Business/economics
After years of market shocks, technological breakthroughs, and rising uncertainty, ATCE 2026 will provide new insights on how industry leaders and technical experts are preparing for the next era of the upstream business.
This guest editorial examines why geothermal projects require a different planning, financing, and development approach than traditional oil and gas projects.
As the pace of new discoveries slows and high-quality prospects become harder to find, oil companies may need to rely more heavily on mature fields to maintain production and support future supply.
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A group of oil and gas executives and bitcoin miners mingled in a warehouse in Houston recently. One big topic of discussion: using stranded natural gas to power bitcoin mining rigs, which both reduces greenhouse-gas emissions and makes money for the gas providers, as well as the miners. -
Brazilian state oil company will charter two pipelay support vessels for 3 years plus options.
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After more than 2 decades of talk, multiple millions of dollars in investments, and a decade’s worth of joint industry projects, operators are starting to get on board with electrification as the base case for subsea solutions.
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A well-pattern-design work flow proved able to identify substantially better patterns than the traditional approach for a giant mature field.
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Recent history has taught the unconventional sector that overly optimistic production forecasts can backfire. Going forward, one solution may be to combine financial and subsurface models to better communicate expectations.
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The Biden administration has appealed a district court decision to restart oil and gas leasing programs in the US.
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The energy transition was present but not at center stage at recent earnings calls as majors celebrated their improving financial performance.
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The three service operations vessels are committed under a long-term contract at the Dogger Bank wind farm offshore UK.
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The megadeal will make Woodside a Top 10 independent global oil and gas producer with annual volumes of approximately 200 million BOE.
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A trio of service companies will serve as proposed “stalking horse” bidders in the court-supervised sale process, which will be facilitated through Chapter 11 filing.
