Additive manufacturing, machine learning used to create advanced burner

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will collaborate with the University of Michigan to use additive manufacturing and machine learning to create an advanced burner designed to eliminate almost all the methane encountered during oil production.

SwRI expands valve testing capabilities to aid carbon capture, storage

Flow component testing facilities at institute replicate intense gas events for subsurface safety valve evaluations

Superhydrophobic coating developed for offshore drilling pipes

The Southwest Research Institute's (SwRI) LotusFlo, is a superhydrophobic coating to keep offshore drilling pipes from being clogged by various substances. 

Pipeline inspection technology developed to inspect coatings

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) patented a technology to inspect coatings of pipelines installed through horizontal directional drilling (HDD), which is designed to determine the extent and configuration of any damage to the coating.