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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A recent mission that saw the robot submarine Autosub Long Range, better known as "Boaty McBoatface," explore and visually map end-of-life oil fields has been hailed as a success. -
QatarEnergy and ExxonMobil are optimizing global marketing of US LNG ahead of the Golden Pass LNG export terminal startup.
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Egypt bags its newest wind project with UAE to feed future electrical flows regionally and eventually to Europe.
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Britain’s North Sea Transition Authority is removing the requirement for offshore operators to submit Cessation of Production reports when preparing to abandon a field.
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Emirates operator signs manufacturing agreements with 25 companies to manufacture oilfield components in-country.
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The authors of this paper discuss a robust omniphobic surface treatment material shown to significantly reduce the adhesion of flow-assurance solids.
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This paper presents software used to understand how foams can alleviate slugging in pipelines.
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The authors of this paper describe a study of magnesian calcite particles forming hard, inhibitor-resistant calcium-carbonate-like deposits and potential mitigation measures.
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US GOM players have come out of the pandemic slowdown with new perspectives on spending and cycle times and are targeting finds that can utilize existing hardware instead of those that require new iron.
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Flow assurance effects from slugging and various types of solids deposition during engineering, design, maintenance, and operations still create challenging technical issues needing safe, economical solutions. The recurring long-term mitigation of flow assurance phenomena such as the deposition of wax, erosion, asphaltenes, corrosion, and salt, still demands attention…
