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As the oil and gas industry evolves to become more socially responsible with using natural resources such as water, economics constraints are an ever-present concern. The three highlighted papers share different approaches regarding how produced water could be managed economically.

The papers selected this year highlight some complex considerations and the importance of using all the tools provided by the industry resource classification systems to navigate projects through to viable and sustainable development reasonably and transparently for all stakeholders.

The debate over whether to again allow briny waste water pumped from conventional oil and gas wells to be spread on Pennsylvania’s dirt roads has become as salty and charged as the material itself.

Woodside and BHP make final investment decision on $12 billion offshore development and additional LNG train in Australia. The approval on Monday came at the same time the operators signed an agreement to merge BHP’s petroleum unit into Woodside, originally announced in August.

Wellhead and downhole safety valves are considered health, safety, and environment (HSE) critical well equipment in oil fields around the world. A comprehensive methodology, called the 100% Integrity Assurance approach, was implemented by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company for this equipment to ensure sustainability and prevent HSE incidents throughout the well life c…

After 9 years of contributing to JPT, it’s time to hang up my spurs. I wanted to use this opportunity to raise a couple of issues, namely the effect and utility of machine learning and the usage of point-and-click engineering software.

This paper is the second of a two-part series. It covers facilities problems caused by iron, injectivity problems caused by iron, and the mitigation of colloidal iron-related problems.

Helix Energy Solutions will start work on a five-well complete abandonment project in the offshore Tui field in late 2022.

Well construction must always be executed safely at reduced operational costs, while ensuring appropriate wellbore quality and placement, per asset team requirements. Consequently, analysis of drilling efficiency, a critical performance indicator, has moved from maximizing rate of penetration to improving cycle time.