Digital Oilfield
Whitepaper cautions against using licensee liability rating to estimate asset retirement obligations
Thursday, November 30, 2017, 4:19 PM MST
The Alberta Energy Regulator’s (AER’s) licensee liability rating was never designed to be used for estimating asset retirement obligation and…
Statoil seeks to get beyond mystique surrounding blockchain tech to improve energy trading
Tuesday, November 28, 2017, 3:46 PM MST
Any transaction, whether it is of funds, services or commodities, needs a system that makes transfer of ownership secure, transparent…
WellAware joins forces with Amazon Web Services to deliver secure IoT to the oilfield
Tuesday, November 28, 2017, 3:41 PM MST
WellAware is collaborating with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) to provide oil and gas operators and service providers with data…
'Somebody could actually die': Cybercrime's grave threat to automated resource firms
Monday, November 27, 2017, 3:45 PM MST
Data theft from high-profile hacks against companies like Uber and Equifax can cost consumers thousands of dollars but resource companies…
Hifi pipeline leak detection technology adds digital capabilities
Friday, November 24, 2017, 3:25 PM MST
Pipeline leak detection company Hifi Technologies says its fibre optic based technology is gaining traction in the industry after several…
Deloitte, Foroil develop ‘breakthrough’ cognitive capabilities to bolster recovery from brownfields
Thursday, November 23, 2017, 4:15 PM MST
In an exclusive go-to-market collaboration with Foroil SAS, Deloitte Consulting LLP said it will use historic production data, “breakthrough mathematical…
Sercel partners with Fotech to deliver next generation downhole monitoring technology
Wednesday, November 22, 2017, 1:46 PM MST
Sercel has entered into a partnership with U.K.-headquartered Fotech Solutions to jointly develop future borehole seismic and distributed acoustic sensing…
U of R researcher’s computer model allows producers to ‘see’ solvent-oil front in the reservoir
Tuesday, November 21, 2017, 3:56 PM MST
A University of Regina postdoctoral fellow has solved one of the biggest challenges in the enhanced oilsands recovery process: how…
Accelerate oil and gas transformation with advanced technologies
Tuesday, November 21, 2017, 1:23 PM MST
The Canadian natural resources industry is undergoing enormous change. Volatile energy prices — the reality of US$55 per barrel —…
Oil majors, banks and trading houses to create blockchain energy commodity trading platform
Tuesday, November 14, 2017, 3:48 PM MST
In a unique collaboration, some of the world's largest trading houses, integrated energy companies and banks intend to create and…
US DOE funds offshore carbon storage research projects
Tuesday, November 14, 2017, 3:24 PM MST
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected two projects to receive $8 million in federal…
Mohawk Energy and Innova Drilling in intervention alliance
Tuesday, November 14, 2017, 3:09 PM MST
Expandable tubular specialist Mohawk Energy is joining with Innova Drilling and Intervention to advance development of analysis software for deployment…
