Abstract:
The oil and gas (O&G) industry has been, and continues to be, driven by delivering efficiency in the recovery and delivery of hydrocarbons.  As nanotechnology has arisen as a science unto itself there has been a concerted drive to deliver that technology into the oilfield to improve both hydrocarbon recovery as well as the tools used in the process.  This presentation will briefly describe technical drivers for the oil& gas industry, describe nanotechnology efforts to improve recovery performance & expand the application envelope, and discuss the larger challenge of moving nanotechnology off of the lab bench and into O&G operations.

Bio:

John graduated with a B.Sc. degree in metallurgical engineering from Michigan Technological University and a M.Sc. degree in materials science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He started working in the oil & gas industry with ExxonMobil Upstream Research where he focused on corrosion, OCTG (oil country tubular goods) evaluation, and high strength steel pipeline development.

John Stevens joined Baker Hughes in 2004 working in hard materials and metal matrix composites research and development focused on rock drilling technology. Through his years at Baker Hughes John has led teams focused on research, development, and engineering of hard materials, corrosion resistant alloys, polymers, and coating technology. He currently leads a materials research team focused on longer term opportunities in the oilfield services business.