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Aker Solutions signs sub-surface frame agreement with Statoil

Aker Solutions' geo business has signed a three-year frame agreement with Statoil to supply sub-surface consultancy services within the areas of production geology, exploration geology and reservoir technology. Contract value is undisclosed. The agreement is valid a period of three years, from 1 March 2010. In addition, Statoil has options to extend the agreement with two one-year periods. ...

Mar. 17, 2010

By Thomson Reuters

Aker Solutions signs sub-surface deal with BP

7 April 2010 - Aker Solutions has signed an agreement with BP Norge AS to supply sub-surface consultancy services on the Norwegian continental shelf. Contract value is undisclosed. Under the three-year agreement, Aker Solutions' geo business will deliver operational geology services from BP's onshore facility in Stavanger, Norway, and wellsite geology services from BP's assets offshore Norway. ...

Apr. 7, 2010

By Thomson Reuters

$10m project to store CO2 underground in China

The project will focus on advancing enhanced coal bed methane (ECBM) recovery and providing a pathway to adoption for near zero emissions technology from coal-fired power. ECBM involves the injection of CO2 into coal seams to displace methane that can be used to generate energy, while providing the additional benefit of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by storing the CO2 underground. Director ...

Jul. 7, 2010

By CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

DOE selects projects to monitor and evaluate geologic CO2 storage

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the selection of 19 projects to enhance the capability to simulate, track, and evaluate the potential risks of carbon dioxide (CO2) storage in geologic formations. The projects' total value is approximately $35.8 million over four years, with $27.6 million of DOE funding and $8.2 million of non-Federal cost sharing. The work will be managed by ...

Aug. 24, 2009

By National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

Isatis 2014 allows better estimation control

Offering kriging and simulations with bayesian drift In presence of trends, the new kriging with bayesian drift bridges the gap between the traditional kriging with external drift and a simple kriging of the residuals, allowing a better trend control. The methodology is of particular interest when the amount of data is scarce. Indeed, in case of non stationarity, kriging methods are based on ...

May 26, 2014

By SMHI International Consulting Services

Predicting the fate of underground carbon

A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a new modeling methodology for determining the capacity and assessing the risks of leakage of potential underground carbon-dioxide reservoirs. One strategy for mitigating greenhouse gases is to inject compressed carbon dioxide into natural aquifers made of permeable rock soaked with brackish salt water. Carbon ...

Nov. 25, 2009

By ScienceDaily

History warns of drought’s destructive force

The Mayan civilisation in what is now Mexico perished more than a thousand years ago not just because of drought, but perhaps because of too much reliance on water in reservoirs. The story of the rise and decline of ancient civilisations has resonance for today. And researchers at Vienna University of Technology in Austria, who modelled what they calculate must have been the pattern of events, ...

Aug. 31, 2016

By Climate News Network

Atkins appointed to £2.5bn Scottish Water frameworks

Atkins, the UK’s largest engineering design consultancy, will be providing strategic support services to Scottish Water to help the company deliver its capital works programme over the next five years. The programme covers the Q&SIIIb regulatory period which has a value of around £2.5 billion and runs from 2010 until 2015. Atkins will be providing a range of professional services ...

Jul. 5, 2010

By Atkins

Department of energy announces 15 projects aimed at secure CO2 underground storage

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today the selection of 15 projects to develop technologies aimed at safely and economically storing carbon dioxide in geologic formations. Funded with $21.3 million over three years, today's selections will complement existing DOE initiatives to help develop the technology and infrastructure to implement large-scale CO2 storage in different geologic ...

Aug. 11, 2010

By US Department of Energy

AECOM awarded professional services contract by Scottish Water

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AECOM Technology Corporation (NYSE: ACM), a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for government and commercial clients around the world, announced today that it has been awarded a contract to provide strategic support services for Scottish Water to help support its US$4-billion capital works program during the next five years. ...

Oct. 26, 2010

By AECOM

Alabama injection project aimed at enhanced oil recovery, testing important geologic CO2 storage

Carbon dioxide (CO2) injection — an important part of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology — is underway as part of a pilot study of CO2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in the Citronelle Field of Mobile County, Alabama. A project team led by the University of Alabama at Birmingham is conducting the injection. Study results of the 7,500-ton CO2 injection will provide estimates of oil yields ...

Mar. 1, 2010

By US Department of Energy

Alabama injection project aimed at enhanced oil recovery, testing important geologic CO2 storage

Carbon dioxide (CO2) injection — an important part of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology — is underway as part of a pilot study of CO2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in the Citronelle Field of Mobile County, Alabama. A project team led by the University of Alabama at Birmingham is conducting the injection. Study results of the 7,500-ton CO2 injection will provide estimates of oil yields ...

Mar. 1, 2010

By National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

Secretary Moniz Dedicates New Supercomputer at the National Energy Technology Laboratory

Today, Secretary Moniz dedicated a new supercomputer—one of the world’s fastest and most energy efficient—at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). The high-performance computer for energy and the environment is not only one of the top 100 supercomputers in the world, but it is also one of the most energy efficient for its size. The supercomputer is a 503 TFlops ...

Jul. 29, 2013

By US Department of Energy

Supercritical CO2 boosts super optimism in sequestering greenhouse gas

Scientists appear to have the rock-solid evidence that suggests carbon dioxide can be safely and permanently sequestered in deep, underground basalt rock formations, without risk of it eventually escaping to the atmosphere. The findings have potential implications for sequestering carbon in other reservoir systems as well. Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National ...

Nov. 20, 2008

By Battelle - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Collaboration to Manage UK Water Supplies – Rainwater Tanks an Option

Water is a hot topic in farming at the best of times. But add one of history’s wettest winters, one of the driest summers in recent years, and also the threat of impending water rate increases, and it’s no surprise that managing this precious resource in farming is on the tip of most farming journalist’s tongues. This is certainly the case for Caroline Stocks in Farmers ...

Jun. 12, 2014

By ENDURAMAXX Storage Tanks

New Field Laboratories and Related Research To Help Promote Environmentally Prudent Development of Unconventional Resources

Today (Nov 6, 2014), the Department of Energy announced the selection of three multiyear, field laboratories and six other multiyear research projects for continued research to promote environmentally prudent development of unconventional oil and natural gas (UOG) resources. As part of a July, 2014 Executive Order and a multiagency effort involving the Energy Department, the Environmental ...

Nov. 6, 2014

By US Department of Energy