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Oil/gas innovation brief July 10: Lithium from wastewater pilot project completed in Alberta

Also in this brief: Wireless sensing energizes oil/gas pipeline monitoring, Alberta engineering sector begins recovering in 2017 Lithium from SADG wastewater process pilot plant completed in Alberta MGX Minerals Inc. – a Canadian company with a patent to extract lithium from SAGD (steam assisted gravity drainage, used in oil sands production) wastewater – has completed an operating […]

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One size fits all? In offshore oil sector, using standard gear could cut costs 30 per cent

Offshore oil should take notice of US shale industry move to standardize equipment By Keith Wallis  SINGAPORE, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Offshore oil majors could shave nearly a third off their exploration and development costs by simply agreeing to industry-wide equipment standards, according to an industry association executive. Rather than having big companies continue to go

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‘Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day’ reaches 2,000 American middle school students

Exxon Mobil-sponsored activities include demonstrating energy industry’s use of 3D imaging technology to search for oil Exxon Mobil says it is inspiring girls to consider careers in science, technology, engineering and math through its thirteenth annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day program. This year’s program is a component of the company’s broader “Be an Engineer” initiative and

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LNG sale to Asian utility brings total for SCT&E export facility to 2.7 mtpa

2015 signing of two offtake MOU’s brings total agreements to 2.7 mtpa for planned Louisiana LNG export facility A Houston-based LNG export company says it has sold 1.0 million tons per annum to an Asian utility, bringing the total of three recent sales for its future facilities to be constructed on Monkey Island in Cameron Parish, LA to 2.7 mtpa. SCT&E

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