Asset Management
Operators struggle to understand proppant placement beyond the fracture, and that’s the information that could be the key to boosting EUR.
High-risk, high-reward projects focused on stimulation, enhanced recovery, and field-scale deployment are eligible under the DOE’s new UNLOCK initiative.
Industry forecasts point to increasing upstream expenditure and production, even as geopolitical volatility and smaller discoveries challenge project economics.
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Nearly 90% of geothermal capacity built since 2000 is binary cycle. -
ExxonMobil is reluctant to join other big oil companies writing down the value of their reserves. It could chop its reserves by 20%, but it has not made a final decision.
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The Pennsylvania-based producer will leave Louisiana where profiting from tight-gas fields has proven difficult and focus on its legacy assets in the Marcellus Shale.
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Supermajor announces actions to achieve net-zero ambition and reshape business. It also noted that it will not seek to explore in countries where it does not already have upstream activities.
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Citing impacts from COVID-19, Noble Corp. is entering into a prearranged agreement with its bondholders that will give it a fresh start with a new line of credit.
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A pilot project was initiated to classify oil and gas projects in Mexico using the United Nations Framework Classification.
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Saudi Aramco has suspended the contract for the Seadrill co-owned jackup drilling rig for up to 1 year.
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Brazilian oil and gas company Petrobras has reached a production record on Búzios field located in the Santos Basin pre-salt offshore Brazil.
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Lukoil has begun wildcat drilling at an exploration well at the Shirotno-Rakushechnaya prospect structure, located north of the V.I. Grayfer field in the Caspian Sea.
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The calls for change and transition in the industry are ubiquitous and emanating from within and outside of the industry.
