Energy Ventures recently partnered with Mike Trice, former Schlumberger VP, and Jeff Pace, co-founder of sales process consultancy PACE, Inc., to host several sales training sessions designed to help its portfolio companies integrate more strategic sales methodologies into their business. These sessions, termed "The Art of Sales Execution," have already been held with portfolio companies in Stavanger and Houston and there are plans for a session in Aberdeen later in 2010.

In the August issue of E&P , David Jackson of ARKeX discusses how full-tensor gravity gradiometry has been used in the East African Rift System. To read more, click here .

In the August issue of Offshore , Stingray Geophysical CEO Martin Bett explores how fiber-optic sensing enables life-of-field reservoir monitoring. To read more, click here .

In the TechWatch section of the August issue of E&P , Chris Coker and Steve Thompson of Oxane discuss how new nanostructured proppants transport deeper, improving production rate and estimated ultimate recovery. To read more, click here .

Digital Energy Journal discusses how Stingray Geophysical is aiming to reduce the cost and improve the reliability of permanent seabed seismic monitoring, thereby making seismic permanent reservoir monitoring practical. To read more, click here .

In its D&C Tech Digest column, Drilling Contractor profiles Deep Casing Tools' successful run of its new well reaming system, Turborunner, in the central North Sea, UK, for PetroCanada. To read more, click here .

Scandinavian Oil & Gas discusses the role ARKeX will play in Ophir's recent agreement with Wilton Petroleum in Magagascar. To read more, click here .

Digital Energy Journal discusses ARKeX's airborne BlueQube gravity gradiometry survey for Tower Resources in Uganda. To read more, click here .

The Wall Street Journal discusses Energy Ventures' involvement in the launch of the Oiltech Investment Network, which strives to aid the oil and gas business in becoming more receptive to new technologies. To read more, click here .

To read the press release announcing the launch of the Oiltech Investment Network in its entirety, click here .

In its July cover story, American Oil & Gas Reporter features Oxane in a discussion of nanotechnology advances and ways in which they hold tremendous potential promise for upstream applications. To read more, click here .