Production
The 2026 Upstream Scale Guidelines establish a common workflow for field measurements, scale modeling, and risk assessment to support more consistent operational decisions.
The long-term outlook analysis says a potential shift toward new construction could push 2026 production 3% above 2025 levels.
Lower operating expenditures and a changing asset mix helped UKCS operators cut average production costs by 9% year over year, despite relatively flat production levels, according to the NSTA.
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Three-year plus options deal could generate around $50 million in revenues for subsea contractor. -
Record prices and the need for energy security are driving US LNG market momentum.
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Equinor advances Irpa and Verdande field development projects closer to first oil with a raft of contract awards.
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An International Energy Forum report says oil and gas upstream capital expenditures increased to their highest level since 2014 but more is needed.
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The deepwater US Gulf of Mexico is the template for Shell's Whale development due online in 2024.
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State of Energy report also sees a widening role for natural gas due to robust global LNG demand.
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Environmental report recommends shrinking the Alaska project to three drilling sites from the five initially proposed by ConocoPhillips.
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The authors of this paper show the migration of a CO2 plume within a depleted carbonate reservoir and the expected effects of CO2 saturation and pressure buildups during injection on time lapse 4D seismic for conformance monitoring.
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The biggest sand haul ever reported by service provider Enercorp is a reminder that proppant flowback is a mounting challenge for shale producers.
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A big jump in the tax incentives offered for putting CO2 in the ground, hopefully forever, has set off a mad rush to sequester CO2. But is that really the best option?
