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CurtisJ
05-25-2014, 02:24 PM
Once you stop being a jack*** have a read.

Petroleum seep - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_seep)

http://www.elsmerecanyon.com/dewittcanyon/oil/d03.jpg

Once you are done calling people names and being a twat, please explain how we can cover the world's 100M (rough figure) barrels of oil per day by mining a few hundred seeps that probably average a couple barrels per day.

Rover was providing an informed piece of information to this discussion and you just had to troll.

I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed...

Just the facts
05-25-2014, 02:58 PM
Once you are done calling people names and being a twat, please explain how we can cover the world's 100M (rough figure) barrels of oil per day by mining a few hundred seeps that probably average a couple barrels per day.

Rover was providing an informed piece of information to this discussion and you just had to troll.

I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed...

You're joking right. I'll say this nicely. Go back and read starting with Post #956. Rover is a repeat offender on the "misquote and then argue against the misquote". It is his whole shtick.

On edit - just to save the mods time from admonishing me I'll say it for them. Stop the personal attacks and stick to the topic.

Rover
05-25-2014, 04:52 PM
Yes of course...oil oozing out of the ground is the topic of the GE Research center thread. This is on topic. GE is looking into this, I'm sure.

Spartan
05-25-2014, 06:26 PM
How did we get to calling each other twat?

People should learn to have classy feuds, like Rover and I. ;p

Just kidding - I really appreciate Rover's contributions around here, I just enjoying picking on a fellow loyal expat.

CurtisJ
05-27-2014, 01:03 PM
How did we get to calling each other twat?

People should learn to have classy feuds, like Rover and I. ;p

Just kidding - I really appreciate Rover's contributions around here, I just enjoying picking on a fellow loyal expat.

It was meant as a playful admonishment, apparently it did not translate that way. In my defense, it was in response to him calling someone a "Jack-***".

Oil seeps account for a fraction of a fraction of a fly on an elephant's behind when it comes to the global oil production today. The easy oil is gone, even in historically easy plays such as Saudi they are starting to implement more and more technology to reverse the declining production they see on their current wells. Drilling today is deeper, hotter, tighter and under more pressure than ever before. Russia is eyeing the arctic circle, nobody would ever go there if they had other choices.

Don't get me wrong, there is still ALOT of oil to be produced in this world, but we started with the easy stuff which means the easy stuff is in short supply. So the research is necessary to continue unlocking new plays.

Plutonic Panda
06-04-2014, 09:25 PM
6/4/2014

Nice shot of the skyline as well
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Lazio85
07-25-2014, 05:14 PM
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5552/14721393436_1296abb3cb_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/oqSZod)
GE Global Research (https://flic.kr/p/oqSZod) by lazio85 (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr

Lazio85
08-21-2014, 11:49 AM
Pier work has begun with plenty of dirt work near the street.

Plutonic Panda
09-23-2014, 03:06 AM
What's going on here...

LakeEffect
09-23-2014, 08:55 AM
What's going on here...

What do you mean?

Lazio85
09-23-2014, 12:36 PM
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3902/15146724157_515c14735d_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/p5sVov)
GE Global Research & Metropolitan (https://flic.kr/p/p5sVov) by lazio85 (https://www.flickr.com/people/77483833@N04/), on Flickr

OkieNate
09-23-2014, 12:42 PM
Its going to be really awesome to have both these projects on either side of I-235!

Plutonic Panda
09-23-2014, 02:53 PM
What do you mean?It seems not much has been moving on this site.

LakeEffect
09-23-2014, 07:16 PM
It seems not much has been moving on this site.

Were you expecting it to be built in a few months? I've seen a lot of site work - water, sewer, stormwater, electric, etc.

Plutonic Panda
09-23-2014, 07:48 PM
No I wasn't. Sorry I just get a bit impatient when it comes to things like this. :p

Glad to know things are moving along!

JoninATX
09-24-2014, 07:49 PM
Great to see it U/C. :)

GaryOKC6
09-24-2014, 09:23 PM
I have had the pleasure of working with this company and I must say that GE is a first rate company. they have several divisions here and the global research center will be a crown jewel for OKC.

Laramie
09-27-2014, 08:10 PM
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSE2ipz_R60GW8A_W03vACilaf5RV9Zv DXv8W80s84hc1ddZp5m https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.607997864230652451&pid=15.1&P=0
New 100,00 sq. ft., five story GE Global Research Center under construction in Oklahoma City.

