JPT Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Review
This selection of cutting-edge articles spotlights how experimental concepts are now driving cost-saving strategies in unconventional development. It’s a reminder that innovation often comes from creative thinking, not just new tools or tech partnerships. Read more here.
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Discovery yields the largest hydrocarbon column to date in the Dussafu Marin license offshore Gabon.
The new company, to be called Whitecap, will be the largest Alberta Montney and Duvernay landholder, sporting 370,000 BOE/D in combined production.
Finalists will present their technologies before the judging panel on 24 March, and the recipient of the award will be announced 25 March during the SPE/ICoTA Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition.
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Technology and partnerships play a pivotal role in how the oil industry finds and produces energy from frontier regions and brownfields, both now and in the future. -
Kuwait Petroleum’s managing director of planning and finance said that more investment will be needed to keep Kuwait’s mature oil fields flowing while production is brought on stream.
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Data quality and mission clarity matter more than ever, according to experts speaking at this year’s International Petroleum Technology Conference in Kuala Lumpur.
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As we turn the page on our 75th anniversary, JPT’s recent visit to the UAE offers a front-row seat of what some of the industry’s biggest players see coming.
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In the Marcellus, Repsol is slicing and dicing legacy data to evolve its completions strategy, while in the Permian, ExxonMobil is mastering the 4-mile lateral drillout using lessons learned. -
The service giant shares new details about its automated fracturing spreads that slash human operator workload by 88%. -
Field examples of operators using chemical restimulation to boost production in aging unconventional wells as an alternative to acid treatments. -
Two new studies from completions experts suggest the global upstream industry has a major opportunity in medium-quality reservoirs.
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This month’s column reviews the evolution of our membership, focusing on young professional members whose demography is a point of concern.
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SponsoredElectrical submersible pumps (ESPs) are the backbone of artificial lift operations, enabling the extraction of hydrocarbons from challenging reservoirs. However, their effectiveness is often compromised by the extreme downhole environment, characterized by soaring temperatures, high pressures, and exposure to aggressive fluids. -
SponsoredWhile WACC is frequently used as the base discount rate for corporate-level decision-making, using it as a universal discount rate for projects can result in inaccurate project valuations. Incorporating the opportunity cost of capital provides a more nuanced and accurate approach to project evaluation. -
SponsoredTesting new drilling technology in a controlled and monitored environment before it is launched to its full extent in the field—that is what the Rijswijk Center for Sustainable Geo-energy is all about. -
SponsoredThis article explores the intricacies of this age-old problem, outlining the causes, consequences, and costs of gas locking, as well as highlighting a novel approach to mitigation that has recently been validated by computational fluid dynamics research.
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Closed-loop geothermal systems have entered the new-energy arena to generate electricity using the underground as a heat exchanger.
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Geothermal systems, which rely on extracting heat from deep within the Earth, face many of the same technical challenges that oil and gas operators have tackled for decades. Geothermal development can be advanced efficiently and economically by applying proven oil and gas technologies.
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The companies have announced they will work together to integrate geothermal well engineering and project delivery globally.
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The companies said they plan to work together on developing geopressured geothermal systems for low-carbon energy storage and geothermal power generation.
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