that has developed a chemical-free water treatment and recycling technology, now used extensively where fracking is deployed in the United States to produce natural gas and oil, says he believes the company’s ozone-based method can also be applied to the oilsands industry in Canada.
Breaking All The Rules
- Category: Archived Articles
- Published on 01 November 2012
- Written by Gordon Cope
A new technology has the potential to eliminate hydraulic fracturing's biggest challenges
[Print Article: November 2012, by ] It seems like a simple enough demonstration: a technician mixes some innocuous chemicals into a paste and inserts it into a hole that has been drilled into a large block of cement. But once the mixture heats up and expands, it crushes the cement block into fragments. John Harper, a former director of energy at the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), was an observer of the demonstration. “I’m interested in innovation; if this technology meets everything we’ve seen, it’s a game changer.”
[Print Article: November 2012, by ] It seems like a simple enough demonstration: a technician mixes some innocuous chemicals into a paste and inserts it into a hole that has been drilled into a large block of cement. But once the mixture heats up and expands, it crushes the cement block into fragments. John Harper, a former director of energy at the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), was an observer of the demonstration. “I’m interested in innovation; if this technology meets everything we’ve seen, it’s a game changer.”
Technology Stars 2012 - A Cut Above
- Category: Archived Articles
- Published on 01 November 2012
In the quest for oil and gas, those companies whose innovation stands above the rest are recognized as the industry's Technology Stars.
[Print Article: November 2012] In the quest for oil and gas, those companies whose innovation stands above the rest are recognized as the industry’s Technology Stars.
[Print Article: November 2012] In the quest for oil and gas, those companies whose innovation stands above the rest are recognized as the industry’s Technology Stars.
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