Field/project development
After a record year for LNG project approvals in 2025, multiyear repairs to war-damaged liquefaction facilities in Qatar and the UAE threaten to slow the growth of global LNG capacity.
The declaration builds on a memorandum of understanding the partners signed with Egypt in May to process Block 10 gas at the country’s LNG export and domestic gas facilities.
Alongside the new subsea awards, Equinor strengthened its position in the 400-million-bbl Bay du Nord development by acquiring BP’s interest in the project.
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This paper describes an alternative lower-completion concept for developing Lower Wilcox reservoirs referred to as high-angle multifractured well design. -
This study explores the feasibility of implementing in-situ carbon dioxide recycling for sequestration as a fit-for-purpose developmental strategy for a Malaysian gas field characterized by an initial carbon-dioxide content of approximately 60%.
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Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.
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The technology to desalinate and reuse produced water for cooling AI data centers in the Permian Basin exists, but addressing cost challenges remains critical to widespread adoption.
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The $5-billion Tiber-Guadalupe project in the Gulf of America is BP's second major project in the region to be sanctioned in 2 years.
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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.
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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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The subsea field is part of the larger Snøhvit development in the Barents Sea.
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Iraq’s Gas Growth Integrated Project aims to increase electricity generation by capturing flare gas collected from three southern oil fields. A desalination project will use treated seawater to maintain well pressures.
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MODEC will supply the FPSO that will host up to 18 wells in the initial phase of development.
