Consortium Ready To Develop Buoyancy Unit For Deepsea Drilling

摘要

The UK Materials Technology Institute (MATRI), a Pera Technology company is part of a consortium of nine companies from across Europe that have announced their involvement in a European funded research project called CeraSphere. The consortium's stated aim is to develop an innovative buoyancy unit to aid oil and gas exploration as it enters ever deeper water to replace depleting reserves. The CeraSphere consortium will work to create a perfectly spherical, low-cost, ceramic-coated macros-phere. The spheres will be designed and manufactured in more than one size for improved packing density, which will allow higher compressive strength and ultimately use at greater depths.