This edition of the Oil and Gas (O&G) Technology Opportunity Engines features information on ultrasonic wellbore stimulation, remote automation platforms, multi-stage hydraulic fracturing, low-emission oil shale upgrading, subsea robotics, downhole inspections, subsurface fracture mapping, and hydraulic fracture characterization.

The Oil and Gas TOE provides intelligence on innovations pertaining to technologies, products, and processes, along with strategic insights, in the upstream and downstream processes in the oil and gas industry.

The Energy and Utilities cluster provides global insights and intelligence on a wide variety of disruptive emerging technologies and platforms ranging from energy storage, advanced batteries, solar and wind energy, to unconventional oil, bioenergy, geothermal energy, and energy transmission.

Keywords: oil recovery, crude oil, refining, enhanced oil, wellbore, plunger lift, hydraulic fracturing, shale oil, downstream operation, subsea robotics, subsea robot, subsea inspection, downhole inspection, fracture characterization.