American Public Media's Marketplace radio program discusses how the Helios system developed by Fotech Solutions is helping border surveillance efforts through the utilization of fiber optic cable buried a short distance below the ground. To listen to the piece, click here .

In the December issue of Oil & Gas Financial Journal , Energy Ventures Partner Leif Andre Skare and Advisory Board Member Vikram Rao take a close look at the primary challenges facing shale gas, and water's growing role as a resource that provides both viable investment opportunities and the key to securing a more productive future. To read more, click here .

In the December issue of the Journal of Petroleum Technology , Energy Ventures Partner Einar Gamman examines the state of the E&P industry and stresses that technology is the key to producing more hydrocarbons in remote and complex environments and increasing operational safety.

In the November issue of E&P, Jim Sledzik, Energy Ventures , Henrique Tono, Ingrain , and Douglas Gibson, Fotech Solutions , discuss how increased knowledge about U.S. shale plays and other unconventional resources suggests that heterogeneity might be a more important factor than previously thought. To read more, click here .

Digital Energy Journal examines Energy Ventures' £3.2 million investment in Foster Findlay Associates (ffA) , a provider of 3D seismic analysis software and services to the oil and gas industry. To read more, click here .

Scandinavian Oil & Gas Magazine highlights Energy Ventures' investment in Foster Findlay Associates (ffA) . To read more, click here .

E&P magazine profiles Energy Ventures' investment in 3D seismic data specialists Foster Findlay Associates (ffA) . To read more, click here .

In its October issue, Oil and Gas Investor speaks with Energy Ventures partner Greg Herrera on the firm's involvement in the launch of the Oiltech Investment Network, which aims to link oil and gas technology entrepreneurs with prospective investors and customers. To read more, click here .

In a recent Oil Online article, Mark Presslie of Deep Casing Tools examines why the risks associated with placing complex open hole completions across the reservoir are becoming greater.

Energy Ventures has developed a brochure highlighting the leading-edge technologies several of its portfolio companies have developed to meet the key challenges of unconventional resource development. Fotech Solutions , Oxane Materials , Ingrain and Ziebel have each created innovative solutions that will impact production in unconventional resource plays. Click here to download the brochure: