Issues and Foresight
All about oil
Oil is a fossil energy and a resource that is limited on a global scale. What is oil made of? How is it extracted? What is it used for? A review of the fundamentals What is oil made of? How is oil
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News
13 March 2020
2nd generation biofuels: an industrial first for French Futurol™ technology
Procethol 2G and the partners of the Futurol project are proud to announce the launch of an industrial first for the second-generation (2G) bioethanol production technology Futurol™.
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Economic outlook
04 March 2020
E&P investments. Drilling activities and markets, geophysics and offshore construction (2019)
Following the slight upturn begun in 2017 after two years of significant decline, global exploration-production (E&P) investments have fallen again in 2019, dropping 1% compared to 2018 according to figures provided by Rystad Energy.
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Economic outlook
02 March 2020
Oil markets: the USA leads the field, Opec+ adapts
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Economic outlook
20 February 2020
Recent developments and prospects for the gas market (2019)
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All about natural gas
Like oil, natural gas is a fossil energy that is also the result of the decomposition of organic materials on the ocean bed. One of the specific characteristics of the gas chain concerns transport, an
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Our strengths
Reservoir Our strengths Over a number of years, IFPEN has built up globally recognized expertise in areas such as: multiphase phenomena and fluid/rock interactions, geomechanical aspects, reactive
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Our solutions
Reservoir Our solutions IFPEN develops innovative solutions and software for reservoir modeling, including matrix/fracture characterization and modeling, as well as reservoir simulation. COMPLEX
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Our strengths
Petrochemicals Our strengths Recognized expertise in the field of catalysis: 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Yves Chauvin; 2014 Irène Joliot-Curie Prize / Woman Scientist of the Year, Hélène Olivier
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Our solutions
Petrochemicals our solutions IFPEN’s research is aimed at developing new catalysts, adsorbents and petrochemical intermediate production processes, and improving the performance of existing
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Our strengths
Basin Our strengths Two subsidiaries dedicated to the industrial development of software: Beicip-Franlab Beicip-Franlab conducts technical and economic studies for the oil and gas industry and markets
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Our solutions
Basin Our solutions In the field of basin modeling, IFPEN develops equipment and advanced software solutions and services for industry. Our integrated exploration approach ranges from geochemistry
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Our solutions
Offshore drilling and production Our solutions IFPEN develops solutions to produce offshore oil and gas fields and optimize oil and gas flows from the reservoir through to treatment facilities
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Petrochemicals
PETROCHEMICALS OVERVIEW AND CHALLENGES Petrochemical processes are designed to convert oil and natural gas cuts into base chemicals (the major intermediates) for the chemicals industry, such as