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 automous 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 ninth annual SPE ATCE Startup Village celebrated some of the most promising emerging technologies in the energy sector, highlighting the entrepreneurial spirit driving innovation in oil, gas, and low-carbon solutions. -
A resilience-based approach to safety was the focus of a panel of experts at the 2025 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Houston.
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BP’s most recent discovery in Namibia is the eleventh globally in 2025 since the UK major refocused its investments strategy back to its core oil and gas businesses.
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Industry leaders speaking during the opening plenary session at SPE’s Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition say they are optimistic yet pragmatic about delivering energy amid the energy transition.
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BP’s new electric gas compression platform at Shah Deniz, Azerbaijan’s largest natural gas producer, is expected to sustain exports to Europe even as the field enters decline.
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ExxonMobil joins BP, Chevron, and TotalEnergies in greenlighting new investment projects in Iraq in 2025 as the government targets oil production of 6 million B/D by 2029.
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APOGCE 2025 set the stage for strategic dialogues on how Asia Pacific’s upstream industry can innovate, invest, and collaborate to meet growing energy demand while advancing net-zero goals.
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Although the global total drilling rig supply is tightening as contractors sell off modern units for nondrilling purposes, day rates are expected to remain flat or dip in the near term, according to an analysis by Esgian.
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DNV projects the energy transition will be marginally slower than what it forecast last year, both in terms of emissions and in fossil fuel’s share of primary energy.
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Liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporters in the US plan to more than double the country’s liquefaction capacity by adding an estimated 13.9 Bcf/D between 2025 and 2029.
