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Transocean has delayed the delivery of the first two drillships capable of drilling and completing wells requiting 20,000-psi pressure control and told investors they are arriving at a time when the demand for ultrahigh performance is coming back.

As with large-scale carbon-capture projects in Europe and in the US, the Canadian oil companies say they will need various forms of government support to help realize the goals of the Paris Agreement.

Earlier this year, 19 teams competed in a machine-learning contest held by the Data Analytics Study Group of SPE’s Gulf Coast Section. The was the first competition of its kind for SPE. Here, the organizers of the contest present some of the techniques used and lessons learned from the Machine Learning Challenge 2021.

The latest success for the ExxonMobil-led consortium is also adding drillships to support a 15-well campaign in the Stabroek Block.

President Biden is seeking plans from pipeline operators aimed at curbing methane emissions in their daily operations.

The Canadian pipeline operator will also operate the proposed floating LNG project with a planned startup slated for 2027.

Texas-based independent exploration and production company Talos Energy and UK-based clean energy group Storegga Geotechnologies have formed an exclusive joint venture to source, evaluate, and develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects along the US Gulf Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. Areas under consideration include state and federal waters offshore Texas, L…

The US Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to list the lesser prairie chicken under the Endangered Species Act could impose restrictions on drilling in the Permian Basin.

This latest project will build on a previous initiative with up to a trio of field trials aimed at supporting regulatory authorities and industry to establish new standards and practices for the use of online oil-in-water analyzers at remote locations.

In this case study analysis of the oil and gas sector, the authors assess the important leadership and support role that occupational health can play in managing stress and psychosocial risk, especially because this is an industry where the focus is more commonly on physical risk and health and safety.

Acknowledging the necessity to better understand treatment needs, economic challenges, and public health and environmental risks of industry’s waste water, the Texas Legislature recently passed Senate Bill 601, establishing a Texas Produced Water Consortium.

First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed quarantine rules for oil and gas workers returning from overseas will not be eased, despite travel restrictions being loosened for the general public.