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In today’s era of asset management, digital twins are changing risk management, optimizing operations, and benefitting the bottom line.

This paper discusses cases from the North Sea and offshore California in which high-fidelity pressure and dynamics measurements, combined with high-speed telemetry, helped overcome complex geotechnical challenges.

This article is the fourth in a Q&A series from the SPE Research and Development Technical Section focusing on emerging energy technologies. In this piece, David Reid, the CTO and CMO for NOV, discusses the evolution and current state of automated drilling systems.

Bad vibes are being addressed by contractors as operators push to go faster, deeper, and longer with unconventional wells.

Gautam Swami, manager of corporate R&D at NOV and SPE member, shares his experiences in building a career in oil and gas R&D, discusses how innovation is shaping the industry, and offers guidance to young professionals.

This paper discusses the development of a multientry, multistage fracturing system and its advantages over traditional openhole multistage fracturing solutions.

Closed-loop geothermal systems have entered the new-energy arena to generate electricity using the underground as a heat exchanger.

Technology uptake aimed at optimizing resources, delivering consistency, and augmenting what humans can do.

Over the past 75 years, drillers have gone from the Stone Age to the Space Age when it comes to technological improvements in well construction methods. Yesterday’s crude wood and iron drilling techniques have given way to today’s video game-inspired controls and robotic assistance—much of which migrated from offshore applications. These advancements have driven costs…

Transition requires action, not perfect technology, but challenges remain around scalability, cost, and revenues.