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.

Offshore wind

US Offshore Wind Energy Auction Comes to the Carolinas

The US BOEM will hold its second offshore wind energy auction in May and promises more will follow.

March 25, 2022 • Blake Wright • Journal of Petroleum Technology
LNG

US, EU Strike LNG Supply Deal

A transatlantic task force will be formed to oversee the EU’s goal of reducing Europe’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels and strengthen European energy security.

March 25, 2022 • Blake Wright • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Carbon capture and storage

Oxy To Sell Industry's First Net-Zero Oil

Oxy aims to combine crude oil with environmental attributes generated from the sequestration of atmospheric CO2 captured with its planned direct-air-capture plant and sequestered in its enhanced-oil-recovery reservoirs in the Permian Basin.

March 24, 2022 • Blake Wright • Journal of Petroleum Technology
LNG

Qatar LNG May Find Its Way to Germany

Discussions on long-term LNG supplies from Qatar to Germany to re-engage after years of uncertainty held up potential deals.

March 22, 2022 • Blake Wright • Oil and Gas Facilities
Business/economics

Baker Hughes To Buy Altus Intervention

Altus brings well intervention technologies, including tractor and power mechanical application solutions.

March 22, 2022 • Blake Wright • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Production

Equinor Rampis Up Snorre B After Earthquake

The Norwegian platform was taken off line as a precaution after an undersea earthquake shook the area.

March 21, 2022 • Blake Wright • Journal of Petroleum Technology
Carbon capture and storage

Denbury Expands CCS Acreage Position in Louisiana

New lease agreements have secured more than 700 million metric tons of potential CO2 sequestration capacity.

March 17, 2022 • Blake Wright • HSE Now
LNG

New Fortress Secures LNG From Venture Global

Venture Global is closing in on FID for Plaquemines LNG terminal in Louisiana and has already sold 70% of its planned nameplate capacity.

March 16, 2022 • Blake Wright • Oil and Gas Facilities
LNG

Vietnam's First LNG-Fired Power Plants in the Works

The plants are expected to be put into operation no later than 2024.

March 15, 2022 • Blake Wright • Oil and Gas Facilities
Drilling

Valaris Drillship Suffers Minor Damage in Vessel Strike

The DS-16 is one of four Valaris rigs undergoing reactivation work for new drilling contracts.

March 15, 2022 • Blake Wright • Oil and Gas Facilities

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