Energy transition
The company’s millimeter wave drilling system is approaching a depth of 1 km at its Central Texas site. The recent funding is earmarked for Project Obsidian in Central Oregon, which Quaise calls the world’s first commercial superhot geothermal power plant.
The US federal government is working to stymie offshore wind power, but proponents aren’t going quietly. Armed with data, they are taking on a sea of misinformation and hostility to defend the burgeoning resource in the US, while the rest of the world moves ahead briskly.
This guest editorial addresses the need for high-temperature directional drilling technologies as the number of rigs used to develop next-generation geothermal wells is set to rise in the coming years.
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High oil prices will mean more spending on workovers to eke out more oil and gas from older wells. The amount will depend on finding those willing and able to do that tricky work. -
'I’m honored that IEA members have put their trust in me to lead the agency into a new era following what I believe may turn out to be the most consequential ministerial meeting in the IEA’s near 50-year history,' Birol said.
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Today's high oil prices have not removed the memories of some top upstream executives about how swiftly boom-and-bust cycles can move, nor have they eroded their mission to lower carbon footprints.
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The center will develop innovations for renewable-energy technology and the low-carbon future and will bring together and support research of faculty in the energy, materials science, data science, and artificial-intelligence fields.
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Data science plays an increasing role in the fight against climate change. As we use data science to develop innovative solutions to climate change, we should be careful not to replicate, or worsen, existing inequities—or create new ones.
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The impact of COVID-19 on the global economy, and thus its oil and gas consumption habits, is seen as less severe in the supermajor's latest annual outlook.
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Billed as the world’s longest AC power-from-shore project, Aker BP’s NOA Fulla field and Equinor’s Krafla field in the North Sea will be powered from the mainland by renewable hydropower.
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The energy transition and digitalization transition are not to be feared. While the rate of change will accelerate, very little of true value will be lost and the transitions instead offer a variety of incremental opportunities, especially for members of the production and facilities community.
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Criterion Energy Partners' immediate focus is to deliver direct heat and power to industrial customers in the Texas Gulf Coast region.
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During a fireside chat on SPE Live, Iman Hill, the executive director of the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers, discussed market recovery, the energy transition, diversity in the oil and gas industry, and the future of the industry.
