Business/economics
Technology and partnerships remain important, while phased approaches may supplant lengthy appraisal programs, experts said during CERAWeek.
Analysts weigh near‑term risks for Middle East oil and gas producers after a tentative 2‑week ceasefire between the US‑Israeli coalition and Iran.
The ASEAN Council of Petroleum and Energy and SPE have taken a step toward deeper regional collaboration, formalizing a Memorandum of Cooperation at OTC Asia 2026. The agreement signals a shared commitment to advancing energy security, sustainability, and technical excellence across ASEAN through expanded knowledge exchange and workforce development.
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Short-cycle projects allow owners and operators to stay financially stable while preserving the production infrastructure and capacities needed to expand quickly when oil prices improve. -
This paper presents a novel approach to generate approximate conditional realizations using the distributed Gauss-Newton (DGN) method together with a multiple local Gaussian approximation technique.
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This paper presents a comparison of existing work flows and introduces a practically driven approach, referred to as “drill and learn,” using elements and concepts from existing work flows to quantify the value of learning (VOL).
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This work presents a systematic and rigorous approach of reservoir decomposition combined with the ensemble Kalman smoother to overcome the complexity and computational burden associated with history matching field-scale reservoirs in the Middle East.
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In North America’s most active shale fields, the drilling and hydraulic fracturing of new wells is directly placing older adjacent wells at risk of suffering a premature decline in oil and gas production.
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A Houston-based energy consultancy concludes that a series of downturn deals have contributed more to the resiliency of the US shale sector than a rise in oil prices.
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Schlumberger and Weatherford are forming a joint venture to tackle the North American unconventionals oilfield services market.
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IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol told oil E&P leaders at the IHS CERAWeek conference to invest now to prevent an oil supply shortage in several years.
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Industry CEOs examine the role of global trade with the UK Minister for Energy and Industry.
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Sanchez Energy’s COO discusses the company’s project management strategies in its Eagle Ford operations.
