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Young Professionals Leading the Energy Transition: Insights From SPE’s Beyond the Borders Initiative
In March, 27 young professionals representing 15 SPE sections and 12 countries convened in Paris for the first edition of SPE Beyond the Borders 2025. The event served as a unique platform for cross-cultural dialogue and forward-looking discussions about the role of YPs in the energy transition.
Using emergency procedures, the permitting timeline is expected to be significantly reduced from years to weeks, in some cases.
The latest deepwater exploration well offshore Namibia has found 38 m of net pay and flowed more than 11,000 BOPD of 37 °API oil during testing.
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The company has tapped Bechtel to complete the front-end engineering and design study of the expansion, which would add 20 mtpa of LNG production capacity. -
The UK company will purchase oil producing acreage across the northern part of the south Texas Eagle Ford shale play.
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Equinor advances Irpa and Verdande field development projects closer to first oil with a raft of contract awards.
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Wind projects take center stage around the world, while Canada finalizes a geothermal energy project. In Finland, construction begins on the country’s first industrial-scale green hydrogen facility.
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An International Energy Forum report says oil and gas upstream capital expenditures increased to their highest level since 2014 but more is needed.
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Wood Mackenzie said "advantaged barrels" that are cheap to extract and with low emissions represent less than a third of untapped resources.
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Nabors expanded its push beyond the oil business by acquiring an Australian solar power company selling a round-the-clock power technology.
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New funding aims to launch up to seven pilots to help expand the deployment of enhanced geothermal systems.
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QatarEnergy’s acquisition of a 30% interest in E&P blocks offshore Lebanon with TotalEnergies and Eni expands the company’s East Med portfolio while enabling the Emirate to help mediate Beirut’s longstanding political and economic crisis.
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The funding is for 33 research and development projects which will tackle the technical challenges of capturing CO2.
