Emerging Oilfield Technologies

In an industry that rarely slows down, memory can be a powerful engineering tool. Not in terms of nostalgia, but in perspective. Many of the activities that constituted daily operations have been so deeply transformed that new generations of engineers may never have experienced them before.

Digital drilling technologies are enabling a shift toward more predictive, efficient, and sustainable operations.

A smart safety helmet with physiological monitoring, gas detection, and real-time location tracking for emergencies was the winning concept at this year's SPE Students Technical Symposium and Exhibition.

The Drilling Fluids Research and Innovation laboratory will study and develop drilling fluids solutions.

The oil and gas sector stands on the edge of a digital revolution, yet legacy systems and resistance to change continue to hold it back. I reflect on my experience in digital drilling and argue that the industry’s biggest barrier isn’t technology itself, but the culture that surrounds it.

Rajiv Nischal, head of ONGC’s Institute of Production Engineering and Ocean Technology (IPEOT), shares the company's latest developments in technology, sustainability, safety, and more.

Digital transformation in the oil and gas industry is likened to a major home renovation—requiring a clear vision, skilled collaboration, patience, and investment in lasting solutions. Though the process is challenging, the end goal is an improved, future-ready operation.

Explore the methodologies, field applications, design optimization, and environmental challenges of fishbone drilling and how it can be used in both conventional and renewable energy systems.

Explore the importance of customized approaches for managing produced water from unconventional reservoirs, focusing on extraction methods like horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, and modern treatment techniques such as advanced filtration, electrocoagulation, and biological processes.

This article provides a mirror between the past and the present of well intervention technologies, including R&D to advance to downhole robots and autonomous intervention methods.