The presence of a research center like GE Global truly adds to the diversity of entities which have arrived in our city. The new center will be close to the OU Presbyterian Research Park (Medical Center) area. OKC's planned development becomes distaff from the central business core as it connects downtown, Bricktown, midtown, research park and medical centers (OU/St. Anthony's).

This new design is slightly different from the original design released in December 2013 shown below.

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Oklahoma City’s population gains in recent years are related to energy, but also other sectors like retail, technology and construction, which are also performing well. However, the fingerprints of energy companies located in the metro are all over developments, cultural institutions and sports teams that are new to the city.

“The impact that the Devon headquarters has had on Oklahoma City and our overall perception of ourselves is huge,” Cathy O’Connor, president of the Alliance for Economic Development in Oklahoma City, said about the construction of Devon Tower.

O’Connor said she believed energy companies that have recently constructed new headquarters, such as Devon Energy, Chesapeake Energy and SandRidge Energy, have raised the standards for development in OKC. Those new facilities have also sparked economic develop in downtown and the Classen Curve area.


Cover story: For good or bad, Oklahoma is an energy state | okgazette.com (http://okgazette.com/2014/09/24/for-good-or-bad-oklahoma-is-an-energy-state/)

Bellaboo
10-28-2014, 07:17 AM
Noticed yesterday that there is some kind of drilling rig active on the location. Couldn't tell if it is some kind of oil related rig or if they are drilling foundation piers.

Urbanized
10-28-2014, 07:19 AM
Probably taking soil samples.

CurtisJ
10-28-2014, 09:24 AM
Noticed yesterday that there is some kind of drilling rig active on the location. Couldn't tell if it is some kind of oil related rig or if they are drilling foundation piers.

Quite possibly they are drilling "test wells". These are common in the oilfield equipment manufacturing industry, they are typically 50-150 ft deep and are used to test down-hole equipment in a controlled setting. I would venture to guess that this facility will have several test wells and no matter how many they install they will be kicking themselves in a year for not installing more.

One type of test well described by Baker Hughes (a GE competitor):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_BmhH0y_1M

Bellaboo
10-28-2014, 12:49 PM
Quite possibly they are drilling "test wells". These are common in the oilfield equipment manufacturing industry, they are typically 50-150 ft deep and are used to test down-hole equipment in a controlled setting. I would venture to guess that this facility will have several test wells and no matter how many they install they will be kicking themselves in a year for not installing more.

One type of test well described by Baker Hughes (a GE competitor):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_BmhH0y_1M

I mentioned oil field drilling because it looked like a work over rig to me. That's probably what they're doing. They were drilling on the far western edge of the grounds.

OSUPeterson
10-29-2014, 07:11 AM
There should be several test wells dug on this site. Ive heard as many as 8 and as low as 4 that will be available for research use once completed.

Plutonic Panda
11-10-2014, 04:29 AM
I'll see if I can't stroll into the site during lunch or something and play as a tourist if I get caught and I'll get some better photos. I just took this one the sun was shining right at me, but give an idea I guess.

11/8/2014

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3955/15135635744_ca8f999976_b.jpg

Motley
11-10-2014, 10:06 AM
if you envision the OGE and Clayco developments in there, that view will show a very balanced skyline

PhiAlpha
11-10-2014, 10:11 AM
if you envision the OGE and Clayco developments in there, that view will show a very balanced skyline

I don't know that you would see the Clayco/OGE developments from here.

Motley
11-10-2014, 10:24 AM
Wouldn't they be between the Cotter on the left and the Devon on the right?

skanaly
11-10-2014, 12:31 PM
Wouldn't they be between the Cotter on the left and the Devon on the right?
From this angle you might only be able to see a little bit of the south office tower, the rest would be covered up by Devon and the buildings right of it

Pete
11-10-2014, 12:33 PM
This is the view on Google Earth with the 3D Clayco buildings loaded.

Looks like they would be almost completely hidden:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/geview.jpg

Motley
11-10-2014, 12:51 PM
From that view, are they hidden by the Devon? If so, would the convention hotel, assuming it is 20 stories, fill in the gap? Cotter in 500ft and Devon is 850(?), how tall are the Clayco towers expected to be?

skanaly
11-10-2014, 12:58 PM
I'll see if I can't stroll into the site during lunch or something and play as a tourist if I get caught and I'll get some better photos. I just took this one the sun was shining right at me, but give an idea I guess
Ya I wouldn't bother, the site's still pretty quite

Pete
11-10-2014, 01:05 PM
From that view, are they hidden by the Devon? If so, would the convention hotel, assuming it is 20 stories, fill in the gap? Cotter in 500ft and Devon is 850(?), how tall are the Clayco towers expected to be?

