Members

INCD GeoEcoMar

The National Institute of Marine Geology and Geo-ecology, GeoEcoMar, is a governmental research-development institution, coordinated by the Ministry of Education and Research.

Its scientific departments are: “Geology and Geochemistry”, “Sedimentologic and Mineralogic Analyses”, “Marine Geology and Sedimentology”, “Seismo-acoustics, Digital Cartography, GIS and Databases” and “Geophysical Methods for Deep Investigations”.

The main scientific activity of the GeoEcoMar is directed at geo-ecological studies of the macrogeosystem River Danube – Danube Delta – Coastal Zone – Black Sea, geological and geophysical survey of the Black Sea (mainly of the Romanian continental shelf), land-sea interactions in the Coastal Zone and its integrated management as well as studies, technical assistance and consulting for littoral and offshore marine engineering, industrial and environmental impact studies.

In recent years the Institute has started studies and analysis connected with the greenhouse emissions in Romania as well as the possibility of geological storage of CO2.

Website: www.geoecomar.ro

NHM EcoInvest

NHN ECOINVEST SRL is a Romanian private company founded in 1993. Its main field of activity is represented by the environmental protection.

The main scientific activity of the society is directed at ecological studies as environmental impact assessments, environmental balances studies, environmental audits, economical assessments for environmental requirements, environmental restoration planning and implementation, monitoring of the environmental parameters, environmental risk assessments, services for environmental remediation (such as the decontamination of surface water and groundwater, soil and subsoil polluted with petroleum, radioactive or chemical products), settlement of economical responsibilities for the environmental protection, organization of professional re-orientation activities in the field of environmental protection.

NHN Ecoinvest srl is certified by Ministry of Water, Forests and Environmental Protection for the elaboration of environmental balances and impact assessments in the following fields:

• Transports;
• Energy;
• Hydro technical constructions;
• Waste management.
• Industry (geological activities, hydrogeology, mining, petroleum & gas, radiological protection);
• Other works and installations.

Website: www.nhn.ro

Schlumberger

Schlumberger is the world’s leading oilfield services company, supplying technology, integrated project management, and information solutions that optimize reservoir performance. Founded in 1926, the company employs more than 76,000 people represented by 140 nationalities working in approximately 80 countries.

Schlumberger technologies are developed in 23 research and engineering facilities worldwide. The company leads the oilfield services industry in its commitment to research and development.

Schlumberger Carbon Services provides technologies to maximize CO2 storage consistent with care for health, safety, and the environment. Multidisciplinary teams of technical specialists leverage 80-plus years of experience in proven oilfield subsurface evaluation and management techniques to provide a comprehensive CO2 geological storage solution. Carbon storage brings challenges similar to those we have successfully addressed in the oilfield. By adapting our proven technologies, we provide a viable solution.

Schlumberger is committed to Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) as an effective solution for reducing carbon release from large, stationary CO2-emitting sources.

Website: www.slb.ro

Petrom

Petrom is the largest Romanian oil and gas group, with activities in the business segments of Exploration and Production, Refining and Marketing as well as Gas and Power.

Petrom exploits estimated proved oil and gas reserves of 0.9 bn boe, has an annual refining capacity of 8 mn t and holds around 550 filling stations in Romania. The company also has an international network of 257 filling stations located in Moldova, Bulgaria and Serbia. In 2007 the turnover of Petrom was EUR 3,683 mn, EBITDA was EUR 933 mn.

OMV, the leading oil and gas group in Central Europe holds a 51.011% share in Petrom. OMV is active in 13 Central European countries in its Refining and Marketing business segment and in 21 countries on five continents in Exploration and Production.

Petrom is a rising company, with an obvious potential for success, which is already bringing benefits for shareholders, community and environment and the Romanian economy in general, through its activities and through its contribution to the development of the Romanian business environment.

One of Petrom’s main objectives is to become not only the largest but also the most successful company in Romania, a true role model for our society. AVAS (Authority for State Assets Recovery) holds 20.64% of Petrom shares, Property Fund SA holds 20.11%, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 2.026% and 6.214% are owned by minority shareholders.

