Digital Oilfield
Most of blockchain's benefits don't come from blockchain: Bank of Canada paper
Monday, March 12, 2018, 4:21 PM MDT
OTTAWA - A new research paper by a Bank of Canada staffer says most of the proposed benefits of the…
Tech centre developing next generation of robotics for oil and gas
Thursday, March 8, 2018, 3:45 PM MST
The U.K.-based Oil & Gas Technology Centre has invested in three robotics projects to transform pressure vessel inspection, which it…
Crypto miner Bitfarms to invest $193 million in Canadian centres
Thursday, March 8, 2018, 3:39 PM MST
Backbone Hosting Solutions Inc., a cryptocurrency mining company, said it plans to invest $250 million in computing centres in Sherbrooke,…
‘Possibilities provided by digitalization will change our industry’: Statoil
Thursday, March 8, 2018, 3:36 PM MST
An integrated operations support centre and a drilling operations centre will help reach Statoil’s ambition of increasing value creation from…
ESG Solutions marks record number of passive microseismic events as fracking picks up pace
Wednesday, March 7, 2018, 3:07 PM MST
ESG Solutions said its Energy Services Unit has acquired and processed a record number of passive microseismic events in 2017.…
TRIG pilots IoT sensor technology for rail tank cars shipping oil and refined fuels
Tuesday, March 6, 2018, 4:51 PM MST
Calgary-based TransRail Innovation Group’s (TRIG) XLOAD sensor has been certified by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) to begin pilot…
More than buzz: blockchain's $300 million in energy investments
Tuesday, March 6, 2018, 4:09 PM MST
Investors poured $300 million since the start of the third quarter into applications that will let people buy and sell…
Entrepreneurial Innovation: Kinetica Ventures ensures startups produce the right solution for key industry problems
Friday, March 2, 2018, 2:03 PM MST
Many great innovations began in the garage, using a technology centric approach. Historically, that is where energy sector entrepreneurs start…
The transformative powers of cognitive computing
Friday, March 2, 2018, 12:48 PM MST
Cognitive computing is defined as a new paradigm that allows for: learning and building knowledge from various structured and unstructured…
ExxonMobil to join Stanford Strategic Energy Alliance
Thursday, March 1, 2018, 4:37 PM MST
Exxon Mobil Corporation will become the first founding member of the new Stanford Strategic Energy Alliance, an initiative that will…
New federal cybersecurity strategy follows 'overlap, lack of clarity'
Thursday, March 1, 2018, 4:23 PM MST
OTTAWA - In the often shadowy and dangerous domain of cyberspace, the federal government wants Canadians to have a trustworthy…
Russia accused of roiling US energy policy with social media
Thursday, March 1, 2018, 4 PM MST
The same Russian operatives accused of manipulating the 2016 U.S. presidential election used inflammatory social media posts to disrupt U.S.…
