Technology

In an attempt to reverse negative perceptions surrounding its natural gas transmission/distribution pipeline system, San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) plans to integrate technology advancements into its ongoing efforts to upgrade its network.

An Irvine, CA-based company is touting a licensing agreement with a Dresser-Rand Group unit that makes small turbines as opening the door for smaller, decentralized power generation using otherwise unusable waste gas.

Exploration and production (E&P) technologies have attracted $7 billion in funding since 2003, with North American ventures accounting for the most investments by far, according to a new study.

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals said they have found an economical solution for removing salt from water produced when hydraulically fracturing (frack) oil and natural gas wells, according to a paper published this week in the journal Applied Energy.

Beleaguered by fallout from the fatal San Bruno natural gas transmission pipeline failure, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) now contends that its stepped-up pipeline maintenance and safety programs are beginning to pay dividends. It is citing a 99% reduction in what it called minor pipeline leaks last year as a positive indicator.

An entrepreneur with roots in coalbed methane and his company are seeking collaborators to further test a technology that detects, identifies and quantifies hydrocarbons in shale oil and gas wells.

Natural gas pipeline operators may be able to better understand the condition of their critical assets through a technology that integrates networked software with complex physical machinery, today more commonly known as the industrial internet.

A “breathalyzer,” similar to systems used to check alcohol levels in drivers, is one of the breakthrough methane detection technologies selected Thursday to advance in a collaboration between seven U.S. natural gas and oil producers and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).

A Columbia, MD-based combustion technology company on Wednesday touted yet another proposed wellsite solution to North Dakota’s seemingly intractable flaring problem as part of a presentation at the power conference of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in Baltimore.