Website: www.petrom.com

CEN Craiova

S.C. Complexul Energetic Craiova S.A. has been founded at 01.04.2004 on the basis of Government Decision No. 103/2004 regarding some measures for lignite based electrical and thermal energy production reorganization, by merging of two thermal power plants (TPP's) Isalnita and Craiova II and integration of lignite openpits exploitation Prigoria part of former National Lignite Company Oltenia.

Website: www.cencraiova.ro

ISPE

Founded in 1949, ISPE became, after several restructuring processes, a 100% private Romanian Company.

National power engineering leader, ISPE developed, through its projects, practically all the National Power System, from the generation up to the transmission and distribution systems for heat and power.

Leader in the Romanian engineering field, an irrefutable technical authority, ISPE has striven to keep up and strengthen this position in compliance with the following principles:

1. Changing the management style, ensuring the flexibility and availability necessary to make future structural changes, adapted to the market requirements;
2. Bringing in an innovative organizational culture in order to get a grip on the future of the company;
3. Developing the capabilities, the services offer and improving their quality;
4. Increasing efficiency and diminishing losses;
5. Adapting well to the traditional market segments changes and approaching new markets.

Our involvement in the issues of sustainable development has a special relevance as regards the energy component, as an essential infrastructure of all national economics and of all development programmes.

The top priorities are energy efficiency, the use of renewable energy sources, energy conservation and, last but not least, environmental protection by clean energy, are comprised in the integrated commercial, financial and technical solutions offered by ISPE due to its services.

Website: www.ispe.ro

Geogreen

Geogreen is an international services company specialized in CO2 transport and storage offering its clients strategic studies in the areas of CO2 capture, transport and storage in addition to engineering studies and technical assistance relating to CO2 transport and geological storage. Geogreen results from a joint venture by three leading French players in the field: IFP, Géostock (underground storage of hydrocarbons), and BRGM (Bureau de Recherche Géologique et Minière), which are pooling their respective expertise in order to position themselves in the world market for the geological storage of CO2 and thereby contribute to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.

The perfect technical complementarity of its experts enables Geogreen to provide the industries concerned with a comprehensive range of services, covering the whole CCS chain, from upstream expertise to engineering and project development. In the longer term, Geogreen will offer injection operation site assistance, inspection and maintenance services, and monitoring services related to post-injection control of storage sites.

Aware of the environmental stakes for future generations, and the importance of taking steps towards sustainable development, Geogreen is firmly committed to a public interest approach. Its leaders are determined to apply a stringent health, safety and environmental protection policy and to work in complete transparency with all players concerned by its business.

Website: www.geogreen.fr

ICEMENERG

ICEMENERG mission is to conduct research services and engineering technology to increase efficiency of electricity and heat throughout the chain of generation, transmission, distribution and consumption in the context of ensuring sustainable development and integration in the European Union.

Activities of the company are:

• energy efficiency
• energy environment relationship
• renewable energy sources (wind, photovoltaic, solar-thermal, biomass, biofuels, microhidro)
• expertise and equipment of energy
• testing equipment energy
• energy strategies and energy market development
• processes and equipment for generation, transmission, distribution and use of electricity and heat

Website: www.icemenerg.ro

Arcelor Mittal

With about 320,000 employees in more than 60 countries and an industrial presence in 20 countries, ArcelorMittal is the only truly global steelmaker, leader in the steel sector.

Located in the East side of Romania, ArcelorMittal Galati is the largest integrated steel plant in the country, employing over 12,000 people. Established in 1968, the site has an annual capacity of 6 million tones, producing flat, tubular and long products in a range of carbon as well as micro-alloyed steels. The main production facilities are: two sinter plants, five blast furnaces, two steel-making-shops, two continuous casting facilities, two plate mills, one bloom and billet mill, one hot rolling mill, one cold rolling mill and one hot dip galvanizing line.

