Management
Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.
This month’s papers highlight new combinations of technologies, along with workflows automated in innovative ways, deployed to ensure precise measurement, accurate forecasting, and environmentally conscious operations.
Ongoing seismicity concerns and orphan well risks are pushing operators and regulators to explore alternatives for managing produced water.
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As carbon capture scales up worldwide, the real challenge lies deep underground—where smart reservoir management determines whether CO₂ stays put for good. -
As US shale potentially stares at a production plateau, operators and service providers are turning to smarter tools to extend the life of aging plays.
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Sale 262 will be the first new auction covering leases in US Gulf federal waters in 2 years.
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Equinor and Shell plan to launch the joint venture—initially announced in late 2024—by the end of 2025, pending regulatory approvals.
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North Sea tieback to the Troll C platform could begin production by the end of 2029.
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The LNG specialist also greenlit a debottlenecking project to free up additional volumes at the Corpus Christi site.
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The SPE Reservoir Technical Discipline and Advisory Committee invite their Reservoir members worldwide to participate in a new survey aimed at assessing the current state of reservoir engineering across industry and academia. Deadline is 21 July 2025.
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Gold H2 says it is the first to achieve commercial-scale hydrogen production by introducing microbes to a mature oil reservoir.
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The field, which holds the first production license on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, sent oil to the Jotun FPSO on 23 June.
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Less than 3 months after going onstream, the Barents Sea project, the northernmost production offshore Norway, is producing 220,000 B/D.
