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Oxsensis wins UK funding bid for Oil and Gas Industry sensor with GE Measurement and Control Solutions
Oxsensis have won a bid with the UK governments Technology Strategy Board (TSB), worth £400,000, to develop down hole sensor technology with GE Measurement and Control Solutions for the Oil and Gas Sector.
There is an un-met need in the Oil & Gas industry for a reliable method to make a high accuracy measurement of pressure and temperature down the length of an oil well. Devices for this type of application must be robust enough for permanent installation and be able to withstand the harsh environment (400°C) with low drift over time. Currently available electronic instruments have a limited lifetime at these elevated temperatures, therefore advanced sensor technology that could operate within this harsh environment would represent an enabler allowing a higher percentage of the oil and gas in the reservoir to be economically extracted.
Oxsensis and GE Measurement and Control Solutions have formed a consortium with an aim to develop such advanced sensors, via optical techniques. GE will develop the transducer with Oxsensis providing the optical and electronics box required to interrogate the transducer (known as an interrogator). The consortium have successfully won a grant from the Technology Strategy Board (an executive non-departmental UK government body) for just over £400,000 to carry out the project over a 2 year period. The project is titled Harsh Environment Resononant Optical Sensor (HEROS).
Roger Jones, Senior Engineering Manager at GE Measurement and Control Solutions stated, “We know there is a strong sector pull for this type of technology and so are pleased that the TSB has chosen to support this development project. We are also keen to work with Oxsensis, who have already demonstrated their expertise in optical interrogators with their pressure sensors for gas turbine applications.”
Stephen Fasham, Technology Development Director at Oxsensis Ltd. stated “We are pleased to be working with a company of the stature of GE on this project and are excited by the prospect of moving into other sectors beyond gas turbines for power generation and aerospace. This successful bid recognises Oxsensis expertise in bringing novel optical sensing technologies through to a mature product.”
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