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Apache, Qatar, and Shell clinch best discovery, best new venturer, and energy transition leader.

A report from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate details how production powered from shore would cut down on carbon dioxide emissions. All of the planned projects from the onshore power grid are expected by the mid-2020s.  

This paper will discuss the importance of proactive operator monitoring (POM) as a safety barrier, explore some of the mechanisms by which monitoring can be defeated or degraded, and consider the kind of safeguards that might need to be put in place to prevent such degradation.

SPE awards recognize members who have contributed exceptional service and leadership to the society and the community, as well as those who made major professional contributions to their technical disciplines.

Schlumberger showcased its role in the industry’s digital revolution recently with its first online conference. During the conference, the company launched six pieces of technology focused on gathering and consolidating digital data.

While digital-strategy implementation is at least superficially reliant on technical and architectural advances and vendor solutions, the narrow focus on technology has come at the expense of a data-centric digitalization approach.

Like biological brains, artificial neural networks may depend on slow-wave sleep for learning.

The deal follows BP’s divestment of its global petrochemicals business in late June.

Atlas and Fênix, also from Petrobras, are the two largest supercomputers in Latin America.

Satelytics, a US-based geospatial analytics software startup, will receive $5 million from BP Ventures to develop its methane-detection technology and then scale its applications across the oil and gas sector.

Despite the global downturn, the long-term transition to net zero presents a major opportunity to create new multibillion industries based around the North Sea. Cross-sector collaboration and major state/private sector intervention, together with strong leadership, will be key.

A lot about the blowout preventers used for offshore drilling has changed since Macondo in 2010, but the essentials remain. This evolution serves as a case study on why some oilfield technology is hard to change.