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CERAWeek panelists see AI as a way to leverage data and people in interpreting data for exploration, but a cultural shift at companies may still be needed.
Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.
The newest recipient of the title SPE Legend of Hydraulic Fracturing talks about his career, the evolution of fracture stimulation, the development of increasingly useful simulators, and the future of the oil and gas industry. The honor was given at the 2026 SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition.
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Mukuyu-1 sidetrack proves a working hydrocarbon system in the Cabora Bassa basin. -
Wellesley estimates that the drilling campaign has proved a developable gas-condensate accumulation of 60 to 100 million BOE.
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The Uganda oil project envisions drilling more than 450 wells on 35 well pads, leading to an estimated production of 230,000 BOPD at its peak once production starts up.
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The next phase of drilling is expected to resume in mid-2024 and includes several sidetrack wells, long-reach directional wells, and stratigraphic exploration wells.
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The authors of this paper present the results of an assessment of two regions in Uruguay suitable for bottom-fixed offshore wind technologies.
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Jackup rig Borr Norve has started drilling operations on the project’s fourth production well, DHIBM-6H.
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Additional milestones reached could add $14 million to purchase price.
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Challenges to development, including costs, cited as reasons for turning back the acreage.
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Lebanon hopes to join the club of EastMed gas producers as TotalEnergies and its partners spud an appraisal well near Beirut’s maritime border with Israel where gas is already being produced.
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Fervo Energy’s bet that fracturing methods can be used for geothermal power is looking like a winner.
