Field/project development
GranTierra will refocus its investment strategy to strengthen its portfolio in Canada and Azerbaijan while Maurel&Prom, majority owned by Pertamina’s international upstream arm, grows its South American footprint in Colombia and Ecuador.
The sale of Woodside’s Calypso stake to BP completes the company’s withdrawal from Trinidad and Tobago after decades of operations in the country.
ExxonMobil’s Letter of Intent to begin preliminary engineering and procurement work for Mozambique’s Rovuma LNG project bridges the development to a final EPC contract, which Area 4 partners are expected to award following an FID anticipated by year-end 2026.
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The deepest water depth project in Equinor’s portfolio, Raia aims to bring its gas onstream in 2028.
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The rise in China’s gas production, now exceeding that of Qatar and of Australia, is also limiting growth in its LNG demand.
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Equinor said it found between 14 million and 24 million BOE with its most recent exploration well in the Polynya Tubåen prospect.
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BP sanctioned development of the Kaskida in 2024, with first oil from the high-pressure project expected in 2029.
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The project partners and the Newfoundland and Labrador government reach agreement over life-of-field benefits, royalties, and an equity option, moving development toward sanction in 2027.
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Operator started planning the development before it made its latest North Sea discovery.
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The Middle East’s largest unconventional gas development officially begins production as Saudi Aramco targets 6 million BOE/D of gas and liquids capacity by 2030.
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The integrated field management services contract signals an evolution of KBR’s role at Majnoon from one of stabilizing production to a more complex and sophisticated role that takes responsibility for integrating full upstream operations.
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This paper describes modeling work performed to design fracturing treatment and spacing for wells in the Project Cape enhanced geothermal system in Utah.
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This paper reviews the simultaneous supercritical CO2/brine aquifer injection and water-alternating-gas methods for geologic carbon sequestration and proposes a novel integration with saltwater-disposal wells.