All the proposed buildings are loaded in that image; the Clacyo stuff is hidden by the bank of buildings at the far right. They would be taller but are further away and thus, hidden from this angle.

The hotel is loaded too.

Motley
11-10-2014, 01:15 PM
Geez, guess I lack spatial vision.

catch22
11-10-2014, 05:47 PM
The only thing that is an immediate possibility for filling that gap from that viewpoint is for a tower to be built on the 4th and Broadway/EKG triangle.

skanaly
11-10-2014, 07:33 PM
Which there will be??? What's that sign for on the site? If they are pre- leasing wouldn't they be for sure building something? I may not know what I'm talking about

Plutonic Panda
11-13-2014, 05:45 PM
Smart company: GE research center bringing highly educated scientists to OKC | The Journal Record (http://journalrecord.com/2014/11/13/smart-company-ge-research-center-bringing-highly-educated-scientists-to-okc-real-estate/)

Spartan
11-13-2014, 09:05 PM
This is the view on Google Earth with the 3D Clayco buildings loaded.

Looks like they would be almost completely hidden:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/geview.jpg

Wow, okay not a good view..

hoya
11-13-2014, 10:09 PM
The problem with that angle isn't the height of the ClayCo buildings, it's the fact that we have the Myriad Gardens right next to the Cox Center, and then the Chesapeake Arena, and then the future convention center site, and then nothing, all of them right along that particular angle. Put the ClayCo buildings where the Cox Center is and you'll have a very different view.

ljbab728
11-13-2014, 11:12 PM
Wow, okay not a good view..

Not a big concern. Few people will be viewing downtown OKC from that perspective..

warreng88
11-18-2014, 08:01 AM
From the Journal Record:

Smart company: GE research center bringing highly educated scientists to OKC

By: Molly M. Fleming The Journal Record November 13, 2014

OKLAHOMA CITY – One employee of the future GE Global Research Oil and Gas Technology Center has 200 patents, said Michael Ming, general manager of the center.

Ming spoke Thursday at the Commercial Real Estate Council monthly luncheon at Coles Garden. He said the company is nearly halfway done with hiring its 130 employees. Sixty people have been hired, and they come from 12 states and six countries. He said most have at least master’s degrees and some have doctorates.

“It’s pretty smart company that we’re bringing in,” he said. “We’re bringing in a lot of deep domain expertise, close-to-the-rock expertise.”

The Oil and Gas Technology Center at NW 10th Street and N. Walnut Avenue is expected to be complete by mid-2015. The center will help the company grow its $20 billion oil and gas business by researching better technology. Ming said about 15 years ago, the company invested in aviation technology. GE reaped the fruits of its labor at the Dubai Airshow in 2013, with $45 billion in engines ordered, of which was $40 billion went to GE engines.

“We did the same thing on locomotives, and we’re looking to do the same thing on oil and gas,” he said. “We have pretty big growth aspirations to this, and that talks to this center.”

The center is being built on land previously owned by the Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority. It is a brownfield site with three plugged oil wells. The 95,000-square-foot facility will be four stories tall, with the top two floors designated for research. The second floor will be a collaboration space. The property’s south side, near NE Eighth Street, is being left vacant for future expansion.

Inside the facility, research will be done on all technology aspects in the oil and gas business, from drill bit to burner tip. Two oil wells will be drilled inside, but will not produce oil. They will be used for experimentation.

The center will specialize in mid-range technologies, he said.

“Here, we would take some concept that’s proven at bench scale somewhere and develop a field-scale prototype,” Ming said. “We’ll test it in the field or the lab here, then hand that off to our businesses to be manufactured.”

One area GE is especially interested in exploring is the use of carbon dioxide in hydraulic fracturing.

“If we had an economical supply of (carbon dioxide), if we could get the technology affordable enough, there’s enough oil to be produced from that method as there’s been recovered in the state’s history,” he said. “So there’s a pretty big opportunity there.”

warreng88
11-18-2014, 08:02 AM
nm

bchris02
11-18-2014, 08:06 AM
This is awesome. I think this is going to be a lot bigger deal for OKC than some realize.

