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The projects are intended to accelerate the development and commercialization of treatment technologies to reduce waste water that is being injected into disposal wells and increase water supplies for reuse.

ConocoPhillips has pulled out of the much-hyped Louisiana Austin Chalk play after the company’s test wells yielded a gusher of water. Meanwhile, an Australian operator flying under the radar continues to pursue the adjacent-but-even-more-challenging Tuscaloosa Marine Shale.

SBM Offshore began construction on the vessel following ExxonMobil’s sanction of the Liza Phase 2 development offshore Guyana in May. It is designed to produce 220,000 BOPD after it starts up in 2022.

Panelists at the opening general session of the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition acknowledged the industry’s daunting challenge of meeting global demand while reducing its carbon footprint.

Remote and integrated operations can make production safer and more efficient. Despite this, the industry has struggled to implement these clearly effective techniques.

Allseas Group has been awarded a gas export pipeline contract for the Barossa project offshore the Northern Territory, Australia, another major deal as the project reaches its expected sanction early next year. Allseas’ contract covers the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of the 260-km gas export pipeline.

Laredo Petroleum named Jason Pigott to succeed Randy A. Foutch, SPE, as the company’s CEO. Pigott will continue in his role as president. Foutch will remain chairman of Laredo’s board until next year.

The decision follows a previous $10-billion investment in LNG the country made in 2017. While that investment focused on outside energy supply sources, this one will be used to develop infrastructure in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

Aker BP and Archer have agreed on a 15-month extension to an existing platform drilling and maintenance services contract for the Valhall and Ula platforms in the Norwegian North Sea. Effective 1 October, the extension will push the contract through the end of 2020.

Subsea advancements in the works include longer tiebacks, an underwater drone that lives on the seafloor, and a robotic manifold capable of actuating dozens of valves. Do these new capabilities, born of necessity, signal a sea change in industrywide technology development?