The document discusses research and development (R&D) efforts in the oil and gas industry. It outlines how R&D creates new technologies to preserve the environment and ensure safety across extraction, distribution, and product sale. It provides examples of R&D organizations and projects focused on issues like offshore exploration, marginal oilfield development, and heavy oil extraction. Companies discussed conduct R&D to remain innovative leaders in production and maintenance technologies.

1. In Oil & gas Industry

2.  The future of companies in the oil and gas industry
depends heavily on the critical factor of research and
development. R&D efforts create new technologies,
products and processes that help preserve the
environment, ensure public health and safety and
affect all aspects of the industry from oil and gas
extraction to distribution and sale of the final product.
 If you need access to oil and gas industry R&D efforts
for any reason, familiarize yourself with key
terminology associated with the industry to help speed
up your own research.

3.  National Energy Technology Laboratory
NETL R&D efforts at the lab's website.
 Fossil Energy Online Project Database
Fossil Energy R&D Project Database website for more
information
 LOGIIC -Department of Homeland Security website.
 Deep Trek -is the name of one the latest R&D
successes within the oil and gas industry
 Oil shale R&D - Oil represents a current effort of the
oil and gas industry to solve the challenge of
extracting
 Oil & Gas Journal-has served as a primary resource
for industry research information.

4.  The research and development team are
responsible for ensuring that the firm remains at
the forefront of advanced production and
maintenance technologies, and drives innovation
across the business. This would be an excellent
move for an individual with demonstrable
experience in the development and application of
new technology within oil production who wants to
work in a dedicated, specialist group focused on
innovation.

5.  Combined with its development strategy, the Company has
closely followed the development trend of petroleum technology,
adhered to the development direction of energy technology, and
actively explored a technology innovation mode and a research
mechanism with its own characteristics.
 The Company focus on technology research on critical problems
in production and the key fields in future development, and has
made many breakthroughs in new offshore oil exploration fields
and technologies.
 It has enhanced its recovery ratio, marginal oilfield development,
deepwater oilfield development, comprehensive utilization of
heavy oil, LNG and chemical industry, alternative energy
development and overseas exploration and development, giving
full play to the leading role of technology in the development of
CNOOC.

6.  It provides integrated services through prospective research, research and
development of core technologies and products, production technology
support, technology imports and assimilation, and the application of new
technologies
 It comprises 8 engineering technology research institutes which are
operated as entities and constitute the science and technology innovation
system of CNOOC.
 the key laboratories consist of 5 segments including recovery ratio study,
geophysics, deepwater engineering, marginal oilfield development and
heavy oil utilization. Their main responsibility is to solve the key technical
problems hindering the long-term sustainable development of CNOOC and
the major technical difficulties in production through innovative research,
and to set up a core technology system with independent intellectual
property rights. In 2008, sound progress had been made in the scientific
research of each key laboratory.

7.  The National Research Center of Industrial Water Treatment
Engineering and Technology was set up in 1994 and is located in
CNOOC Tianjin Chemical Research & Design Institute, engaging in
the research and development of industrial water saving technology
and wastewater resource recovery technology, engineering
integrated development, technical services, information, standards,
and the production and marketing of water treatment chemicals and
equipment.
 The National Coatings Engineering and Technology Research
Center was approved for setup by the Ministry of Science and
Technology in November 2003 and was officially put into operation
at the end of 2007, mainly engaging in the research and
development of coatings, the synthesis of resin for coatings, and
relevant technical products including paints. This also involves the
quality supervision and testing of coatings and the development and
revision of standards for coatings and paints.

8. Projects of National High-Tech R&D Programs
 Strategies and methods to enhance offshore oil and gas
exploration
 Add-on technologies for hidden oil and gas reserves in
coastal waters and other applications
 Proprietary technologies and methods for evaluating
hydrocarbon content in depressions in coastal waters and
other applications
 Software packages for numerical modelling of the special
distribution of continuous oil/gas reservoirs and other
applications
 Major project equipment units including the semi-
submersible deep-waterdrilling rig

9.  Hydrex has an in-house Research &
Development department that can take care
of the engineering aspects of an operation. In
this way turnkey solutions can be offered for
both simple everyday operations and
complex repairs that require the construction
of specific equipment.

10.  Statoil is committed to research, technology
development and expertise to achieve its
ambition of becoming a stronger,
internationally competitive company.
 Our research is organized in different
programs throughout the oil and gas value
chain, in addition to business challenges
connected to Gulf of Mexico and oil sand in
Canada.

11.  Exploration
Producing technology and knowledge which will strengthen our
positions in important exploration areas.
 Increased recovery
Improved reservoir models and new drilling and well solutions at
reduced costs, and maturing of resources into profitable reserves for
development
 New development solutions
Develop cost effective technologies realising crude oil and gas fields
 Oil and gas value chain
Competitive and sustainable technology for heavy oil, refining and gas
value chain
 New energy and HSE
Research into new forms of energy and cost-effective solutions in HSE.

12.  In this position the senior engineer providing
technical leadership into assigned research
programmes.
 Conceive, plan and provide guidance for new
and existing initiatives across the business
 Contribute to the growth and effectiveness of
this team.

13.  Propose research initiatives aimed to develop and
deploy engineering solutions across production
operations (e.g. maintenance, asset integrity,
materials, expert systems, automation) and
manage research activities and feasibility studies,
including the integration of academic research
and specialist service providers. It is expected
that you will also maintain a key focus on
technical developments within the production
and maintenance area and provide a broad
contribution to R&D activities across the group.

14.  It is expected that degree educated (preferably to
Masters or PhD level) in chemical, mechanical or
production engineering or a related field with a
strong background in automation, process
and/or materials. This will be associated with
industrial experience in the Oil & Gas domain,
ideally within another oil firm or service provider.
You will have existing experience in managing
research initiatives and leading teams to develop
new technologies and implement them into
projects.

15.  Pilot Plants
DSEC has developed and tested in pilot plants
new proprietary techniques and technologies,
more particularly in the extraction field.