American Oil and Gas Reporter - May 2015 - 156

IndustryFocus: Companies, People and Products

Dresser-Rand Recognized For LNGoTM Mini LNG Plant

HOUSTON-Dresser-Rand was honored with the 2015 Gulf Coast Oil & Gas
Awards' New Technology Development
of the Year Award for its LNGoTM natural
gas conversion system.
According to Dresser-Rand, the system combines trusted technologies-including its MOSTM reciprocating compressor, Guascor® gas engine and Enginuity® control system-into a smallfootprint package that can be placed on
well pads, gas flares and similar sites.
The company says the system is sized

to produce 6,000-8,000 gallons of LNG
a day and can be moved to support
changing requirements.
The Oil & Gas Awards celebrate the
positive contributions made by upstream
and midstream companies that demonstrate advances in the key areas of environmental stewardship, efficiency, innovation, corporate social responsibility,
and health and safety, Dresser-Rand says.
For information, visit www.dresserrand.com/lngo or www.oilandgasawards.com.
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This team is behind DresserRand's LNGoTM portable LNG
plant, which was named new
technology of the year at the
2015 Gulf Coast Oil & Gas
Awards.

Flotek, Solazyme Combine On Drilling Fluid Lubricant

HOUSTON-Flotek Industries Inc. and
Solazyme Inc. have introduced FlocapsoTM,
which they describe as an innovative,
advanced drilling fluid featuring proprietary contributions from both companies.
According to the companies, Flocapso
combines Flotek's patented Complex
nano-Fluid®, or CnF®, chemistries with
Solazyme's EncapsoTM technology to create a drilling fluid that focuses on better
lubricity and greater stabilization. Extensive laboratory and commercial testing
with the Flocapso additive indicates it
will allow the use of water-based fluids
in wells that previously have required
more expensive and invasive oil-based
products.
"Last year we acquired certain intellectual property related to the use of CnF
in drilling fluid applications from Tony
Rea, a drilling fluid technology pioneer,
which led to discussions and chemical
trials with Solazyme," explains John
Chisholm, Flotek's chairman, president
and chief executive officer. "As a result
of Tony's work showing the efficacy of
using CnF to improve drilling results and
the combination of Solazyme's Encapso,
we developed Flocapso, a drilling fluid
additive that we believe will provide significant improvements to drilling efficiency
and effectiveness around the globe."

Solazyme describes Encapso as a proprietary, nontoxic, biodegradable, targeted
lubricant delivery system that has been
shown to increase rates of penetration,
decrease drag, and reduce both rotational
torque and friction in a variety of vertical
and horizontal drilling applications. Flotek
indicates CnF are a series of proprietary,
patented chemistries that are designed to
enhance oil and natural gas wells' performance, including better production
rates and higher ultimate recovery.
For information, visit www.flotekind.com and www.solazyme.com.
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OptaSense Forms Alliance
For Better Well Monitoring

HOUSTON-OptaSense and Weatherford International PLC have partnered to
deliver integrated optical sensing solutions
for optimizing well planning, construction
and production across the asset life cycle.
The partners say they will combine
OmniWellTM in-well optical production
and reservoir monitoring systems from
Weatherford with optical distributed
acoustic sensing (DAS) technology from
OptaSense, including DAS-VSPTM vertical
seismic profiling, DAS-HFPTM hydraulic
fracture monitoring and DAS-FlowTM
production flow monitoring.
In conjunction with Weatherford's
sensing technology-including pressure
and temperature gauges, distributed temperature sensing, array temperature sensing, flow measurement and seismic sensors-the partners say these DAS capabilities will provide robust and actionable
information that improves reservoir management and ultimate recovery.
"The (integrated) solution will deliver
enhanced data acquisition and monitoring
of seismic activity, well construction,
completion and fracture operations, and
production flow," says OptaSense Managing Director Magnus McEwen-King.
For information, visit www.opta sense.com.
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Coming In June

The prolific Permian Basin is the
No. 1 oil-producing region in the
United States, accounting for 18 percent of total domestic crude oil production. And with an abundance of
tight oil formations such as the Wolfcamp, Bone Spring and Spraberry,
the Permian's future is brighter than
ever! Special reports review operator's high-graded drilling and development projects for the second half
of the year, and survey midstream
and pipeline expansions.

OPW Engineered Systems describes its
HiltapTM locking quick connect (LQC)
transfer loading couplings as the world's
safest couplings, explaining that they
automatically prevent accidental disconnects when pressure is in the line. "The
LQC is going to replace the cam and
groove coupling," predicts Engineered
Systems Product Director Dave Morrow.
The LQC connects and disconnects with
a quarter turn by hand, making it simple
to operate, Morrow says. He adds that it
can handle a range of temperatures,
pressures and fluid applications. For information, visit www.opw-es.com.

http://www.dresserrand.com/lngo http://www.dresserrand.com/lngo http://www.oilandgasawards.com http://www.oilandgasawards.com http://www.optasense.com http://www.optasense.com http://www.flotekind.com http://www.flotekind.com http://www.solazyme.com http://www.opw-es.com

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