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 study presents a production-optimization method that uses a deep-learning-based proxy model for the prediction of state variables and well outputs to solve nonlinearly constrained optimization with geological uncertainty. -
Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.
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The paper describes a parameter inversion of reservoirs based on featured points, using a semi-iterative well-test-curve-matching approach that addresses problems of imbalanced inversion accuracy and efficiency.
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The agreement allows BP to maintain control over its stake in the TANAP pipeline, which transports gas from the Caspian Sea to Europe through Turkey, while unlocking nearly $1 billion in capital as part of its divestment program.
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Cooldown cargo is set to be delivered to Kitimat, BC, from Australia in early April, the final step prior to official startup.
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Argentina’s YPF forecasts the $3 billion oil pipeline and export terminal will carry 180,000 B/D when it goes onstream in 2026.
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Operator targeting 2029 for first production from the pre-salt gas-condensate discovery off Brazil.
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The new joint venture aims to apply US expertise to unlock Turkey's domestic unconventional resources, helping it to achieve its goal of energy independence and to become a regional hub and major exporter of LNG.
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The Halten East project in the Norwegian Sea involves fields that if developed independently would be considered too marginal to be economically attractive.
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The production unit for the Balder field in the North Sea is expected to go on-stream in the second quarter of 2025 following the staged tow-out of the FPSO.
