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The development of unconventional resources, China’s increasing importance on the global energy map, and turning E&P challenges into opportunities were among the topics discussed at the IPTC

In 2013, as deepwater projects become increasingly capital intensive, there are economic challenges for exploration and production (E&P) companies and a potential prize for international oilfield service and equipment vendors. Deepwater represents a long-term opportunity.

Liu Zhenwu is senior advisor at the Advisory Center, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), and was co-advisor for the 2013 IPTC Conference Program Committee.

The challenges of the drilling industry, technology advances, and the improvements needed to meet growing global oil demand in a safe, environmentally sound manner were the center of attention at the 25th SPE/IADC Drilling Conference

Talisman Energy needed to enhance its continuous downhole monitoring capability at the Gyda field offshore Norway with a system that could perform in high-temperature (HT) conditions and operate beside electric submersible pumps (ESPs) in two oil production wells.

Global energy growth over the next 20 years is expected to be dominated by emerging economies, with primary energy use growing by nearly 40%.

Investment in North American unconventional projects has increased sharply since the “shale revolution” began as operators look for ways to get into promising projects and walk away with expertise they can take back to potential shale development in their own countries.

This month I will share with you how SPE funds its programs and services and next month I will write about the work on strategy that your board has been working on

In spite of massive investments in project management best practices and the organizations to implement them, major oil and gas projects continue to experience cost overruns and schedule delays. A root cause that has not been sufficiently explored is the built-in bias toward overconfidence.

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