Asset Management
Talos Energy founder Tim Duncan has been named executive chairman of newly formed 1947 Oil&Gas, which will focus on acquiring and developing mature, shallow-water assets through its buyout of Renaissance Offshore. The deal is expected to close in Q2 2026.
Operators aren’t rushing to drill, even as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz drives oil prices up.
The following three papers show challenges and potential solutions across various stages of the deepwater well-development cycle from a variety of deepwater basins across the world.
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Ongoing seismicity concerns and orphan well risks are pushing operators and regulators to explore alternatives for managing produced water. -
The agency also requests feedback related to interest in a possible minerals lease sale offshore Alaska.
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A final investment decision is also expected by the end of the year for the company’s first low-carbon data center project.
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Among the awards are contracts for four currently idle deepwater rigs.
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The $26-million project will serve as a collaborative hub for research, engineering, and testing.
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The deal targets increased investment and production from one of the country’s largest onshore developments.
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A series of major advances will move Phase One of the Alaska LNG Project from the development phase into execution.
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The expansion project by QatarEnergy is expected to increase LNG production capacity to 142 mtpa when it goes online.
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The Nasr-115 expansion project, within ADNOC’s larger Ghasha concession, is part of a development aimed at increasing capacity to 115,000 BOPD by 2027.
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The NLR has released its 2025 US Geothermal Market Report, documenting 4 years of industry growth and providing policymakers and stakeholders with an updated overview of the US geothermal market.
