Field/project development
New agreements for exploration and production in Africa include activity in the Orange Basin offshore Namibia, offshore Angola, Senegal, and Côte d’Ivoire. In the Gulf of Mexico, a memorandum of understanding for deepwater evaluation was signed between Woodside Energy and PEMEX and Viridien initiated its Walker Ridge Reimaging Extension. TotalEnergies provided a targe…
With confidence in subsea boosting performance growing, BP is incorporating pumping systems into both greenfield developments and brownfield expansions.
This paper presents an approach for safe, efficient, and cost-effective legacy well reabandonment.
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This paper provides insights into the technical and economic viability of repurposing oil and gas wells for geothermal energy production for direct heating. -
Slickline-Deployed Fiber-Optic Cable Provides First Production Profile for High-Temperature Gas WellThis paper describes a case study in which, in the absence of a conventional production log, distributed fiber-optic sensing, in conjunction with shut-in temperature measurements, provided a viable method to derive inflow zonal distribution.
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This paper discusses and evaluates retrofitting abandoned petroleum wells for geothermal applications as a commonly proposed solution to meet the challenge of the capital expenditure required for drilling and completion.
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This paper provides an overview of a geothermal assessment project completed to assess geothermal energy resources in and around an operational high-pressure/high-temperature field on the UK Continental Shelf.
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While projects offshore Cyprus and Israel advance, Lebanon’s latest licensing round follows news that Eni, TotalEnergies, and QatarEnergy drilled a dry hole on Block 9 near the country’s maritime border with Israel.
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The $1.24 billion project is expected to tap up to 90 million BOE.
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With its North Field development project in full swing to the south and east, Qatar is now turning west to supercharge its plan to raise LNG production by almost 85% before 2030.
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With negotiations dead on arrival with Russian independent major Lukoil, Iraq is asking Gazprom to take over development of the Nasiriyah oil field south of Baghdad.
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The Scarborough energy project is targeting first LNG cargo in 2026.
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Deepwater US Gulf field is now pumping hydrocarbons back to the Appomattox platform.
