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Electricity produced onshore powers oil production at Johan Sverdrup holding CO₂ emissions at only 5% of the global average.
This article is the third in a Q&A series from the SPE Research and Development Technical Section focusing on emerging energy technologies. In this piece, Zikri Bayraktar, a senior machine learning engineer with SLB’s Software Technology and Innovation Center, discusses the expanding use of artificial intelligence in the upstream sector.
Successful in other applications, self-healing coatings could be the oil industry’s ticket to fighting corrosion and extending the life of steel.
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Wind power keeps rising across the globe, while new solar plant developments light up Louisiana and Texas. -
Louisiana-based Commonwealth LNG project takes another step closer to FID with EQT HOA.
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Machine learning has been shown to have a promising role in oil and gas explorations in recent years. Among the applications, determining a proper location for injection and production wells along with their optimal operating conditions is a complex problem.
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The Oklahoma independent agreed to acquire the assets of three private companies in its quest to scale up in the Permian's Delaware Basin.
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Consortiums led by ExxonMobil, TotalEnergies lead the charge into the blocks offered in the oft-delayed offshore parcel auction.
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Suriname's wait to become a significant oil producer may be nearing an end as the French supermajor begins early development studies.
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The discovery in the US Gulf of Mexico was tied back to the existing Shenzi tension-leg platform.
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Diamondback Energy has agreed to spin off its water operations. Now, who’s next?
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High demand for offshore services makes for robust charter rates.
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Bernard Looney resigns, Murray Auchincloss takes over as acting CEO.
