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In this study, forward simulation is executed by a commercial reservoir simulator while external code is developed for backward calculations.
Findings from two new SPE papers argue that the tight-rock sector needs to rethink longstanding assumptions about how hydraulic fractures form underground.
The newest recipient of the title SPE Legend of Hydraulic Fracturing talks about his career, the evolution of fracture stimulation, the development of increasingly useful simulators, and the future of the oil and gas industry. The honor was given at the 2026 SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition.
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Kampala is drawing now on international experience to sidestep the “oil curse” before first crude flows from its Lake Albert developments.
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The contractor will install the flowline and related subsea equipment later this year for the Talos Energy-led development.
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If optimized to scale, fast fission reactors could play a role in reducing emissions in field operations by producing carbon-free electricity.
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The updated joint development agreement allows the companies to carve out new markets while they complete pilot testing at a demonstration plant in the Netherlands.
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Operator TotalEnergies wants to rework the EPC contract packages after initial bids challenged project economics.
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Texas has become an early hot spot for geothermal energy exploration as scores of former oil industry workers and executives are taking their knowledge to a new energy source.
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The project will implement two distinct carbon technologies aimed at capturing and storing carbon dioxide. Svante’s CEO Claude Letourneau describes his company’s solid-sorbent technology used in collaboration with Climeworks, one of the awarded companies.
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Electric conversion of these offshore platforms is expected to cut about 1.2 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions per year.
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The new vessels bring QatarEnergy’s fleet to 104 as the company ramps up production with its North Field expansion.
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The US supermajor aims to speed the commercialization of a new liquid solvent that strips carbon dioxide from industrial flue gas.