Blake Wright

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. He can be reached at bwright@spe.org.

Drilling

Shallow Gas Prompts Equinor To Halt Arkenstone Well

Partners will go back to the drawing board to design a new well to reach the prospect’s primary objectives.

December 23, 2024 • Blake Wright • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Water management

Delek Scoops Gravity Water Midstream for $285 Million

The acquisition will add water infrastructure in both the Midland Basin of west Texas and the Williston in North Dakota.

December 16, 2024 • Blake Wright • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Field/project development

Shell’s Phase 3 Gulf of Mexico Silvertip Project a Go

Supermajor reached a final investment decision on a two-well subsea development to be hosted by the Perdido spar platform in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

December 15, 2024 • Blake Wright • Oil and Gas Facilities
Business/economics

Petrobras Orders $2.8 Billion in New Platform Supply Vessels

A dozen new platform supply vessels will be supplied by Bram Offshore and Starnav Serviços Marítimos.

December 12, 2024 • Blake Wright • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Field/project development

Repsol Awards McDermott Contract for Gulf of Mexico Project

The contractor will conduct front-end work related to the subsea portion of the joint Polok/Chinwol development.

December 4, 2024 • Blake Wright • Oil and Gas Facilities
Midstream

EQT, Blackstone Credit Form $8.8-Billion Midstream Joint Venture

The new partnership assets include pipelines in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia serving the Marcellus and Utica shales.

November 27, 2024 • Blake Wright • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Midstream

ONEOK Buys Rest of EnLink for $4.3 Billion in Stock

The deal expands ONEOK’s gas transmission and processing footprint in the Permian, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.

November 25, 2024 • Blake Wright • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Energy transition

Massive “White Gold” Mine Discovered Below Southern Arkansas

The USGS has said up to 19 million tons of lithium resource is contained in the briny waters of the Smackover formation in Arkansas.

November 21, 2024 • Blake Wright
Business/economics

Coterra Rolls Up Permian Duo for Nearly $4 Billion

Operator acquiring oil-weighted New Mexico assets of both Franklin Mountain Energy and Avant Natural Resources.

November 15, 2024 • Blake Wright • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Decommissioning

Santos Taps McDermott for Harriet Decommissioning

Carnarvon basin job will be McDermott’s largest decommissioning project to date.

November 13, 2024 • Blake Wright • Oil and Gas Facilities

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