Business/economics
An asset swap with PDVSA helps consolidate the supermajor’s heavy-oil operations in the country.
The multiyear contract with YPF includes electric pumping units and automated stimulation services.
The Orange Basin and Gulf of Guinea will see most of the high-impact drilling activity planned this year in Africa.
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The chair of the SPE Georgetown Section outlines how balanced, apolitical dialogue can support development amid rapid energy expansion. -
This paper highlights the effects of tax credits on business operations for midstream companies in the Permian Basin.
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Equatorial Guinea government formalizes deal that paves the way for Block I development.
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The deepest water depth project in Equinor’s portfolio, Raia aims to bring its gas onstream in 2028.
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War-related damage to oil and gas facilities is expected to disrupt global supply chains for years, as backlogs for critical equipment continue to grow, Rystad Energy reports.
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TotalEnergies will instead invest in the Rio Grande LNG plant, upstream conventional oil development in the US Gulf of Mexico, and shale-gas production.
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ExxonMobil's Jason Gahr uses the five stages of grief to explain how the upstream industry should respond to the rise of AI.
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Companies largely focused on deepwater acreage in the second Gulf lease sale held under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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Initiative identified as the single highest-priority action to support geothermal capital market creation following a 2-year expert analysis of financial barriers to exponential-scale geothermal development.
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Enverus analysts say limited development opportunities and lower oil prices restrained deal activity outside North America for a second consecutive year.
