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CAT OIL AND GAS BLOG
The oil and gas industry is constantly changing, offering operators new solutions, trends, and products to adopt so they can do what they do best. Read the blog posts below and go beyond the iron of Cat® oil and gas products to help you stay ahead of the game.
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University Research Aims to Reduce Methane Emissions in Oil & Gas Applications
Funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, students at Colorado State University (CSU) are actively involved in efforts to reduce methane emissions in the oil & gas industry. CSU engineering students conduct research in an on-campus facility called the Engines and Energy Conversion Lab (EECL), and also participate in field trials.
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4 Ways Training Programs Boost Your Bottom Line
As new innovations continue to drive the oil and gas sector forward, it’s critical to have a strong pipeline of skilled technicians capable of achieving optimal performance with their sites’ Cat® equipment. Caterpillar Oil & Gas offers dozens of courses across three segments – drilling, well service and gas compression – to support that goal. These modules are customizable and cover a full range of equipment, project site scenarios and development needs.
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Behind the Scenes of the Cat® G3600 A4 Gen 2
Gas compression operations are an essential part of the production process, ensuring pressurized gas can be moved through pipelines for use in our communities, commercial stations and beyond. Downtime is not an option. With the introduction of the Cat® G3600 in 1991, Caterpillar delivered an engine with the power needed to support increased gas production while providing the operation and maintenance ease that operators demand.
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Succeed With Expertise: Miami Lakes Learning Center Equips Technicians to Master Daily Oilfield Demands
Oil and gas companies seeking to enhance their technicians’ knowledge and skills often contact the Miami Lakes Learning Center (MLLC). The center empowers technicians to expand their capabilities through Caterpillar Oil & Gas’ industry-recognized learning and development modules.
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Potential benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act for the U.S. Oil & Gas industry
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) makes the single largest investment in climate and energy in American history, putting the U.S. on a pathway to a net-zero economy by 2050.
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A History of Three Shale Formations: Part Three – The Haynesville Basin
The Haynesville Basin represents a journey through time, resilience and energy triumph.
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Day in the Life: Michael Weidenfeller
Product strategy manager for drilling and mobile power applications Michael Weidenfeller works with both engineers and oil field companies to provide the right solution for their global drilling needs. He combines his love of business with his ability to interpret engineering terminology to enable customers to understand all the power management solutions available to them.
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Understanding the Differences Between Lean-Burn and Rich-Burn Engines
Essential Considerations to Determine Which Type of Engine is Most Beneficial for Your Gas Compression Project
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Leveraging Hybrid Technologies to Reduce Fuel Costs and Increase Efficiency
Operators and drilling companies continue to focus on reducing fuel costs and increasing operating efficiency while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Cat® Hybrid Energy Storage Solution helps address these needs as it enables companies to reduce diesel use and related emissions.
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Addressing Tomorrow's Workforce Challenges
The U.S. oil and gas industry supports 10.8 million full-time and part-time jobs in all 50 states, making up 5.4 percent of the country’s workforce, and contributes nearly $1.8 trillion per year to the U.S. economy, according to an American Petroleum Institute report prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2021.
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A Performance Evaluation Tool for Today’s Gas Compression Operations
Choosing the right engine for a gas compression site is an important step. However, reliably predicting engine performance and tracking key metrics is essential for operational success in today’s energy landscape. As sustainability becomes increasingly important, operators require a tool that provides site-specific performance estimates to select the most appropriate engine solutions.
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Hybrid Technologies Deliver Efficiencies That Add Up
As fuel is always one of the greatest expenses in the oilfield, technological advances that drive greater efficiencies are top of mind for E&P s and drilling operators. Newly available electrification and optimization technologies lower fuel consumption and related greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining on-site reliability and durability.
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The Circular Dance
If you were to ask a man on the street what he associates with the oil and gas industry, images of oil derricks, massive tankers, and petrol pumps are likely points of reference. While it’s viewed by some as a smokestack industry steeped in the past—don’t be mistaken—the oil and gas sector is taking bold strides into the future, dancing to the rhythm of the circular economy.
