Dec 3 2014
Materials at the nanoscale level often have unique optical, electronic or mechanical properties.
Accelerating energy innovation through development and optimization of advanced materials has scientists and engineers from the Aramco Research Center - Boston joining the world’s foremost international scientific gathering for materials research in Boston this week.
The Aramco Research Center - Boston opened in December of last year and is part of the broader strategic research and development (R&D) program of leading integrated energy and chemicals company Saudi Aramco. The Boston center encompasses a wide range of R&D and technology development in support of upstream discovery and recovery to downstream refining and processing.
Pursuing an industry-leading oil recovery factor for carbonate reservoirs is an important upstream research focus at the Aramco Research Center - Boston.
“In recent years, the potential of advanced nanomaterials to enhance the detailed understanding of hydrocarbons and their mobility in the reservoir and ultimately, their safe and cost-effective extraction, has been recognized,” said Martin Poitzsch, head of Upstream Reservoir Engineering Technologies, Aramco Research Center—Boston. “The Aramco research center in Boston is seeking to tap the best of nanotechnology know-how and people from all industries and academic directions to find major advances.”
Michele Ostraat, Head of Downstream R&D, Aramco Research Center - Boston and the Advanced Materials Team are focusing on the development of new and novel materials that could be used for oil and gas and chemical applications.
Finding new and novel materials for oil-and-gas and chemical applications is also a focus of the research center. Materials at the nanoscale level often have unique optical, electronic or mechanical properties. Researchers from the Boston center are participating with their peers from a broad range of industries, such as medicine, energy and nanomanufacturing conducting the latest research in materials design.
“Our approach toward R&D emphasizes collaboration and innovation in the quest for new energy breakthroughs,” said Michele Ostraat, head of Downstream R&D, Aramco Research Center—Boston. “We want to build on our reputation for materials research as applied to the energy industry and meet with potential collaborators, talent and other members of the materials sciences community.”
Aramco is a titanium corporate sponsor of the event and will be exhibiting at booth #317. While at MRS, Aramco is pleased to meet with fellow professionals at its exhibit booth and discuss technology initiatives as well as opportunities for talented researchers to join the team.
The MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibition is an interdisciplinary organization of over 16,000 researchers from academia, industry and government with backgrounds in physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics.
Research is about creativity and collaboration. Aramco Research Center - Boston participates in the Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting & Exhibition to collaborate with peers from the materials science community.
About Saudi Aramco
Saudi Aramco is the leading global integrated energy and chemicals company. We are driven by the core belief that energy is opportunity. From producing approximately one in every eight barrels of the world’s oil supply to developing new energy technologies, our global team is dedicated to creating impact in all that we do. We focus on making our resources more dependable, more sustainable and more useful. This helps promote stability and long-term growth around the world. For more information go to www.saudiaramco.com.
About Aramco Services Company (ASC)
Aramco Services Company (ASC) is the U.S.-based subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, a fully integrated energy and chemicals enterprise. ASC conducts a wide range of activities to help Saudi Aramco facilitate the safe and reliable delivery of energy to customers around the globe. Core services include managing a network of three U.S. research centers; identifying upstream and downstream best practices and potential technology partners for Saudi Aramco; working with suppliers and vendors to provide Saudi Aramco with goods and services; handling quality inspections for materials and equipment procured for Saudi Aramco; and recruiting professionals for careers with ASC and its parent company.
ASC is headquartered in Houston, and maintains offices in New York and Washington, D.C., and research facilities in Houston, Detroit and Boston.
For more information, visit www.aramcoservices.com.