AUGUST 2025 • VOL. 77, NO. 8
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Features
President's Column: A Year in Review
This month’s column recaps the top five objectives for the 2025 SPE President and introduces a new discussion on the future of the SPE name.
Comments: Can Big Oil’s Role in Lithium Production Keep Going, and Going?
Big oil companies are backing direct lithium extraction while the market flashes warning signs.
Guest Editorial: Why ‘Intelligent Completions’ Begin With Predictive Fracturing
The upstream industry has viewed real-time completions as a long-term goal, but the technology is already in use.
Why Always-Available Underwater Drone Could Transform Subsea Operations
With the right infrastructure and interoperability, subsea resident robotics could unlock more frequent, cost-effective inspections—and a new standard for offshore efficiency.
Connected Deep: Infrastructure Innovations Driving Subsea Autonomy and Accuracy
Emerging solutions could solve current subsea pain points, while a new taxonomy system could clarify the capabilities of the expanding domain of underwater vehicles.
A New Texas Two-Step: Why One Eagle Ford Producer Is Using Hydrocarbons for Well Stimulation and EOR
BlackBrush Oil & Gas tells JPT about its use of natural gas liquids and condensate to increase oil recovery in horizontal shale wells.
Tool Suites Mature To Combat Damaging Torsion Vibrations Downhole
Bad vibes are being addressed by contractors as operators push to go faster, deeper, and longer with unconventional wells.
LNG Supply at Risk as Project Delays Clash With Surging Global Demand
As LNG projects sanctioned earlier this decade come onstream, a shortage of new final and pre-final investment decisions threatens to leave the project pipelines dry at a time when global LNG demand is forecast to surge over the next 15 years.
Case Study: Waterflood Monitoring With Continuous Wireless Downhole Data Acquisition
The use of real-time wireless downhole pressure gauges proved a valuable alternative to workover operations in two onshore fields in Iraq.
E&P Notes
Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.
People
In Memoriam: August 2025
Technology Focus Synopses
Formation Evaluation
Peyman Moradi, Baker Hughes
Machine Learning Unlocks Potential of Mud Logs, LWD in the Gulf of Thailand
Machine-Learning Approach Optimizes Formation-Pressure Testing in Complex Reservoirs
Physics-Informed Machine Learning Enhances Permeability Prediction in Carbonate Reservoirs
Subsea Systems
Ibrahim Fahmy Abdelaty, University of Strathclyde
Best Practices and Lessons Learned From Deepwater Floating Production Unit Project
Subsea Tiebacks Drive Growth in Bonga North Field, Deepwater Nigeria
Fast-Track Innovation Enables Life Extension of Ormen Lange Gas Field
Health, Safety, and Environment
Roman Bulgachev, BP
Data-Driven HSE Assurance Program Provides Effective Risk Management
Quantitative Risk Assessments Are Useful but Have Limitations
Digital Self-Verification Sustainably Improves Safety Performance, Positively Shifts Culture
Natural Gas Production
Soujatya Mukherjee, Wintershall DEA
Physics-Inspired Data-Driven Method Manages Liquid Loading
Modeling Tool Developed To Predict Condensate Emulsions
Analysis, Skin Calculation With Dual-Method Stimulation Enhances Gas Production
SPE Technical Papers Available for Download — July–August 2025
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