Open AccessSpace technology in the oil industry
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2010.51504_11.x
Subject(s) - space (punctuation) , space industry , engineering , computer science , operating system
The troubles flowing from BP's Macondo oil well in Gulf of Mexico have focused attention on the technological demands of safe deep‐water drilling. European Space Agency research presented in a Space and Energy Seminar in August offers spin‐off technologies that could support oil exploration and production in extreme environments, from corrosion control to better robotics.