Blake Wright

Former JPT Technology Editor Journal of Petroleum Technology

Blake Wright has been a journalist covering the upstream oil and gas industry for more than 25 years. Based in Houston, his areas of special focus include emerging oilfield technologies and field development trends.

Water management

Scaling Treated Produced Water for Data Center Cooling in the Permian

The technology to desalinate and reuse produced water for cooling AI data centers in the Permian Basin exists, but addressing cost challenges remains critical to widespread adoption.

Locked
October 1, 2025 • Blake Wright • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Drilling

Smackover Lithium’s Resource Report Shows East Texas Promise

Smackover Lithium, an Equinor joint venture, will drill new wells on the Franklin project to get a better understanding of its brine makeup and lithium potential.

September 28, 2025 • Blake Wright • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Field/project development

ExxonMobil Reaches FID on $6.8 Billion Hammerhead Field Offshore Guyana

MODEC will supply the FPSO that will host up to 18 wells in the initial phase of development.

September 24, 2025 • Blake Wright • Oil and Gas Facilities
LNG

ConocoPhillips’ LNG Tech Tapped for Monkey Island

Louisiana-based project will use operator’s Optimized Cascade process to turn feed gas into LNG.

September 9, 2025 • Blake Wright • Oil and Gas Facilities
Exploration/discoveries

Norwegian Players Primed for APA 2025 Licensing Round

A total of 20 companies submitted applications for new exploration blocks offshore Norway.

September 8, 2025 • Blake Wright • Journal of Petroleum Technology
LNG

Golar Taps Seatrium for FLNG Upgrade Work

The floating liquefied natural gas ship Hilli Episeyo, currently offshore Cameroon, is planned for upgrades before redeployment to Argentina.

August 28, 2025 • Blake Wright • Oil and Gas Facilities
Asset/portfolio management

Nabors Sells Quail Tools to Superior Energy Services

Contractor realizes big gains on divestment of business unit owned less than a year.

August 25, 2025 • Blake Wright • Oil and Gas Facilities
Drilling

Interior Department Rolls Out New Offshore Leasing Plan

The new schedule plans for sales in the US Gulf and Alaska through 2039.

August 20, 2025 • Blake Wright • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Carbon capture and storage

Eni, BlackRock Unit Make CCUS Purchase Pact

BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners moves to buy nearly half of the stake in Eni's CCUS subsidiary.

August 18, 2025 • Blake Wright • Journal of Petroleum Technology
LNG

Rio Grande LNG Gets $3-Billion Boost

TotalEnergies, Global Infrastructure Partners, and NextDecade divvy up Train 4 stakes ahead of an expected FID in September.

August 13, 2025 • Blake Wright • Oil and Gas Facilities

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