Drilling
Operator targets first oil 30 months after field sanction of $1.5 billion heavy-oil project that will use a refurbished wellhead platform and FPSO.
Extended-reach drilling (ERD) and complex wells have emerged as pivotal techniques, enabling access to previously unreachable reserves. ERD allows operators to access oil and gas reservoirs far from the drilling site, minimizing the environmental footprint and optimizing resource recovery.
Cementing and zonal isolation remains an important topic to operators and service providers alike. Additionally, an increase in the number of papers with both academic and field-driven content shows that there is no lack of initiative for operators to materially improve on existing methods and technology.
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Everywhere you look these days, there is talk of how advances in big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning will revolutionize virtually every aspect of our lives. This month, we will look at how researchers in the drilling domain are using this potential to improve well construction. -
In this paper, the authors propose a regression machine-learning model to predict stick/slip severity index using sequences of surface measurements.
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From optimizing drilling performance to enhancing worker safety, computer vision can change how the industry works.
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By boosting gas supplies to Egypt’s home market, Cairo can return its focus to developing an LNG export hub.
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This selection of cutting-edge articles spotlights how experimental concepts are now driving cost-saving strategies in unconventional development. It’s a reminder that innovation often comes from creative thinking, not just new tools or tech partnerships.
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The new wells at Zohr are key to a plan to return Egypt’s gas production back to “pre-crisis” levels by June 2025.
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The Libyan National Oil Company plans to tender 22 onshore/offshore exploration blocks in 2025 as it works to rebuild credibility with foreign oil producers.
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This paper investigates the effect of calcium oxide as an expansive agent on the performance of geopolymer-based sealing materials, with successful application in oil and gas wells at shallow depths.
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Operator TotalEnergies and rig owner Vantage Drilling form joint venture to purchase the Tungsten Explorer.
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The decision invokes a 1953 law that will make it difficult for incoming US President Donald Trump to reverse.
