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Tight oil and gas producers in the US are pulling back faster than expected as oil prices stagnate and produced water management constraints grow.
Electricity produced onshore powers oil production at Johan Sverdrup holding CO₂ emissions at only 5% of the global average.
This article is the third in a Q&A series from the SPE Research and Development Technical Section focusing on emerging energy technologies. In this piece, Zikri Bayraktar, a senior machine learning engineer with SLB’s Software Technology and Innovation Center, discusses the expanding use of artificial intelligence in the upstream sector.
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Ruwais is slated to be the first net-zero LNG facility in the Middle East and North Africa.
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GEODE is a consortium led by Project InnerSpace and the Society of Petroleum Engineers and funded by the US Department of Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Office.
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The new wells at Zohr are key to a plan to return Egypt’s gas production back to “pre-crisis” levels by June 2025.
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At peak, 100,000 BOE/D is expected to flow to the Whale production semisumbersible, which largely replicates the Vito semi.
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Operators remain cautiously optimistic in 2025, despite regulatory uncertainties.
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The Libyan National Oil Company plans to tender 22 onshore/offshore exploration blocks in 2025 as it works to rebuild credibility with foreign oil producers.
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The acquisition, expected to close in early 2025, will bring Optime Subsea’s umbilical-less technology into Halliburton’s Testing and Subsea division.
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Operator TotalEnergies and rig owner Vantage Drilling form joint venture to purchase the Tungsten Explorer.
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As Southeast Asia’s third-largest gas producer, PTTEP is investing in its energy security by prioritizing gas production and building up a global LNG supply chain.
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