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Could AI uncover overlooked hydrocarbons in mature basins? A Norwegian Continental Shelf demonstration and Byrding case study show how AI can connect decades of subsurface data to identify potential missed pay and support geological validation.
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- @INEOS is marking a decade of U.S. #shale ethane supply to its Grangemouth complex, with more than 400 shipments received since the first purpose-built Dragon Ship arrived in Scotland in 2016.
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- @WeAreOxy and Valaris have received the Center for Offshore Safety's 2026 Safety Leadership Awards for digital technologies designed to identify emerging risks and strengthen safety across offshore operations.
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For decades, energy policy has centered on what the world produces today. The harder question regards what the industry is prepared to produce tomorrow. The next crisis will turn on who can replace what is lost, and how quickly. @EnergyWorkforce
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Comstock Resources and @SOCARofficial have advanced their planned $1.65 billion #Haynesville partnership with a framework agreement, while exploring opportunities to market gas from the assets as LNG internationally.
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Well interventions have always carried an element of uncertainty, from depth correlation to placement accuracy. SLB's ExaCT™ electrical downhole CT control system aims to close that gap.
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#Subsea operators and technology providers are expanding collaboration on AI, asset integrity and #digitalization with the launch of the next phase of Tide Breaker, which uses real #offshore data to develop new subsea solutions. @OEUK_
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- @TotalEnergies, @SOCARofficial and XRG have taken FID on the full-field Absheron development offshore #Azerbaijan, targeting 6 Bcma of gas and 47,000 bpd of condensate from 2029.
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- @exxonmobil and @SOCARofficial have formed a joint venture to explore and develop unconventional oil and gas resources in #Azerbaijan’s Middle Kura basin, taking U.S. #shale expertise into a new international play.
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top read of the week -- @SuperiorEnergy has agreed to acquire Welltec International, adding robotic well intervention and proprietary completions technologies while expanding its international and offshore footprint.
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- @Energyandoceans will support Allseas’ single-lift removal of @Equinor’s Statfjord A topside, with Pioneering Spirit’s lifting capacity upgraded to 60,000 tonnes for the North Sea decommissioning project.
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Navitas Petroleum has assumed operatorship of Block 1 CBK offshore South Africa, where the partners have identified more than 3.6 Bbbl of unrisked prospective oil resources and plan two exploration wells.
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Early decisions made during FEED can shape an FPSO’s performance for decades. Swagelok examines how fluid system design, material selection and standardization during FEED can improve reliability, simplify construction & reduce costly changes offshore.
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NEW: @WorldOil editor-in-chief Kurt Abraham reflects on a strong ONS 2026 as offshore activity continues to outperform, while examining warnings that the UK risks losing North Sea jobs & investment before new energy industries are ready to replace them.
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- @texasrrc Commissioner Wayne Christian is urging oil and gas operators to strengthen #cybersecurity defenses following recent attacks involving Texas-bound energy vessels and federal warnings over threats to critical infrastructure.
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Greenland Energy Company and 80 Mile have extended the deadlines for two Jameson Land exploration wells through 2028 as permitting work advances for the East Greenland drilling program.
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SLB has won four three-year contracts from @aramco to provide integrated well construction services for more than 450 oil and gas wells across Saudi Arabia, with options for two-year extensions.
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SLB has won an OQEP contract to expand the Bisat-B production facility in Oman to 548,000 bpd of gross fluids handling capacity, with completion targeted within 19 months.
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- @Subsea7Official has won a contract extension for Türkiye’s Sakarya Phase 3 gas development, adding towing and mooring work for the project’s floating production unit ahead of 2028 commissioning.
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#BREAKING -- Eni has secured a 100% interest in the deepwater Sapukala exploration block in Indonesia’s Kutei basin, adding acreage near its existing portfolio and the North Hub gas discoveries.
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