Technology
As video game technology has evolved, so have the ways in which this technology can be used in the oil and gas industry.
Five key themes to AI's success including standardization, automation, integration, scalability, and continuous improvement can provide a clear roadmap for effective AI deployment, addressing challenges and driving sustainability across the subsurface energy sector.
TWA editor in chief and University of Oklahoma alumnus Aman Srivastava interviews the professors and students in the university's petroleum engineering department about the cutting-edge research YPs are participating in.
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Early in its development, the Cline shale was hyped as the next Eagle Ford or Bakken with more oil and gas than they have combined. -
Shell's Hamed Soroush talks about geomechanics—the oil and gas industry's missing link.
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Shell's Salil Banerjee talks about the challenges of mature oil fields.
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Chevron's Thais McComb and the University of Wyoming's Brian Towler give their perspectives on tackling mature field development.
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Schlumberger's Kenny Campbell and Rod Smith talk about the process of permanently abandoning a well, managing the cost of abandonment, and ensuring that activities comply with applicable regulatory requirements.
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A discussion of how surfactants (soap) can improve recovery and revive mature oil fields.
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The significance of mature assets to the operations of companies large and small.
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The growing desire of offshore operators to speed up subsea field development while reducing costs has fostered many compelling innovations.
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The new Olympus tension leg platform (TLP) is the largest in the US Gulf of Mexico, with more than twice the displacement of the neighboring Mars TLP. It marks a leap forward in safety, improved operation time, and increased production capacity.
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ValvTechnologies added bidirectional flow capabilities to its existing V1 valve product line. The company said it is the first backpressure-resistant, metal-seated ball valve on the market. In applications such as boiler feed recirculation valves, feedwater heater isolation bypass valves, and feedwater isolation bypass block valves, the V1 prevents the load spring fro…
