R&D/innovation
Findings from two new SPE papers argue that the tight-rock sector needs to rethink longstanding assumptions about how hydraulic fractures form underground.
The newest recipient of the title SPE Legend of Hydraulic Fracturing talks about his career, the evolution of fracture stimulation, the development of increasingly useful simulators, and the future of the oil and gas industry. The honor was given at the 2026 SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition.
SLB's and Baker Hughes' partnerships with NVIDIA and Google Cloud, respectively, will develop advanced AI-enabled power optimization and sustainability solutions for the global data center sector.
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If you’ve lived in areas with cold winters—really cold winters—you’ll applaud this research. It holds the potential to further the goal of decarbonization of the building industry plus improve comfort. -
The mood in the global oil and gas business is looking up, but the times are changing as reflected in this selection of some of the most-read JPT articles of the year.
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Totally automated drilling today looks like a robot doing all the heavy lifting on a drilling floor. By 2025, there may no longer be anything surprising about it.
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The failure of the Raptor rig to drill its first-ever well offers a short history of the challenges that came with creating the first automated drilling rig.
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The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company took four of the nine awards presented at the 2021 Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference.
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Winners of the triennial awards will be announced at the 23rd World Petroleum Congress in Houston.
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Contractor, operators will work to bring thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) flowline and riser technology to market.
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Additive manufacturing can alleviate and avoid long, expensive production shutdowns and reduce supply chain carbon footprints. Key to unlocking this potential is building trust in “printed” parts.
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SwRI’s EZ Flow treatment process is intended to cut down on cost and energy intensity of heavy-crude pipeline transportation.
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Alumina Energy, Ionada, Parasanti, and SurgePower Materials will join the industrial scaling program at Halliburton Labs in Houston.
