When he looked at the dramatic increase in his laboratory’s thread gauge calibration income – a 50 % increase over last year and a 1000 % increase from 14 years ago – Dennis Everett saw the writing on the wall: The petroleum industry was back in a big, big way. This multi-billion-dollar industry has grown to support 9.2 million U.S. jobs and 7.3 percent of the U.S. economy. NIST has to find a way to keep up with the resulting new demands and challenges. NIST‘s impact on this industry is critical—NIST stands at the gateway to help prevent leaks in oil drilling operations. …read more
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