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Day in the Life: Hassan Khalid
As a senior strategy consultant, Hassan Khalid guides Caterpillar's gas compression product strategy to continue to meet industry and market demands.
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A Career Spent Alongside the G3600
When the G3600 debuted in 1991, Bobby Runnels was just starting out as a technician. See where more than three decades have taken him and this gas compression engine.
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Fraccing has resulted in energy security, but questions remain
Hydraulic fracturing (“fraccing”) is a complex, multi-step process that allows access to previously inaccessible oil and natural gas reserves.
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EdgeX Carbide Seat Technology Promotes Operational Efficiencies
Leveraging high-performance pump expendables, like the SPM™ EdgeX Carbide Seat, is a valuable strategy to enhance productivity and lower costs – especially as the use of high-horsepower fleets is expected to grow.
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Cat Power Finance: Solutions Tailored to Your Industry
Experts on the Cat Power Finance team are dedicated to finding solutions for oil and gas, electric power, industrial power and rail industries.
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Cat® G3600 Engine Continues to Evolve to Meet Operators’ Needs
Learn about the improvements the Next Gen Cat® G3600 Engine brings to the oil and gas industry.
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I Know What You Did Last Summer - Part 2
Summer may feel far away, but it’s always internship season at Caterpillar. Each year, talented young professionals spend several months learning from the industry’s experts. Like most internships, each intern’s skill set is diverse — and so are their personalities! "Confessions of an Intern" showcases each intern's unique perspective, infectious personality and individual experience at Caterpillar Oil & Gas and Marine.
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Learning Energy’s History and Future at Wiess Energy Hall
The Wiess Energy Hall at the Houston Museum of Natural Science offers an immersive, chronological journey through the history of energy, spanning from the Big Bang to future technologies. Originally focused on oil and gas, the exhibit expanded several years ago to encompass diverse types of energy. By providing a comprehensive understanding of energy processes—from upstream to downstream—the exhibit plays a pivotal role in educating anyone interested in the energy industry.
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Demystifying Oil and Gas
Curious to know the difference between oil and gas, or the sustainability efforts that are taking place in the industry? The following breakdown separates oil and gas facts and fiction.
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Expert Maintenance Enhances Total Cost of Ownership
As oilfield service providers and operators push their hydraulic fracturing equipment harder and longer, uptime is critical. Any unplanned downtime compromises efficiencies – and cuts into profitability. Oil and gas businesses can significantly reduce ownership and operating costs when utilizing experts to properly maintain and monitor equipment.
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Driving Operational Efficiency: Fresh Insights to Increase Safety and Reduce Downtime
Worksite safety and operational efficiency are foundational elements of success in the oil and gas industry. Habitual maintenance practices underpin both in today’s oil patch. While training is essential, digital tools complement workers’ efforts to inform them about unseen issues that can force equipment offline.
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A History of Three Shale Formations: Part Two – The Marcellus Shale
The Marcellus Shale plays a pivotal role at home and abroad.
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A History of Three Shale Formations: Part One – The Permian Basin
The Permian formation is a unique and noteworthy part of a larger historical mosaic.
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I Know What You Did Last Summer - Part 1
School’s out and internship season has officially begun! Students from across the country joined Caterpillar’s internship program to develop their skills as they worked alongside our oil and gas and marine experts. Our Confessions of an Intern series highlights their unique perspectives, infectious personalities, and memorable experiences as a Caterpillar Oil & Gas and Marine Intern.
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Meet Your Co-Host: Bill Jensen
As a 40-year industry veteran, SPM Oil & Gas Senior Technical Fellow and Technical Services Manager Bill Jensen has seen it all – and he looks forward to bringing the benefit of his hard-earned insight to The Energy Pipeline podcast as a co-host to share how the industry is responding to today’s challenges.
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Meet Your Co-Host: Adriana Herrera
Price volatility and inflation concerns have made more oil and gas companies aware of the need to reduce costs by streamlining every process possible and eliminating unnecessary steps. This can be a challenge when last-minute service requests are common, as operators and oilfield service providers grapple with readying units for operation to meet job deadlines.
