Four Innovative Companies Join Halliburton Labs to Accelerate Energy and Materials Solutions
Halliburton Labs has announced the addition of four pioneering companies—Nandina REM, Noon Energy, Proof Energy, and Tidal Metals—to its growing community of early-stage innovators. These companies join a collaborative ecosystem designed to accelerate their journey from concept to commercialization, leveraging Halliburton’s deep technical expertise, global infrastructure, and extensive industry network.
“Halliburton Labs exemplifies our commitment to advancing a secure and pragmatic energy future,” said Jeff Miller, chairman, president, and CEO of Halliburton. “We welcome these companies into our ecosystem, where they will gain access to the tools, expertise, and connections necessary to scale their technologies and make meaningful contributions to the energy industry.”
The latest cohort underscores Halliburton Labs’ ongoing mission to support energy and climate innovation. Through mentorship, laboratory access, industry connections, and other critical resources, the program provides emerging companies with the guidance and infrastructure needed to scale efficiently and cost-effectively.
“We look forward to working closely with these companies,” said Andres Cabada, managing director of Halliburton Labs. “By applying our operational experience, hands-on support, and global capabilities, we can help remove barriers to commercialization and accelerate progress toward industrial-scale deployment. These partnerships are central to shaping the future of energy.”
Spotlight on the New Participants
Nandina REM is transforming the world of composite materials. The company’s technology reduces costs and enables rapid, automated production, opening opportunities beyond traditional markets while helping businesses strengthen supply chain resilience. As the first to produce aerospace-grade carbon fiber from traceable, secured circular sources, Nandina REM delivers carbon fiber thermoplastics in one-quarter of the time required by conventional supply chains and accelerates material innovation cycles tenfold. Combining systems engineering, product design, material science, and digital supply chain twinning, Nandina REM is uniquely positioned to disrupt single-source dependencies, particularly in U.S. defense supply chains. Singapore’s strategic defense partnerships with the U.S. further bolster the company’s capacity to support onshoring of critical materials.
Noon Energy offers ultra-low-cost, multi-day energy storage solutions using solid oxide electrochemical cells. The system stores energy as flexible, abundant industrial gases, achieving three times the energy density of traditional lithium-ion alternatives while requiring a smaller physical footprint. Noon Energy’s technology delivers reliable, clean, and cost-effective power for businesses, remote grids, fast-growing industries such as data centers, and utilities transitioning away from fossil fuels. The result is lower costs, reduced emissions, and increased energy resilience for its customers.
Proof Energy is commercializing next-generation metallic solid oxide fuel cell (M‑SOFC) technology developed in partnership with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The company’s M‑SOFC systems use existing low-cost fuels—such as ethanol, methanol, ammonia, and natural gas—to drive decarbonization in commercial transportation. These fuels serve as hydrogen carriers with higher energy density than pressurized hydrogen, enabling faster adoption at a fraction of the cost of new hydrogen infrastructure or megawatt-scale fast-charging networks. Addressing immediate market needs, Proof Energy introduced its patented ClearTherm™ Range Defender™, a zero-emissions catalytic oxidation heater that maintains winter driving range for battery electric vehicles (BEVs). ClearTherm™ debuted at the 2024 Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Las Vegas and is now commercially deployed with leading BEV truck and bus OEMs and fleet operators.
Tidal Metals is pioneering a sustainable approach to magnesium production by tapping the largest known source of magnesium on Earth: two billion megatons dissolved in seawater. Its electrified, scalable process not only extracts magnesium but also produces freshwater and chlorine, representing a breakthrough in seawater desalination. Using renewable electricity, Tidal Metals converts magnesium into a carbon-neutral, structurally strong metal critical for modern infrastructure and green technologies, offering a path toward large-scale industrial sustainability.
By bringing these four companies into its ecosystem, Halliburton Labs continues to strengthen its position as a hub for technological innovation in energy, materials, and sustainability. The program demonstrates how combining industry expertise with access to advanced infrastructure can remove barriers, shorten development cycles, and accelerate commercialization for emerging companies tackling some of the most pressing challenges in energy and materials science today.
As Halliburton Labs expands its community of innovators, it reinforces its commitment to shaping a practical and secure energy future, bridging the gap between cutting-edge technology and real-world application. Each of these new participants brings unique capabilities that complement the Labs’ mission: from revolutionizing material production and energy storage to enabling zero-emission transportation and sustainable metal extraction. Together, they exemplify the potential of collaborative innovation to transform industries and create a resilient, sustainable energy ecosystem.
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