Asset Management
New insights from Chevron, Occidental Petroleum, and others at the SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference highlight the different paths companies are using to squeeze more out of tight rocks.
An update on SPE’s path to financial sustainability: stronger revenues, new partnerships, and emerging opportunities—from geothermal initiatives to AI-driven licensing—are improving the outlook. While challenges remain, recent progress highlights a more resilient Society and a forward-looking strategy focused on long-term member value.
Since the US arrested and removed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on 3 January 2026, all eyes have turned toward the country’s vast oil reserves, the largest of any country. From 2005 to 2024, oil production in Venezuela fell by 70%, from 3.1 million B/D to just 0.9 million B/D. The race is on to bring production back, but aging infrastructure and expatriation pre…
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In its 2024 outlook, Enverus expects 3-mile-long lateral sections to become a new normal in the Permian and suggests the budding geothermal and lithium arenas may be the real deal. -
The contractor was tapped by Offshore Frontier Solutions to provide electrical systems and associated digital solutions for ExxonMobil’s fifth FPSO in the region.
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Bakken oil production surprised on the upside showing it can grow, but an encore is not expected this year.
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The former company CFO has been acting as interim CEO since September 2023.
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The contractor will be responsible for both pipeline and platform installation related to Petronas’ ambitious CCS project offshore Sarawak.
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Solar and natural gas surged last year in the US, while wind stumbled.
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The acquisition will expand Talos’s deepwater US Gulf of Mexico footprint and increase annual production by an estimated 30,000 BOE/D.
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Two of the most established US independents are combining to form a natural gas powerhouse that will be given a new name later this year.
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The 100 million BOE-plus find will be tied back to the Heidelberg spar.
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Startup company LongPath Technologies has received conditional federal financing to install 1,000 methane detection towers spanning multiple US states.
