Australia

Being first isn’t easy, as the massive Prelude has demonstrated. Since being commissioned in 2018, the world’s largest vessel has suffered a series of setbacks and has now halted production for an indefinite period of time.

A new dose of constraint may just be the best prescription for those making reserves estimates on prospective unconventional resources.

Natural gas delivered as LNG to growing economies in Asia has a strong role to play in achieving net zero in carbon emissions, and most of that gas will come from unconventional resources.

A supervised machine-learning algorithm is developed to classify drilling parameters that increase rate of penetration and bit endurance for use in unconventional fields in Australia.

This paper details new technologies and work flows implemented for Australian offshore wells to improve drilling efficiency while managing associated risks.

The complete paper discusses structural assessments for gravity-based structures, a topic that the authors write is underrepresented in the literature.

Water Research Australia says the project aims to “address the challenge of water scarcity in the process of hydrogen production.”

The megadeal will make Woodside a Top 10 independent global oil and gas producer with annual volumes of approximately 200 million BOE.

Australian E&P rivals will merge to form a $16-billion producer with diverse asset set weighted toward natural gas and LNG.

The paper highlights key learnings in well and reservoir surveillance analysis and optimization that have been developed using early production data from the Wheatstone project offshore Australia.