Onshore/Offshore Facilities
Despite significant progress in capturing associated gas for domestic use, Iraq remains the world’s third-largest gas-flaring country as it aims for higher oil and gas production targets.
The 2026 Upstream Scale Guidelines establish a common workflow for field measurements, scale modeling, and risk assessment to support more consistent operational decisions.
Shell has reached FID on LNG Canada Phase 2, a major expansion that will double the Kitimat facility’s LNG export capacity to 28 mtpa and strengthen long-term supply to growing Asian markets.
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The 100 million BOE-plus find will be tied back to the Heidelberg spar. -
The Ksi Lisims floating LNG facility is planned to be the world's lowest emission-intensity LNG facility and net-zero ready by 2030.
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Woodside Energy's Trion field offshore Mexico features a four-column semisubmersible FPU with a production capacity of 100,000 BOPD.
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The producer’s Lime Rock and Venice discoveries were brought on stream in late December.
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Located in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, the Willow project is estimated to produce 180,000 BOPD at its peak.
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Production from the Sparta field is expected to start in 2028.
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A pilot project will explore onboard carbon capture for container ships, and two heavy-hitters are teaming up to find decarbonization paths in the Asia Pacific region. Elsewhere, wind and solar are on track to pass coal in the race to generate electricity.
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The deal is subject to Mexico Pacific taking a final investment decision on the proposed third train at the Saguaro Energia LNG Project on Mexico’s Pacific Coast.
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The well was spudded from the new Azeri Central East platform in the giant ACG field in the Caspian Sea.
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It seems that it has been a very productive period for production and facilities. I reviewed a significant number of abstracts on such an interesting variety of topics—new technology developments down- and midstream, improvements in corrosion detection and prediction, new systems for emulsion monitoring, and even downhole drones.
