R&D/innovation
The North Sea Transition Authority’s latest UKCS Technology Survey highlights emerging trends in innovation and deployment priorities across 46 operators. The 2025 data set offers a basinwide snapshot of how cutting-edge technologies are advancing efficiency, integrity, and net-zero performance in the UK North Sea.
The Texas-based geothermal company said it set a new temperature record and achieved strong drilling performance in its first enhanced geothermal pilot.
Growing energy transition investment highlights oil and gas technologies as key enablers.
-
The US supermajor is using one of its lowest-value hydrocarbon products to generate double-digit production increases in its most prolific US asset. -
With the right infrastructure and interoperability, subsea resident robotics could unlock more frequent, cost-effective inspections—and a new standard for offshore efficiency.
-
Emerging solutions could solve current subsea pain points, while a new taxonomy system could clarify the capabilities of the expanding domain of underwater vehicles.
-
As US shale potentially stares at a production plateau, operators and service providers are turning to smarter tools to extend the life of aging plays.
-
This article is the third in a Q&A series from the SPE Research and Development Technical Section focusing on emerging energy technologies. In this piece, Zikri Bayraktar, a senior machine learning engineer with SLB’s Software Technology and Innovation Center, discusses the expanding use of artificial intelligence in the upstream sector.
-
Successful in other applications, self-healing coatings could be the oil industry’s ticket to fighting corrosion and extending the life of steel.
-
The service giant shares how its new technology can sense rock properties 50 ft ahead of the bit in horizontal wells.
-
Gold H2 says it is the first to achieve commercial-scale hydrogen production by introducing microbes to a mature oil reservoir.
-
The Dutch marine contractor says it plans to outfit its construction vessels with small modular reactors over 5 years.
-
New strides in computer vision, well controls indicators, and BOP alignment were showcased at the recent Offshore Technology Conference.
