Asset Management
The deal includes Waygate’s inspection portfolios and is expected to close later this year.
An asset swap with PDVSA helps consolidate the supermajor’s heavy-oil operations in the country.
Co-owner Chevron confirmed the find at the Bandit prospect offshore Louisiana and suggested it may become a subsea tieback to existing faciltiies operated by Occidental Petroleum.
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An economic analysis of a wellbore methodology in natural gas fields that uses gasification of methane within the wellbore (not within the reservoir) for hydrogen production while incorporating simultaneous sequestration of carbon. This new methodology offers significant energy and cost savings in addition to zero carbon being produced to the surface. -
If confirmed, the 14 billion BOE believed to lie at the bottom of the East Sea could satisfy Korea’s gas demand for 29 years.
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The SPE/IADC Asia Pacific Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition will offer opportunities to exchange views, deliberate solutions for prevailing challenges, and enhance operational efficiency through collaboration and sharing of best practices.
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The deepwater Gulf of Mexico project in the Paleogene will require a 20K-psi production semisubmersible.
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Mooring operations underway following arrival of the GTA FPSO on-site at the maritime border of Mauritania and Senegal.
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PTSC Mechanical & Construction will execute the turnkey agreement covering a large, fixed platform.
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Occidental Petroleum is teaming up with its largest shareholder, Berkshire Hathaway, to commercialize lithium extraction in California.
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The project to stabilize and maintain the gas field’s production plateau supports Algeria’s bid to underpin its growing role in supplying European gas markets.
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Hunt Energy Network invested $10 million into Quidnet to help scale up the company’s concept for geopressured energy storage to the tune of 300 MW.
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A new kind of groupie is interested in the heavy metal band Metallica’s tour in Europe, including Shell, big-rig and electric vehicle manufacturers, and producers of hydrogen, biofuels, and LNG. It has less to do with the music than the alternative fuels keeping the buses rolling on the 2-month, 7,200-mile journey across nine countries.