In line with the Group philosophy, ArcelorMittal Galati is striving to become the operating benchmarks for steel making in Central and East Europe, producing quality steel required by the most demanding industries, both domestic and foreign, including shipbuilding, automotive sector, construction, oil and gas, etc.

Website: www.arcelormittal.com

Carbon Warehouse

Carbon Warehouse Ltd. is a Dublin based private investment and brokerage company focusing on global green house gas GHG emissions markets.

Carbon Warehouse joined Pravda Capital, a Prague based investment bank, in order to extend services in Central Europe and build on the groups extensive energy, finance and emissions expertise. As the group, we provide the following services:

• Emissions brokerage and transaction advisory on global markets.
• Advisory regarding GHG risk management and financing strategy.
• In depth analysis of global GHG emissions markets which we develop for our own purpose but are willing to share it with our clients

Website: www.carbonwarehouse.eu

Advanced Studies and Research Center

ASRC is a Romanian small enterprise that was founded in 2007 and is involved in developing new technologies in Geoinformatics and Bioinformatics. ASRC employs scientists and engineers with competencies in technical research and development. Its clients, ranging from private companies to government agencies, are provided with tailor-made solutions that meet their specific needs.

By using the Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) and Persistent Scatterers Interferometry (PSI) techniques based on the Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology, ASRC can provide monitoring solutions for: infrastructure development, oil and gas extraction, mining, natural hazards, insurance and environment in general.

Regarding the environment, ASRC can provide monitoring solutions for surface deformation related to ground water pressure, geohazards (landslides), global warming effects and CO2 geological storage.

The advantages of using InSAR to monitor geological CO2 storage zones are:

• wide coverage (tens of kilometers) area around the injection site;
• gas leaks detection on large distances away from the injection site;
• continuous, monthly or even weekly coverage surveillance for very long time periods;
• considerably lower costs than seismic tomography and no logistic (fieldwork) involved.

Website: www.asrc.ro

National Research and Development Institute for Gas Turbines

Established in 1985 as the Scientific Research and Engineering Center for Aircraft Engines, within the former INCREST, COMOTI becomes the “National Research and Development Institute for Gas Turbines, "COMOTI", as a result of its assessment and certification.

The National Research – Development Institute is the only specialized company that integrates such activities as scientific research, design, manufacturing, testing, experimental activities, technologic transfer and innovation in the field of aircraft and industrial gas turbines and high speed bladed machinery.

Its scientifics departments are:

• Research and development for assemblies turboengines and aerospace propulsion components direction;
• Research and development for assemblies turboengines and environment direction;
• Technological Research direction;
• Marketing, Sales and Investments direction.

Main areas of activity:

• aircraft turbo-engines - National Programs since 2000 to the present, by means of contracted activities in the INVENT, RELANSIN, MENER, AEROSPATIAL, MATNANTECH, NUCLEU Programs; International cooperation and technical and scientific cooperation with famous European companies, such as: SNECMA, ROLLS – ROYCE, TURBOMECA, etc – within the frame Program (PC)V as well SILENCE(R) – 2001, METHOD 2001, Jean 2001, ABRANEW – 2003 and Frame Program (PC)V, CoJeN – 2003, VITAL – 2004, dealing with the most advanced research applied to aeronautics;
• highly efficient generation of electric and thermal power, by the implementation of the first co – generation power plants in the country (for example the plants located in SC TERMICA SA – BOTOSANI and SNP PETROM – Suplacu de Barcau). They are opening the perspective of supplying the consumers with thermal power at much lower cost than at present;
• rational and efficient exploitation of the natural resources, such as oil and gas, by using special equipment – turbo compressors and electrical compressors necessary to the compression, pumping stations belonging to SNP PETROM and Distrigaz, such as: SP TICLENI, SP VINTU, SP TURBUREA, SP SUPLACU DE BARCAU. Before COMOTI’s equipment was available, such special units were imported. By developing a partnership with GHH Rand, COMOTI deliver on oil and gas market electrocompressor screw in a wide range of pressures and flow rates. For its products, COMOTI, provides technical assistance to commissioning, spare parts, etc.
• environment, by developing a family of centrifugal electrical air blowing performance comparable to similar equipment products worldwide. Equipment have achieved a high reliability, which ensure uninterrupted for the entire period of work

International recognition of professional and institutional competitiveness in the field of gas turbine engines and high speed machines palette materialized by obtaining a total of 25 medals and diplomas at international exhibitions of inventions in Geneva and Brussels and Institute participation in six large scale European projects in the program PC V and two bilateral cooperation projects with companies General Electric - USA, that Nuovo Pignone - Italy.