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Meet Your Co-Host: Wayne Zemke
Constant change is a characteristic of the oil and gas industry. Markets change, regulations change, technologies change—and with each change, companies need to understand how to adapt to continue to grow their businesses. With co-host Wayne Zemke, Market Intelligence Manager for Caterpillar Oil & Gas, the Energy Pipeline podcast is a source for information and expert perspectives on the evolving energy industry.
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Meet Your Co-Host: Lizzie Hurt
The oil and gas sector is one of the most technically complex industries imaginable. The expertise and innovations required to produce energy that powers homes, cars, electronics, hospitals – entire economies – are the result of expert engineering. Onshore or offshore, every job is different. As a Caterpillar Oil & Gas Sales Support Engineer, Lizzie Hurt understands this well.
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Introduction to The Energy Pipeline
The oil and gas industry is witnessing a remarkable evolution. The way the industry operates has fundamentally changed since the peak of 2014. There are multiple factors in play that are driving these changes, from capital availability to fluctuating oil prices to sustainability goals and more.
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Day in the Life: Lizzie Hurt
The oil and gas industry is complex, and our customers routinely have special needs and custom requests. Lizzie Hurt, sales support engineer, is on call to do whatever is needed to make sure her customers are taken care of. When she’s not at work, Lizzie and her husband love spending family time with their two dogs and pursuing all sorts of outdoor activities.
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Equipment Protection Plans: Coverage & Finance Options
Discover the benefits of having an equipment protection plan. Learn how safeguarding your Cat machinery with a comprehensive plan can mitigate risks and enhance long-term performance.
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The Growing Prominence of Sustainability in the Oil & Gas Industry
Caterpillar's technology and expertise help companies in the oil and gas industry meet their environmental social governance (ESG) goals while remaining competitive.
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Day in the Life: Derek Kamp
At Caterpillar Oil & Gas, we help our customers do the work. To do this, the leadership in the Oil & Gas division must be as strong as the yellow iron that Caterpillar is known for. Enter Derek Kamp!
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Outstanding Women of the Oil & Gas Industry: Part II
In this post, we’re highlighting women in the industry and detailing their contributions and the challenges they face.
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Making “Dumb” Iron Smart Lands Engineer a Patent for Pump Electronic Monitoring System
Meet Derek Kamp, one of the patent-earning minds behind our Pump Electronic Monitoring System (PEMS) and countless other Cat® innovations.
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Outstanding Women of the Oil & Gas Industry: Part I
Outstanding Women of the Oil & Gas Industry: Part I
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Day in the Life: Wayne Zemke
The Oil & Gas industry is always changing, and the market changes with it. Here at the Caterpillar Oil & Gas division, we rely on our market intelligence team to be our eyes and ears, to help us do the work so that we can help our customers do theirs. Enter Wayne Zemke!
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Putting the New in Renewable Energy: A Closer Look at Electrification
Learn more about electrification and the various renewable energy sources available to help companies combat emissions.
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Confessions of an Oil and Gas Intern - Part II
Read this collection of stories from some of our Oil and Gas Interns to get a behind-the-scenes look at what possibilities Caterpillar has to offer for the next generation. Maybe you, or someone you know, could be in their shoes next Summer!
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Confessions of an Oil and Gas Intern - Part I
Read this collection of stories from some of our Oil and Gas Interns to get a behind-the-scenes look at what possibilities Caterpillar has to offer for the next generation. Maybe you, or someone you know, could be in their shoes next Summer!
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Oilfield Songs from Top Country Artists
Sit back and let this top country songs inspired by the oilfield take you on a musical journey from the coal mines of the Appalachia to the basins in the West.
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5 Shocking Products Made From Oil And Gas
Whether helping us go about our daily lives or aiding us in exploring the next frontier, these 5 products are proof that there is more to the oil and gas industry than meets the eye.
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3 Ways A4 Technology Takes A3 to New Levels
With 4,500+ Cat® G3600 engines with ADEM™ A3 (2002-2015) technology at work in gas compression—exceeding 150 million hours of reliable operation—it would be easy to fall victim to an “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mentality. Not at Caterpillar.
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Crushing Barriers
Diverse hiring offers a solution to the construction labor shortage. See how one female contractor’s diverse hiring positively impacted both her business & the community.
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