Asset Management
The ASEAN Council of Petroleum and Energy and SPE have taken a step toward deeper regional collaboration, formalizing a Memorandum of Cooperation at OTC Asia 2026. The agreement signals a shared commitment to advancing energy security, sustainability, and technical excellence across ASEAN through expanded knowledge exchange and workforce development.
The transaction creates a new company, NEO NEXT+, which is now the largest independent producer on the UK Continental Shelf.
Conflict‑driven price gains may be offset by higher costs, supply‑chain risks, and a limited appetite for new drilling activity.
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Operator Horisont Energi finds a new partner in Spain’s Fertiberia, while Equinor and Vår seek alternatives.
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Two PSCs have been sold to PSEP for $475 million.
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Offshore Eastern Canada is showing signs of life as new project commitments are firmed up and idled projects roar to life.
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The authors of this paper describe the path of an operator’s successful exploration program that has integrated geologic and geophysical understanding and new technology to discover 8 billion BOE at the time of writing.
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A total of 20 new exploration blocks are on offer within the Israeli Economic Zone.
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Rate transient analysis has been challenged in every sense of the word when it comes to tight reservoirs. An ongoing joint industry project aims to turn that around.
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The Agua-Marinha block is located in the Campos Basin off Brazil.
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This paper describes how a surveillance, analysis, and optimization plan was used to resolve subsurface uncertainties and optimize a reservoir development plan and provides lessons learned and best practices.
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A deeper understanding of the roles of individuals in the innovation process is more important than ever as the organizations that make up the industry are being fundamentally transformed. Who are the “explorers” within the sector that are hardwired to deliver tomorrow’s bolder technologies? And who are the “exploiters” that prefer to stick with less‑ambitious innovat…
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Equinor will participate in 25 exploration wells on the NCS this year.