please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article relies largely or entirely upon a single source . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources . september 2012 the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources ingrain inc. news newspapers books scholar jstor free images september 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message ingrain inc. type private founded 2007 headquarters houston texas key people helge tveit chairman marcus ganz ceo barry stewart cfo boaz nur vp of ops revenue unknown net income unknown number of employees 200 industry oilfield services imaging analysis website ingrainrocks.com ingrain inc. is a multinational digital rock physics laboratory . co founded in 2007 by amos nur ph.d. and henrique tono ph.d ingrain s imaging technology allows it to compute the physical properties and fluid flow characteristics of oil and gas reservoir rocks . ingrain s advances in 3d imaging technology provide oil and gas companies with comprehensive and accurate measurements of reservoir rock properties including porosity absolute permeability electrical conductivity elastic properties and relative permeability . ingrain s financial backers include energy ventures a leading venture capital firm specializing in upstream technology . 1 contents 1 background 2 partnerships 3 see also 4 references 5 external links background edit headquartered in houston texas ingrain has digital rock physics labs in houston brazil colombia and abu dhabi . 2 in august 2012 ingrain was awarded a contract by the colombian government s national hydrocarbons agency anh to digitize and characterize the high volume of core they have in storage providing them with critical knowledge of the sedimentary basins of colombia in order to better assess the hydrocarbon potential . utilizing their technologies expertise in reservoir rock analysis and equipment from carl zeiss ingrain will characterize thousands of meters of whole core currently being stored at anh s national core repository litoteca nacional de colombia . this project will also create a digital database that will make the data readily accessible and preserve important information of the core for future use . the anh is the colombian government s institution responsible for the promotion and development of the country s hydrocarbon resources through an integrated management approach that harmonizes the interests of the society country and the companies of the sector . 3 4 partnerships edit zeiss knowledge reservoir . 5 see also edit houston portal companies portal list of oilfield service companies references edit http www.energyventures.no ev portfolio current investments http www.ingrainrocks.com news 08 14 12 ingrain http www.prnewswire.com news releases ingrain awarded major contract to characterize colombian repository core 166462276.html litoteca nacional de colombia http knowledge reservoir.com knowledge reservoir digital rock physics.pdf external links edit http ingrainrocks.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ingrain inc. & oldid 726199873 categories oilfield services companieshidden categories articles needing additional references from september 2012all articles needing additional referencesarticles with topics of unclear notability from september 2012all articles with topics of unclear notability navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 june 2016 at 18 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view