Production
North Sea operators produced an additional 16 million BOE from 56 reinstated wells in 2025 as improved intervention efficiency lowered costs and helped restore shut-in assets to production, according to the NSTA.
This contributed article highlights the growing importance of fiber-optic sensing and its potential to advance thanks to emerging quantum technologies.
The DOE-backed EGS-Twin project aims to simulate geothermal production systems, helping operators better predict performance and maximize output.
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The paper aims to address the challenges and opportunities in managing produced water and its contaminants in the petroleum industry. -
At SPE’s Permian Basin Energy Conference, operators shared behind-the-scenes details on innovations such as drilling horseshoe wells and trimulfrac completions along with in-basin challenges such as handling produced water.
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The USGS has said up to 19 million tons of lithium resource is contained in the briny waters of the Smackover formation in Arkansas.
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The late-season hurricane caused damage across western Cuba and now is setting its sights on the US Gulf of Mexico.
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The SPE IOR-EOR Terminology Review Committee has released its recommendations for the use of IOR, EOR, and newly introduced term, assisted oil recovery (AOR).
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ExxonMobil developed an automated system to identify nonproductive and underperforming Permian Basin wells and prioritize high-volume wells to return to production.
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The birthplace of Royal Dutch Shell, Indonesia and Malaysia, buck trends and grow their gas and oil industries, expecting a record number of final investment decisions in the next 4 years in gas, deep water, and carbon capture projects to support Southeast Asia’s booming economic growth.
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Technology uptake aimed at optimizing resources, delivering consistency, and augmenting what humans can do.
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This study explores the potential of locally produced surfactants for enhanced oil recovery in high-temperature and high-salinity reservoir environments.
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SponsoredThis article explores the intricacies of this age-old problem, outlining the causes, consequences, and costs of gas locking, as well as highlighting a novel approach to mitigation that has recently been validated by computational fluid dynamics research.
