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Oil and gas industry insightEurogas study sees combining gas, CCS, and renewables as a cheaper path to a net-zero EU than relying on electrification
Routes to reduce emissions from oil and gas production
Heating homes with hydrogen: proving the safety case
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Certification can open minds to ‘printed’ parts, boosting oil and gas sector efficiency and decarbonization, says global manufacturer
Trust is a key to oil and gas sector use of metal parts made by additive manufacturing, says leading manufacturer Protolabs
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Eurogas study sees combining gas, CCS, and renewables as a cheaper path to a net-zero EU than relying on electrification
Of the investment needed for gaseous energy networks in the Eurogas scenario for a net-zero EU by 2050, over 80% is to adapt them for hydrogen use.
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Remote survey: A new normal for oil and gas
Oil and gas industry interest is surging in using remote survey technologies for more cost-efficient, safer, and lower-carbon certification, verification and inspection of assets and operations.
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Where’s LNG investment heading?
DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook 2020 predicts a strong outlook for LNG, as natural gas becomes the world’s largest energy source.
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Routes to reduce emissions from oil and gas production
Oil and gas companies are acting to reduce emissions from production to demonstrate prompt action on global warming.
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Heating homes with hydrogen: proving the safety case
DNV’s HyStreet infrastructure is proving vital to the necessary safety tests, as part of the H21 project led by Northern Gas Networks and the UK Government’s Hy4Heat programme
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Testing paves the way for hydrogen use in homes
Consumers and appliance makers will benefit from DNV tests to make hydrogen reliable and safe for heating and cooking
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Trustworthy digital twins can power a more efficient future
TechnipFMC and DNV are developing a new approach to digital twins, to ensure the technology’s value meets expectations.
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Reassuring the oil & gas and marine sectors over ‘printed’ parts
Processes to independently qualify or certify parts produced by additive manufacturing can unlock large markets, says the maker of the world’s fastest 3D printer.
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The evolving oil and gas workforce
Progressive stances and steps on decarbonization and digitalization, coupled with openness to new opinions and ideas, can help companies to win the trust of tomorrow’s leaders.
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Research identifies critical technologies for oil and gas in a transforming decade
Technology Outlook 2030 identifies which technologies will help the sector to meet efficiency, decarbonization, and safety challenges over the next decade.
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Heating Dutch homes with hydrogen
A project led by gas and power networks operator Stedin aims to show that homes can be heated safely and efficiently with clean hydrogen.
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Standardization can boost subsea's prospects
There is scope for even more standardization to reduce costs for subsea parts, modules, and systems.
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New digital twin concept could show real-time status of safety risk and operations
Probabilistic digital twins are a new idea for capturing uncertainty, the effect of new knowledge, and actual conditions, on operational performance and safety.
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Probing human factors for safer, more sustainable oil and gas operations
DNV GL’s updated International Sustainability Rating System creates transparency on how business processes impact on key operational criteria.
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Can printed parts make oil and gas operations smarter and greener?
Additive manufacturing — the more sophisticated, industrial equivalent of 3D printing — could become the most disruptive technology the oil and gas industry has ever seen for sourcing and using materials.
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Machine learning can make mooring safer and more cost effective
Traditional ways of detecting and predicting mooring line failure have limitations. Machine learning now proves its power for identifying condition of mooring lines.
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Petrobras puts people at the heart of its digital transformation
Petrobras, Brazil’s national oil company, is driving forward an ambitious digital transformation to speed up decision making to reduce cost, become safer, and be more productive and compliant with regulations.
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Governments get serious about hydrogen
Governments worldwide are showing increasing interest in hydrogen as a clean energy carrier to complement electricity in decarbonizing national energy systems.
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Meeting the challenge of China's dash for gas
The People's Republic of China's switch from coal to gas, to decarbonize its energy mix and tackle pollution under its Blue Sky policy, requires importing a lot more gas