Asset Management
Talos Energy founder Tim Duncan has been named executive chairman of newly formed 1947 Oil&Gas, which will focus on acquiring and developing mature, shallow-water assets through its buyout of Renaissance Offshore. The deal is expected to close in Q2 2026.
Operators aren’t rushing to drill, even as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz drives oil prices up.
The following three papers show challenges and potential solutions across various stages of the deepwater well-development cycle from a variety of deepwater basins across the world.
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This month’s column offers an inside look at SPE’s governance, highlighting the Board of Directors and the selection process for its members. SPE President Olivier Houzé revisits lessons from the 2022 SPE-AAPG merger discussions and wraps up with actionable ideas to boost transparency and member engagement. -
As we turn the page on our 75th anniversary, JPT’s recent visit to the UAE offers a front-row seat of what some of the industry’s biggest players see coming.
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At SPE’s Permian Basin Energy Conference, operators shared behind-the-scenes details on innovations such as drilling horseshoe wells and trimulfrac completions along with in-basin challenges such as handling produced water.
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When it comes to staying on top of the latest upstream innovations, the easiest way to do it is already in front of you.
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The plan calls for developing a gas field, CCUS, and onshore compression, with first production expected in 2028.
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The USGS has said up to 19 million tons of lithium resource is contained in the briny waters of the Smackover formation in Arkansas.
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Wood Mackenzie analysis projects a full repeal of the Inflation Reduction Act is unlikely, while industry proponents urge permitting overhaul and loosening of burdensome regulations.
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A new type of porous material called a covalent organic framework quickly sucks up carbon dioxide from ambient air.
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Operator acquiring oil-weighted New Mexico assets of both Franklin Mountain Energy and Avant Natural Resources.
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The Denver-based independent is boosting its position in the Canadian shale play by 109,000 net acres, and about 70,000 BOE/D.
