RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) has a research agreement with Texas A&M University at Qatar for a research project titled  “Advanced Designs for Wireline Tool Conveyance.” The project will study ways to improve designs for devices used to log oil and gas wells during the drilling process.  The research project will be carried out at Texas A&M at Qatar facilities in Doha and at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, USA. The research project aims to investigate and create new technologies not yet addressed by the oil and gas industry in order to improve the overall efficiency of wireline tool operations in Qatar’s North Field. It will be divided into two phases; phase 2 is due to start in 2009.