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The London-headquartered independent acquires position in the US Gulf while preparing Zama for final investment decision.
Engineering, procurement, construction, and installation awards made at the end of 2025 are expanding Saipem’s role in Turkey’s two largest offshore gas fields, plus Saudi Arabia’s Berri, Abu Safah, and Marjan oil fields and Qatar’s North Field gas giant in the Persian Gulf.
Following a US military operation to arrest Venezuela’s president, analysts say there is no easy fix for the country’s beleaguered upstream sector.
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This paper explores the evolving role of the digital petroleum engineer, examines the core technologies they use, assesses the challenges they face, and projects future industry trends. -
This study illustrates the new capabilities, tailored for CO₂ storage applications, of a modeling framework that provides a quantitative, risk-based assessment of the long-term integrity of legacy plugged and abandoned wells.
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This paper describes an auto-adaptive workflow that leverages a complex interplay between machine learning, physics of fluid flow, and a gradient-free algorithm to enhance the solution of well-placement problems.
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This article is the sixth and final Q&A in a series from the SPE Research and Development Technical Section focusing on emerging energy technologies. In this final edition, Matthew T. Balhoff, SPE, of The University of Texas at Austin shares his views on the future of upstream education.
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As cutting-edge technologies unlock geothermal potential, Japan is channeling investments into powerhouse projects across the US, Indonesia, and New Zealand and priming its own reserves for a clean energy boom at home.
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A presidential decree extends ExxonMobil’s chance to possibly recoup part of the $4.6 billion loss it suffered after exiting its flagship Russian asset in spring 2022.
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The $1.3-billion deal targets DJ Basin assets producing 35,000 BOEPD, and Japex aims to increase that output to 50,000 BOEPD around 2030.
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The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has set its sights on anticorruption efforts for the 2025 Licensing Round, which began on 1 December.
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The latest corporate plan drops the amount the company says it will invest in low-carbon efforts by $10 billion from last year’s plan.
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KTH researchers unveil a nickel–iron catalyst that speeds up water splitting, boosting efficient, sustainable hydrogen production.
