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4th Annual Shale Gas Innovation Contest


This Year's Finalists are:

9three Solutions, Inc
Providing inline security devices connected via a centralized private cloud routing server enabling companies to secure various types of hardware including critical Industrial Control Systems 

EthosGen
Offering system that converts waste heat to electricity through a unique piston-based Organic-Rankine Cycle (ORC) scalable power solution available from 12-250kW

Fiber Innovation Technologies, LLC
Offering a papermill by-product known as Short Paper Fiber for use as a solidification agent in drilling operations that has superior properties and a lower selling point over the current solidification agents

H Quest Vanguard, Inc
Process that enables manufacturing of a synthetic crude oil through co-processing natural gas with a variety of hydrocarbons and biomass 

Identified Technologies
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and docking system that provides high-res optical, infrared, and gas-sniffing data; autonomously swaps/charges batteries and uploads data to the cloud for access 

Next Generation Filtrations Systems, LP
Provides a lubricating fluids purification system that removes particles and volatiles, keeping fluids like new for an almost limitless period of time


U. of Pitt (Radisay Vidic)
Controlled mixing of Mine Drainage and flowback water to deliver desired quality mixture for use in the fracing process by lowering sulfates and salinity   
Appalachian Drilling Services, Inc.
Spill proof, skid mounted, rig friendly waste storage units specifically built to withstand life on drilling rigs and mitigate the chances of any type of spill

Fairmont Brine Processing
Evaporation and crystallization process that fully treats wastewater, extracting reusable byproducts; and can formulate fracture stimulation fluids specifically to an operating company’s completion design

FMW Rubber Products, Inc
Offering proven technologies used by the military to provide a portable water storage and distribution systems utilizing reusable bladders up to 250,000 gallons each, and mobile collapsible pipeline systems 

HalenHardy, LLC
GritGrab Anti-Slip Surfacing made of fiberglass reinforced plastic, providing a surface that helps dramatically improve traction for workers’ boots, eliminating costly slips and falls 

Next Gauge, Inc
Truck Driver Communication and Safety System (TDCS) - web-based portal to extend and enhance safety, communications and compliance of truck drivers serving shale energy sites


PixController, Inc
Methane gas detection system that integrates a digital methane sensor with temperature and barometric pressure data and provides data access via a low power battery operated wireless monitoring backbone  

Well Control Technologies, Inc
Patented unmanned "Downhole Liquid Level Controller" system that improves proper well dewatering, significantly increasing yields from wells by eliminating fluid build-up


2015 Innovation Contest Presentations
Innovation Workshop Presentations & Innovation Contest Finalist Presentations

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About SGICC

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The Ben Franklin Shale Gas Innovation and Commercialization Center (www.sgicc.org) supports and commercializes early-stage technologies that enhance responsible stewardship of the environment while properly utilizing this energy asset.  

For further information:
Bill Hall/ Director
Shale Gas Innovation & Commercialization Center
814-933-8203
billhall@psu.edu

About ben franklin technology partners

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners/CNP, an initiative of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development and funded by the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority, provides investment capital, operational assistance, and entrepreneurial support to emerging tech-based companies and small, existing manufacturers for the purpose of creating and retaining jobs in Pennsylvania.

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William Hall, Executive Director
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(814) 863-4881
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