Innovation Spotlight: espiku’s Latest
Company Insights
espiku 2024: A Milestone a Minute
Jan 31 | by Saskia van MeerIn 2024 we partnered with Halliburton Labs and Breakthrough Energy, built and showcased our pilot units, and grew our team. In 2025, espiku is poised for field testing and customer relations, championing its mission to revolutionize the extractive industry.
Like Oil on Troubled Waters: The Future of Water Treatment
February 3 | by Bahman AbbasiThe oil and gas industry is thirsty, but where there's oil, water is often scarce. Espiku's innovative produced water treatment technology is poised to change that, turning a waste product into a valuable resource.
The Escalating Cost of Water Management
June 24 | by Erin WebberThe next major shift in oilfield strategy won’t be driven by new drilling techniques or pricing forecasts. It will be shaped by how we manage what comes back up with the oil. Amid this volatility, the oil and gas industry faces an inconvenient and unavoidable truth: water is not just a logistical nuisance; it's a rising operational cost center, a strategic risk, and a potentially transformative opportunity.
Texas Makes a Splash with New Water Disposal Rules
February 10 | by Saskia van MeerRegulations in Texas are changing the landscape for produced water management, creating market opportunities for water treatment and reuse, and opening doors for companies like espiku to make an impact where water is scarce.
In the Press
Halliburton Labs Welcomes Five New Companies to Accelerate the Future of Energy
Business Wire
December 18th, 2024
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Turning Seawater into Sweet Water
Engineering Out Loud Podcast, S12E1, Oregon State University
March 8th, 2023
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OSU-Cascades spinout is semifinalist in $4 million federal lithium extraction contest
Oregon State University
November 23rd. 2021
OSU Hatched Startup Advances in Quest for Green Lithium Production
Portland Business Journal
November 23rd. 2021
OSU Fueled Firm Advances in Desalination Competition
Corvallis Gazette-Times
May 3rd, 2021
Sunlight Powers Portable, Inexpensive Systems to Produce Drinking Water
Scientific American
February 1st, 2021
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OSU-Cascades Racks Up Water Research Grants
Oregon Public Radio
March 10th, 2019
OSU Researcher in Bend gets $2M to Pursue Solar Driven Desalination
Portland Business Journal
July 2nd, 2018
OSU-Cascades prof gets $2 million grant for water research
KTVZ
July 2nd, 2018
Bend professor awarded $2 million for drinking water project
Bend Bulletin
July 2nd, 2018