Asset Management
Conflict‑driven price gains may be offset by higher costs, supply‑chain risks, and a limited appetite for new drilling activity.
The companies' combined technologies enable real-time control of well placement, hydraulics, and rig operations.
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.
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The new development is estimated to hold 46 million bbl of recoverable oil and is planned to start up in late 2028.
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The project in the US Gulf is expected to add about 15,000 BOEPD to the deepwater Atlantis project at peak production.
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Deepwater blocks drew most of the attention in the first lease sale for the offshore region to be held in 2 years.
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Project financing raised by JP Morgan will enable YPF and its partners Eni and ADNOC’s XRG to launch Phase 2 of Argentina LNG, boosting production to 18 mtpa by 2030–2031.
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First oil is expected from Phase 1 of the project in 2028, with up to four more phases planned.
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The Gorgon Phase 3 project aims to counter declining reservoir pressure to sustain gas supplies to Western Australia’s domestic market and support LNG exports to Asia.
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The Denver-headquartered shale producer will become a pure-play operator of the Marcellus Shale in West Virginia.
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The $100-billion project is widely considered the largest unconventional development outside of the US and is noted by Aramco as the largest nonassociated gas development in the kingdom.
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Preliminary estimates indicated recoverables of between 30 million and 110 million BOE at the discoveries, which Equinor called its largest of the year.
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The decision keeps the effective tax rate on upstream projects at 78%, prompting new warnings that investments will continue to dwindle in the UK Continental Shelf.