Drilling
The Orange Basin and Gulf of Guinea will see most of the high-impact drilling activity planned this year in Africa.
ExxonMobil will retain its equity stakes in ongoing Bass Strait projects even as it hands off its operatorship responsibilities to Woodside Energy.
Thermal stimulation can accelerate the formation of shale creep barriers for long-term well integrity but only within a carefully controlled temperature window. This study identifies optimal thermal conditions for maximizing barrier performance while avoiding thermally induced shale damage.
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The paper describes a multientry multistage fracturing technology developed to enable longer laterals, increase stage counts, improve stimulation efficiencies, and derisk operations. -
SPE DSATS/IADC ART Symposium to Explore ‘Comprehensive Impactful Drilling Systems—How do we Evolve?’The event to be held on 16 March in Galveston, Texas, will address important issues for the Drilling Systems Advancement Technical Section's forward planning with industry speakers and an interactive working session.
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The Granat prospect on the Norwegian Continental Shelf may be developed with a subsea tieback to existing infrastructure.
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Eni reports its latest deepwater exploration well offshore Côte d'Ivoire found gas and condensate in high-quality Cenomanian sands in the Calao channel complex.
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Autonomous drilling through managed pressure drilling (MPD) at the Atlantis field has given the operator confidence to scale the method.
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The deal positions the merged company to benefit from an expected offshore drilling upcycle.
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An earlier deal to double Israel’s gas exports to Egypt led to approval of Leviathan’s Phase 1B expansion by guaranteeing long-term cash flow to finance the project.
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Rystad Energy expects the continent to account for the largest share of frontier and basin-opening wells in 2026 as operators pursue scale and untapped resources.
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This paper presents a multifaceted approach leveraging precise rig control, physics models, and machine-learning techniques to deliver consistently high performance in a scalable manner for sliding.
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This paper proposes a novel approach toward drilling maximum-reservoir-contact wells by integrating automated drilling and geosteering software to control the downhole bottomhole assembly, thereby minimizing the need for human intervention.
