Drilling
Improved bit and bottomhole-assembly technologies and designs have helped turn what used to be record-breaking drilling runs into routine expectations.
The project with ExxonMobil used closed-loop drilling and digital well-construction technologies.
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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Smackover Lithium, an Equinor joint venture, will drill new wells on the Franklin project to get a better understanding of its brine makeup and lithium potential. -
Angola expects an 18% rise in natural gas production by 2030 as global producers invest in offshore exploration and new field development.
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Developing the theory of mechanical specific energy from the perspective of instantaneous drilling power rather than the compressive strength of the formation leads to an improved understanding of drill-bit mechanical efficiency.
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The oilfield service company will supply power plants capable of electrifying 180,000 US homes with geothermal energy.
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This article is the fourth in a Q&A series from the SPE Research and Development Technical Section focusing on emerging energy technologies. In this piece, David Reid, the CTO and CMO for NOV, discusses the evolution and current state of automated drilling systems.
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This paper presents an efficient mathematical optimization method for well placement that maximizes contact with the productive zones for the best locations in the reservoir.
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The operator estimates discovering more than 96 million BOE of recoverable volumes with its latest Norwegian North Sea exploration activity.
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SponsoredKongsberg Digital’s mobile companion to the SiteCom platform is designed to keep wellsite insight close at hand, wherever the job takes you.
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The new schedule plans for sales in the US Gulf and Alaska through 2039.
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Researchers with the National Energy Technology Laboratory showed that naturally occurring signals in underground fluids can serve as effective indicators of flow patterns between existing wellbores. Understanding these patterns can lead to increased efficiency and safety.
