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Number Crunching the Labour Crunch
Is your company able to predict from incoming résumés which employees are most likely to have a tenure of ten years or more? Are you able to foresee who, by name, will resign after ten weeks of fly-in/fly-out of the oil sands? And do you know...
Two Benefits of Collapsible Frac Tanks
With increased interest from the public around the role of fracking, a new product is making that task a little easier on the environment. Since most frac jobs require millions of gallons of water that is typically delivered by trucks making...
Polycore Tubular Linings Maximize Profits
Oil companies are always looking for ways to maximize profits. One profit maximizing strategy always on the forefront is reducing costs through technological advancements. One of the most prominent issues oil and gas companies face are ways to...
Talon 3D High Efficiency Vector-Accurate PDC Bit
Since introducing the first Rotary Rock Bit in 1909, research and development programs at Baker Hughes have systematically advanced drill bit technology. A century and 1,200 patents later, Baker Hughes carries on the tradition of delivering new...
A Business Case for Focusing on Motor Performance
Across Canada as the industry looks for ways for ways to improve efficiency and reduce expenses, tens of thousands of motors are quietly at work, responsible for moving oil and gas from natural deposits to wellhead, through processing and...
Oil Processing Sustainability Objectives
Oil processing and pipeline operations are their own best customers. Literally awash in raw energy, they use energy freely in operations – typically accounting for 5-10 percent of all operating expenses. But what if you could reduce those...
Schlumberger Releases Production Operations Software
Production problems identified more quickly, downtime minimized and production optimized with Avocet 2012 Schlumberger today announced the release of the Avocet* 2012 production operations software platform. The Avocet platform has been engineered...
Harvesting Natural Gas Gets More Unconventional
The quest to find and harness the cleanest, safest and most affordable energy sources remains a fluid competition, in which unconventional gas stands as a serious leading contender. Nuclear energy was enjoying a resurgence in popularity in recent...
Enabling On-the-Spot Field Connectivity
Expansion of Machine-to-Machine Solutions and Cellular Networks Enable On-the-Spot Field Connectivity Most of today’s oil and natural gas production occurs in largely remote areas - away from urban centers and other infrastructure, therefore,...
Versatile Tool Solves Several Well Problems
It Can be Difficult to Anticipate all Possible Problems or Issues That Could Arise in the Course of Completing a Well or Maintaining Production After Completion Everyone is familiar with Murphy’s Law, or Sod’s Law as they like to call it...