Production
This article presents a comparative study evaluating four machine-learning approaches, including three deep-learning methods, for forecasting gas and condensate production over a 5-year horizon.
The investment underscores ExxonMobil’s pivot to Nigeria’s offshore after it finalized the divestiture of its onshore assets in the country.
The contracts build on Cairo’s decades-long strategic energy alliance with Moscow, which will soon include nuclear energy.
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The papers described here focus on novel unconventional horizontal downhole pump card signatures, carbon reduction through alternative energy to pump wells, and predicting downhole-discharge pressure of ESPs. -
Deepwater US Gulf field is now pumping hydrocarbons back to the Appomattox platform.
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The work covers integrated well construction services for the Búzios field off Brazil.
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This article describes how Oxy developed an in-house application to handle critical production operations tasks including surveillance, optimization, downtime entry, and well testing. The application, called Nexus, allows well analysts and production engineers to manage twice the number of wells they were able to manage just 5 years ago.
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The effects of aging and temperature on the performance of one-part “just add water” granite based geopolymers are studied for application in well cementing and abandonment. Further studied is the role of zinc as a strength enhancer over a long curing period.
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Chevron has some new ideas on how to get more oil for less cost out of shale wells in their early years.
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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 100 million BOE-plus find will be tied back to the Heidelberg spar.
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Angola leaves OPEC after 16 years to leverage its oil resources for economic growth.
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This paper describes a revamped methodology for field-development strategy formulation, particularly for marginal hydrocarbon resources, by shifting the mindset toward designing with an aim to value in order to improve project viability.
