Monthly Features
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Addressing the challenge of developing a mature basin with a data-driven approach to spacing and inventory decisions. -
Oman is embarking on a renewed effort to deploy the latest hydraulic fracturing technologies and techniques, tailored to its unique reservoirs and challenges. -
From its origins running just a few light bulbs in Tuscany in 1904 to supporting baseloads on national power grids today, geothermal power generation has been driven by technological advancements. Many of these advancements stem from oil and gas exploration and production efforts. -
Monitoring on the ground is helping the industry shift from best estimates to hard data so it can bring the true emissions profile into focus. -
To overcome operational constraints tied to ball-and-seat valves, an operator tested a spring-loaded alternative downhole. -
Despite a 2.8% drop in liquefied natural gas exports in 2025 because of lost market share in China, Australia anticipates a 2026 rebound as new North West Shelf capacity comes online. Meanwhile, East Coast operators brace for a tsunami of wells entering the decommissioning pipeline and potential energy shortfalls necessitating LNG imports.
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Governments and companies in the Middle East look to carbon capture and storage for reducing environmental impact and boosting oil production. -
A growing chorus of suppliers, researchers, and service companies is persuading US operators to re-examine their use of slickwater in shale plays and consider displacing it with carbon dioxide and nitrogen.
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The oil and gas industry is flexing its muscles once again in the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM) with a surge of activity expected to support a robust level of deepwater development through the end of the decade.
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Nearly 2 decades after it was dreamed up as a way to do the job of two icebreakers with just a single hull, the oblique icebreaker has been launched into service in the Gulf of Finland. The Baltika, a first-of-its-kind vessel, completed sea trials in March and despite it launching too late in the season to work in heavy ice conditions, it will nonetheless provide a ba…
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Extending the drilling season beyond the open water period in the Arctic is the primary driver behind a new jackup concept designed to operate in light ice conditions. The defining feature of the Arctic jackup is its telescopic leg that protects the drillstring from ice loads and is adjustable for depths down to approximately 50 m.
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One of the key enabling technologies involved with modern Arctic-going vessels is the azimuth thruster. Azimuth thrusters are favored by the cruise industry because they can be tilted at different angles, which reduces propeller-induced vibrations and shock loads on a ship’s hull, allowing passengers to enjoy a quieter voyage. But in the Arctic, azimuth thrusters have…
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The industry’s experience thus far drilling offshore the Arctic is a powerful argument to build a new generation of vessels and drilling rigs purpose built for operations in heavy ice.
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The vision of fully automated drilling rigs driven by big data gathered in real time looks so far off but there are people working on a road map to help the oil and gas industry find its way there some day.
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Petronas has a goal of transforming itself from a technology user to a technology developer, and the fruits of that drive were on display at the OTC Asia.
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New energy legislation in Mexico offers significant exploration and production (E&P) investment opportunities and also promises to transform Mexican state oil company Pemex, said participants at one of several special sessions at OTC Asia focusing on individual countries.
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