Asset Management
Industry fundamentals continue to strengthen as rising utilization and scarce replacement capacity support higher rig valuations.
The GRMS system of standardization and classification for geothermal resources, led by a coalition of stakeholders in collaboration with Project InnerSpace and the Society of Petroleum Engineers, will be published in November.
Argentina’s President Javier Milei met with TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné and Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi in Paris to discuss Argentina’s energy sector, including projects linked to the Vaca Muerta shale formation and the development of the Argentina LNG export project.
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Apache filed appraisal plans for its Maka and Sapakara oil discoveries in block 58 offshore Suriname.
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Beach Energy plans to drill at its Artisan-1 well about 32 km offshore Victoria, Australia, in the Otway basin, before the end of 2021. The well was delayed due to COVID-19.
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Total made a significant second gas condensate discovery on the Luiperd prospect, located on Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin, 175 km off the southern coast of South Africa.
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BP was the only operator to place a bid in the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board call for bids, which offered 17 parcels in the eastern Newfoundland region.
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Digital transformation offers opportunities beyond the technical goal of increased production. It may also enhance sustainability, the work/life balance, and the public’s perception of the industry.
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OPEC’s easing of production cuts originally planned for January may be delayed until mid-2021 because of the global increases in COVID-19 cases occurring in November.
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While the individual circumstances of upstream companies may vary, they all must take decisive action to pivot away from “business as usual” and instead, pursue new growth models.
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Financial analytics company S&P Global and information provider IHS Markit announced they have agreed to merge in an all-stock deal that values IHS Markit at $44 billion.
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ExxonMobil has trimmed its future spending by more than 30% and said it will seek to divest from gas assets in the US, Canada, and Argentina.
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A Canadian company reports that it has drilled and completed a historic horizontal well in Saskatchewan.