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Operators have announced reduced budgets and delayed deepwater project sanctions. Despite these reductions, the long term outlook is for increased deepwater spending.

Hybridization of power systems is known to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions, with lower fuel consumption. This paper reviews available technologies to serve as a selection guide for planning such systems.

This paper provides an operator’s viewpoint of in-well monitoring, covering some of the key challenges.

The Asia Pacific region is expected to be the fastest-growing region in deepwater development in the next 5 years.

During the 10-year period between 2003 and 2013, Mexico drilled 30 deep- and ultradeepwater wells in water depths ranging from 512 to 2900 m.

There is no question that deepwater production will play a very important part in meeting the world’s future energy demand.

West Africa has seen a significant shift in drilling activity, mainly in deep water. Many of the major international operators are carrying out important ­exploration-and-development activities there.

Our industry’s demonstrated ability to innovate and continually improve well-construction technology will be all the more valuable to all plays if low oil prices persist, but especially so for shale and other high-cost-per-barrel plays.

The SPE Delta Section will cohost its annual Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Technical Symposium in New Orleans in August. A variety of topics on deepwater exploration and production (E&P) will be presented.

This paper reviews two newly developed novel completion systems that significantly reduce time spent performing multistage stimulation in environments where cost and consequence of failure are high.