Asset Management
Alongside the new subsea awards, Equinor strengthened its position in the 400-million-bbl Bay du Nord development by acquiring BP’s interest in the project.
A new licensing deal with ZL Chemicals will make Chevron’s unconventional EOR technology available to other tight-oil producers.
Spain has granted permits covering a swath of the mountain range to Mantle8 for natural hydrogen and helium exploration a month after France granted the company similar permits.
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Union of rival contract drillers will create one of the largest offshore rig companies. -
The 2021–2022 Drillbotics competition will require the contestants to integrate human factors engineering considerations into their automated drilling rigs for the first time.
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Oil production from West Africa has fallen from last year’s depressed levels and will remain down without increased investment.
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Even though the market seemingly expected a 400,000 B/D increase from the oil exporting group, crude prices took a bit of a tumble.
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Already the largest producer in the gas-rich play, Southwestern has bolstered its status with the acquisition of the third-largest producer.
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For Pioneer, the deal marks its return as a pure-play operator in the Midland Basin side of the Permian region. For, Continental, it represents the first steps into the most productive shale play in the US.
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Shell’s sibling solutions for its Vito and Whale deepwater US Gulf developments are proving the “design one, build two” model can work.
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Over the past 30 years Caspian nations such as Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have built thriving economies on oil and gas wealth led by global energy companies and a handful of megaprojects. As times change, that model may need to be reassessed.
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Field will deliver gas to Trinidad market from a resource discovered in 2017.
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Where does employment in the oil and gas industry stand today? It remains far from the peak seen in 2014, but it is incrementally recovering. Will it grow, and how?
