Being first isn’t easy, as the massive Prelude has demonstrated. Since being commissioned in 2018, the world’s largest vessel has suffered a series of setbacks and has now halted production for an indefinite period of time.

Hydrogen continues to rise, and ammonia production is not far behind. Plans to handle nitrous oxide are also bubbling to the surface. Big ideas crop up in Poland, as well as in the Permian. Are you trying to stay up to date about developments aimed at energy-transition efforts in our industry? This roundup of news recaps some recent announcements.

New investment, maturity in nuclear fusion technology could be the key to meeting lofty emissions goals.

Selling reservoirs’ empty pore space may become a new, big business.

Operators will not be able to inject wastewater below 10,000 ft in the Gardendale area.

While the world focuses on carbon dioxide—its problems and its uses—many are looking at how to move it around. Fortunately, a pipeline infrastructure already exists. Unfortunately, the pipelines were made for natural gas and not enough is known about how that infrastructure can handle carbon dioxide.

The failure of the Raptor rig to drill its first-ever well offers a short history of the challenges that came with creating the first automated drilling rig.

The disruptive nature of unconventional reservoirs has spurred the need for new ideas. But that doesn’t always mean that we need to toss out the traditional methods that got us here. Such might be the case for the recent developments unfolding around the diagnostic fracture injection test (DFIT).