COMOTI carries out its activity in compliance with the provisions of a QA System certified in accordance with SR EN ISO 9001, which operates on the Total Quality Management and provides environment friendly products at the required quality, reability and operational safety. Also, is a member of: AIAA (The American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics); AGIR (The General Association of Romanian Engineers); S.R. ACUSTICA (The Romanian Acoustic Society); APER (The Romanian Association for Energy Policy)

Website: www.comoti.ro

National Research And Development Institute for Oilfield Equipment – IPCUP Ploiesti

National Research and Development Institute for Oilfield Equipment was established in 1954 as a demand of national economy to develop its own oilfield equipment manufacturing industry, justified by the existence of large oil deposits and the steady tradition in oil and gas industry.

National Research and Development Institute for Oilfield Equipment – IPCUP PLOIEŞTI is a specialized firm coordinated by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and the Business Environment, whose main target is to perform fundamental and experimental research, involving technologies development, issue of technical and economical regulations as well as provision of technical supplies for oil & gas equipment and industrial gaskets.

National Research and Development Institute for Oilfield Equipment – IPCUP Ploiesti performs:

• Fundamental research in developing machine construction mechanics as well as drilling and production equipment engineering;
• Experimental research in order to help manufacture of products capable to promote new techniques and technologies in the domain of drilling & production activities with a view to development and improvement of appropriate techniques and equipment;
• Research and design of equipment in conformity with state of art technologies used in controlled and horizontal drilling operations;
• Use of ecological systems and equipment;
• Design of mechanical and automatic devices used in tubular goods handling operations;
• Design of drilling and operation equipment in conformity with the international standards API, ISO, CEN;
• Research and design of specific equipment used in geological survey operations for useful minerals;
• Engineering of metal structures for offshore drilling and production activities;
• Design of specialized equipment for exploitation of oil & gas deposits under natural obstacles;
• Non-destructive and destructive tests for components materials and equipments going into use/service;
• Elaboration of standards, norms and recommendations regarding the manufacture and utilization of oilfield equipments;
• Elaboration of strategies and prognosis regarding strategically program in order to develop energetic resources from Romania;
• Dissemination of the requested European Council directives transposed in Romanian legislation and improvement of professional skills of specialists and managers from energetic industry.

Our research programs and projects mainly view, as follows:

• Time saving programs for transportation and drilling rigs mounting;
• Updated methods used in oil production operations;
• Higher safety factor for drilling & production equipment;
• Energy saving programs during operations on site;
• Higher recovery factor during drilling operations;
• Potable water supply;
• Updating and implementation of the new technologies on oil and gas production equipment in conformity with the Directives of EU, with a view to prevent and reduce environmental pollution;
• Prevention and elimination of technical emergencies during drilling operation;
• Updating of technological processes during mining operations using similarities with oil drilling operations;
• Design of new technologies for petrochemical, energetic, offshore and nuclear equipment using domestic safety valves;
• Increase reliability of drilling and production equipment.

IPCUP are certificat sistemul de management al calităţii conform ISO 9001:2008 şi API Q1 ed. 8/2007.

Laboratorul de încercări nedistructive este acreditat RENAR şi autorizat ISCIR pentru utilaj petrolier, instalaţii mecanice sub presiune şi instalaţii de ridicat si ofera servicii de control nedistructiv avand certificarea sistemului de management al calitatii conform SR EN ISO/CEI 17 025:2005.

Website: www.ipcup.ro

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