Onshore/Offshore Facilities
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.
The long-term outlook analysis says a potential shift toward new construction could push 2026 production 3% above 2025 levels.
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Forecast sees 12% boost in the region’s crude production by the end of 2022. -
An autonomous robot will be deployed on an offshore platform for the first time by Equinor. The operator plans to use it as its eyes and sensors on future platforms where humans will visit only intermittently.
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Under pressure from the Kingdom to help boost the private sector’s contribution to Saudi Arabia’s GDP to 65% by 2030, Aramco secures a cash payout of $12.4 billion in one of the world’s largest energy infrastructure deals ever.
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Total’s $5.1-billion Lake Albert development with CNOOC brings Uganda into the club of oil-producing nations while it positions the French major as the dominant player in African oil and gas.
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The Sakaka solar plant, the country’s first large-scale renewable-energy project, is planned as the first of eight such projects.
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This paper presents a field trial that compares multiple methane detection and quantification methods and compares the measurements with engineering estimates of emissions.
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The US Army Corps of Engineers deferred any decision to shut the line back to the district court.
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Forecasters are predicting the sixth ‘above-average’ Atlantic storm season in a row.
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The organization has published new procedures designed to provide the required safety level in transporting CO2 by pipelines and strengthen the development of carbon capture and storage projects.
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The honorees will be recognized later this year at the OTC Distinguished Achievement Awards Luncheon.
