Asset Management
This article from the SPE Robotics and Autonomous Systems Technical Section (RASTS) explores the insights shared at the recent Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston about autonomous systems and their role in the industry's future.
The Pinnington project in North Texas is the company’s largest solar project in the state and brings Repsol’s renewable energy generation capacity in the US to greater than 2 GW.
The technology has passed its first phase of qualification, with 84 nodes placed on the seafloor at a depth of 2,000 m to acquire 4D seismic data in the pre-salt Santos Basin.
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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.