New Firms are Advancing Innovations for Shale Energy Development

The Ben Franklin Shale Gas Innovation & Commercialization Center has announced the four winners for this year’s Shale Gas Innovation competition. For the fourth straight year, the Pennsylvania-based contest seeks out the most promising new ideas to deliver seed money for further development. Four companies walked away with checks for $25,000 yesterday, after being selected as winners of the Contest.

This year’s oilservice/technology winners are:

The winners this year are oilservice/technology developers:

  • Appalachian Drilling Services, Inc. – Provides spill-proof, skid-mounted and rig-friendly waste storage units specifically built to withstand life on drilling rigs.
  • EthosGen – Offers systems that convert waste heat to electricity through an unique piston-based Organic-Rankine Cycle (ORC) scalable power solution available from 12-250kw.
  • Fairmont Brine Processing – Developed evaporation and crystallization process that fully treats wastewater and extracts reusable byproducts.
  • PixController, Inc. – Offers a low-cost methane gas detection system that integrates a digital methane sensor with temperature and barometric pressure data.

To see a list of all 14 of this year’s finalists, click here. To see past winners of the competition, click here.

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