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Are we in an AI bubble? The question may seem academic to petroleum engineers who are already capitalizing on the momentum of digitalization across the industry, yet any engineer, regardless of their career stage, could be forgiven for feeling overwhelmed by the sheer scope of specialized skills now demanded in this rapidly evolving digital landscape.

As cutting-edge technologies unlock geothermal potential, Japan is channeling investments into powerhouse projects across the US, Indonesia, and New Zealand and priming its own reserves for a clean energy boom at home.

As the industry accelerates carbon capture, use, and storage initiatives, modeling innovations for carbon-dioxide injection and enhanced oil recovery have become critical for optimizing recovery and ensuring secure storage. Recent studies highlight a shift toward data-driven and hybrid approaches that combine computational efficiency with operational practicality.

Two critical facets of the discipline of well control and wellbore integrity—decarbonization and groundbreaking automation of essential processes—are highlighted in the three primary paper selections presented at SPE and SPE-affiliated conferences during the past year.

Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.

Field results highlight how rethinking tubing-anchor-catcher design can reduce gas interference and support late-life production.

Experience in subsurface production and lift design is shaping a new generation of geothermal operations built for reliability and scalability.

Even as output hits record highs, a growing recognition of the Permian’s maturity is opening the door for new technologies to improve performance.

Operators are turning to new gas-lift and nanoparticle-fluid technologies to drive up production rates.

Only about one-third of Africa’s discovered hydrocarbon resources have reached commercialization.