Management

Uncertainty comes in all scales and dimensions. This challenges us to learn at all scales possible, from the fume hoods in the laboratory to magnificently exposed outcrops and through deep narrow boreholes that drill through subsurface reservoirs. The combined efforts often convert learnings to actionable intelligence.

The topics covered in JPT’s Technology Focus feature span the breadth of the upstream industry. A review of these topics over the years illustrates the changes that have affected E&P professionals.

Longtime JPT Technology Editor Dennis Denney discusses his career at SPE and the development of the magazine’s Technology Focus feature.

Two supermajors exit California, and the US put the brakes on permits to export LNG.

The Libra Consortium, led by Brazil’s Petrobras, has developed a method of separating carbon dioxide from reservoir fluids at the seafloor rather than the FPSO topsides.

In this paper, the effect of cold-water injection on pressure transient analysis (PTA) of geothermal reservoirs is studied by varying the temperature of the injected cold water from room temperature to reservoir temperature.

This paper presents a case study on injectivity tests to prove the concept of carbon capture, use, and sequestration capability, describing the design of surface and downhole testing systems, lessons learned, and recommendations.

Fresh commitments cover expansion work on the Al-Shaheen field that is expected to add 100,000 B/D of oil production once completed.

COP28’s “last in, last out” approach lets developing countries profit from oil and gas now to invest later in a clean energy future.

Oil giant looks to shed Canadian tight-oil assets as it moves to wrap up merger with rival Hess.