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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Development of these offshore fields carries a combined price tag net to Aker BP of $19 billion. -
TC Energy said it has is no timetable for restarting the 600,000 B/D pipeline that stretches from Alberta to Texas.
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Rights to five lease tracts offshore California have been awarded to five separate operators.
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The company also recently secured a long-term deal with ConocoPhillips for 5 mtpa of LNG.
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The Evolution Pipeline System will help to mitigate Permian Basin seismicity through produced water recycling and diversion of produced water from areas of high seismicity.
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A successful round of sea trials moved the seismic technology company Blue Ocean Seismic Services closer to operational scaleup and commercial operations of its data-collection network.
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I would like to highlight the following works as promising technological developments for production and facilities: innovative measurement techniques, improvements to drilling safety, new developments in piping inspection, and a very interesting study of triangular vs. circular cross-sectional pipes.
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The paper highlights the importance of adopting good practices when planning for decommissioning throughout the life cycle of a petroleum project.
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This paper presents a survey of air/water and air/water/sand flow through circular and triangular pipes to study potential effects of triangular pipe geometry.
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By 2030, deepwater production is expected to rise 60%, but after that, reduced leasing and exploration could limit this small slice of the sector.
