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Work conducted in the Surmont field of Alberta, Canada, provided an excellent starting point to optimize flow-control improvements to the SAGD process.

Some remarkable breakthroughs in data quality have been shared in recent reviews, and the ongoing technical developments in data acquisition and processing remain truly exciting.

Through examples of subsalt fields of the Kaombo project, we show how new techniques have had a positive effect.

The Risha concession, in the desert of eastern Jordan (bordering Iraq, Syria, and Saudi Arabia) contains the partially developed Risha gas field.

Increasing technical demands are pushing the envelope of rotary steerable system (RSS) drilling technology.

Imagine if you could have seen North America’s shale gas phenomenon coming, years ahead of the competition. What would you have done differently?

You have invested a lot of time and money training new employees. Once employees are fully qualified, how do you retain them?

Going forward, the oil and gas industry should have intelligent, automated systems designed to capture data, learn from events, optimize production, and prevent safety-related incidents. The time is now for this step change in the industry.

Technology, research, and project best practices critical for producing the next generation of energy resources was the focus of panel discussions and technical paper presentations at the International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC), held 20–22 January in Doha, Qatar.

Hironori Wasada, senior vice president of JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration, highlights the ambitions and challenges facing the domestic and international operations of his company.