Field/project development
This paper presents an approach for safe, efficient, and cost-effective legacy well reabandonment.
With confidence in subsea boosting performance growing, BP is incorporating pumping systems into both greenfield developments and brownfield expansions.
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…
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This paper describes a revamped methodology for field-development strategy formulation, particularly for marginal hydrocarbon resources, by shifting the mindset toward designing with an aim to value in order to improve project viability.
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FPSO Léopold Sédar Senghor will be deployed at Woodside’s Sangomar field.
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The C-NLOPB has green-lit the supermajor’s plans to develop new sands within the field’s Jeanne d’Arc formation.
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Production from the Sparta field is expected to start in 2028.
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The Norwegian Sea discovery is the largest, undeveloped natural gas find on Norway’s Continental Shelf.
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The operator also has increased its stake in the Kaikias field in the Mars basin.
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The facility is destined for Equinor's Brazilian pre-salt development.
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It seems that it has been a very productive period for production and facilities. I reviewed a significant number of abstracts on such an interesting variety of topics—new technology developments down- and midstream, improvements in corrosion detection and prediction, new systems for emulsion monitoring, and even downhole drones.
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This paper discusses how a traditional stochastic approach in project economics used for screening and ranking can sometimes limit management visibility of all possible outcomes in a project.
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This paper discusses how multiple reliable technologies may be used in concert to establish reasonable certainty for reserves estimates through the flexibility provided by the Petroleum Resources Management System.