C-FER Technologies

C-FER Technologies works with the energy industry on safety, environmental performance and efficiency. From its facilities in Edmonton, Alberta, it runs full-scale equipment testing and specialist engineering consulting, and it sells a set of engineering software tools. It often devises new analysis methods and test rigs when no existing approach fits a problem.

What C-FER Technologies offers

• Full-scale testing — large rigs that combine load, pressure, temperature and fluids to mimic real operating conditions, following international standards or custom procedures.
• Engineering consulting — first-principles studies of unusual problems, carried out with a client's own specialists.
• Field services — monitoring equipment in operation with high-speed data acquisition and instrument arrays.
• Software products — PC-PUMP for pumping system design, PIRAMID for pipeline integrity and maintenance planning, Well Xplore for well trajectory from caliper data, ESPBend and Run-Life Xplore.
• Hydrogen testing — a facility for testing hydrogen infrastructure and the conversion of natural gas pipelines.

Who it works with

C-FER serves energy operators and equipment vendors, with work covering pipelines, wells, carbon capture and storage, geothermal energy and the energy transition.

Key facts

• Based in: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Focus areas: pipeline integrity, equipment reliability, corrosion management and risk assessment