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A single-step cryogenic-distillation process that removes carbon dioxide (CO2), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), and other impurities from natural gas has been developed by ExxonMobil.

The new influx of well capping companies finds ways to shut down wells by employing equipment used for everyday tasks. Their challenge today is to anticipate and develop equipment to prevent the potential blowouts of tomorrow.

An interview with Ali Rashid Al-Jarwan, chief executive officer of Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company.

In the Middle East, developing sour gas fields have become a priority of local governments because of soaring regional gas consumption.

Horizontal drilling and multistage hydraulic fracturing have enabled shale development. In the next stage of shale recovery, the focus will be more effectgive development to achieve greater production with fewer wells and fewer total resources.

China is regarded as a reliable customer for oil because of soaring local demand, but in recent years, it has also emerged as a global operator and provider of services.

Petrobras’ program to move oil processing to the ocean bottom has taken another step forward with the startup of the first oil/water separation unit that reinjects produced water back into the field.

Saudi Aramco plans to become an enabler and creator of new technology by increasing its research funding fivefold by 2020, a Saudi Aramco executive said at OTC.

There are strong arguments for standardization when developing a new technology. The hard part is getting competitors in the oil industry to agree on the standard to apply when faced with a new challenge in which there is no accepted solution.

Woodside Energy highlighted the challenges of its flagship Pluto project, a large liquefied natural gas (LNG) development that started production last year offshore northwest Australia.