Digital Oilfield
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.…
Federal budget doles out major cash for science; calls for harnessing big data
Wednesday, February 28, 2018, 1:21 PM MST
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is a proud science fiction fan, but his government's third budget is much more…
Crypto craze has Hydro-Quebec CEO's phone `ringing off the hook'
Tuesday, February 27, 2018, 4:21 PM MST
For Hydro-Quebec, the bitcoin boom may be too much of a good thing.Canada’s biggest electric utility has been inundated with…
Oil buyers ditch paper for blockchain to track tanker sales
Monday, February 26, 2018, 4:27 PM MST
Every day, dozens of oil tankers—some as long as five football fields—set sail for ports around the world carrying millions…
GE and Noble link up world’s first digital drilling vessel
Thursday, February 22, 2018, 5:12 PM MST
Following the partnership formed by GE and Noble Corporation plc, the two companies have launched the world’s first digital drilling…
Ondiflo meets with oilpatch stakeholders to advance blockchain platform
Thursday, February 22, 2018, 5:02 PM MST
Ondiflo said it intends to form an industry consortium focused on the development of its blockchain ticketing solution after meeting…