Laramie
11-18-2014, 10:15 AM
This is awesome. I think this is going to be a lot bigger deal for OKC than some realize.

Agree!

Bellaboo
11-24-2014, 07:33 AM
Saw a large construction crane up on this site this morning. Maybe this is getting started.

Plutonic Panda
11-24-2014, 12:05 PM
11/24/2014

Here's a picture of the crane.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7481/15867320141_1974e32c0f_c.jpg

As with Fassler Hall/Dust Bowl, I got another picture, but it turned out really bad.

Plutonic Panda
11-24-2014, 12:06 PM
Duplicate. Please delete.

Plutonic Panda
12-16-2014, 12:31 PM
12/16/2014

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https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7461/16036314432_a6c72eff01_b.jpg

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Bellaboo
12-23-2014, 04:38 PM
Some serious structure coming up out of the ground as of today.

OkieNate
12-23-2014, 05:10 PM
This is the best thing to come to OKC since the Thunder, and its only a five story building :cool: :p :Smiley122

Pete
01-05-2015, 09:52 PM
General Electric Co. has qualified for up to $13.9 million in state job creation incentives for creating as many as 230 new jobs over the next 10 years at its new $125 million oil and gas research center in Oklahoma City.

In total, GE has qualified to reap up to $17.9 million in state and city job creation incentives to build its new Oil and Gas Technology Center in Oklahoma City.

GE qualifies for millions in job creation incentives from Oklahoma | News OK (http://newsok.com/ge-qualifies-for-millions-in-state-job-creation-incentives/article/5382021)

ljbab728
01-05-2015, 11:38 PM
GE qualifies for millions in job creation incentives from Oklahoma | News OK (http://newsok.com/ge-qualifies-for-millions-in-state-job-creation-incentives/article/5382021)

I think this is definitely an instance where this is money well spent.

GaryOKC6
01-06-2015, 07:04 AM
I think this is definitely an instance where this is money well spent.

You could not be more right. This is to be OKC's crown jewel.

Bellaboo
01-30-2015, 04:59 PM
This is really coming out of the ground now. Several pier columns coming up out of the basement structure. I'm surprised how close the building is to the interstate. It will be quite the presence.

HOT ROD
02-02-2015, 08:02 PM
good to hear. Really looking forwaard to this (as Im sure everybody on this forum is. ..)

JoninATX
02-04-2015, 04:23 AM
Lookkng good, props to OKC!

Plutonic Panda
02-08-2015, 08:46 PM
2/8/2015

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7342/16291437200_a0e3089d14_c.jpg

ljbab728
02-14-2015, 12:55 AM
This article tells exactly why this facility is so important to OKC for the future.

General Electric's Oklahoma City research center forms collaboration with Norway's Statoil | News OK (http://newsok.com/general-electrics-oklahoma-city-research-center-forms-collaboration-with-norways-statoil/article/5393442)


As lower oil prices prompt producers to slash capital budgets, General Electric Co.’s oil and gas division is teaming up with Norway’s Statoil to increase efficiency and sustainability efforts in the oil patch.
Under their “Powering Collaboration” project, the companies are looking at ways to reduce natural gas flaring, use liquid carbon dioxide to fracture rock and optimize gas compressor components. They also hope to increase the fuel efficiency of turbines by finding a way to clean them during operation.
Ming said researchers in Oklahoma City are already working on the carbon dioxide stimulation project. It is designed to capture carbon dioxide from power plants, cool the gas to liquid form and use it to fracture rock during well completions. The method could save up to 25 percent of the water used in typical hydraulic fracturing.

Urbanized
02-14-2015, 11:46 AM
That's pretty fascinating. I'm not an expert on the process, but would the CO2 remain in the formations after fracturing? If so I would think that it would dramatically neutralize some of the carbon footprint of fossil fuel usage. It would also dramatically reduce the need for (or at least the volume of) disposal wells, which seem to be the root cause of most seismic activity if it is indeed partly caused by energy exploration.

fromdust
02-14-2015, 04:04 PM
Hmmm. I wonder if they are just trying to make the CO2 frac more efficient, maybe? We already frac with CO2 and nitrogen.

Pete
05-26-2015, 06:53 AM
From this weekend:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/ge052315.jpg