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INEOS Energy and Shell have partnered to invest in Gulf of Mexico exploration, while Eni reported strong productivity from its Geliga 1 discovery in Indonesia. Santos is advancing its Agogo project in Papua New Guinea, and ConocoPhillips received approval to redevelop several previously producing oil fields in Norway’s Greater Ekofisk Area.

The country’s foreign investment bid comes as Sonatrach launches its largest capital expenditure outlay—$60 billion to be spent from 2026 to 2030.

The deepest water depth project in Equinor’s portfolio, Raia aims to bring its gas onstream in 2028.

The rise in China’s gas production, now exceeding that of Qatar and of Australia, is also limiting growth in its LNG demand.

This paper describes the development of a method of predicting drillstring-friction coefficient during tripping operations that can be used for early warning of stuck pipe.

The company credited its theory of shale oil enrichment for the significant increase in the quantity of proven reserves at the field.

Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.

This paper highlights a new online system for monitoring drilling fluids, enabling intelligent control of drilling-fluid performance.

The inaugural SPE Workshop on CCUS Management in China was held in April in Qingdao. The workshop highlighted recent advances and technical challenges in CCUS management and attracted 104 attendees representing 19 organizations from eight countries.

The agreement covers the upstream to downstream sectors, focusing on global business and development of human capital.