Drilling

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November 04, 2021
President Joe Biden should “back off” from domestic anti-oil policies if he wants to keep crude prices in check, according to one of America’s biggest shale drillers.
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November 03, 2021
Shale driller Diamondback Energy Inc. is bracing for a 10% jump in costs next year amid supply-chain snarls rippling through the oil industry.
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November 03, 2021
“It’s hypocritical to kill clean fossil fuel jobs here in America claiming it ensures a clean environment, and then beg our foreign adversaries to produce more using much less environment-friendly methods," Railroad Commission of Texas Chairman Wayne Christian said in a statement.
Webcast

Drilling Automation 4.0: From remote systems to reservoir navigation

December 09, 2021
Drilling automation, Oil and Gas Industry, Automated Reservoir Navigation
Drilling automation is revolutionizing the way our industry approaches well construction. In this webcast, subject-matter experts will discuss current expectations within the oil and gas industry for these digital systems and solutions. They will examine some of the ongoing applications of this technology and what to expect moving forward. This discussion will also include an exclusive look at results from the first-ever application of automated reservoir navigation. Following the presentation, the speakers will answer your questions regarding the current state of drilling automation and its potential to transform our industry.
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Drilling Innovations & Technology Forum: Fall 2021

November 10, 2021
Schlumberger, PatSnap
Advances in drilling technology increasingly require collaboration by traditional drilling players with partners outside the core of the oil & gas industry. Identifying who can provide the missing innovation pieces – whether it is a technology company to develop software for an advanced exploration system, or an academic researcher with expertise in an obscure chemical discipline – is a critical step for innovation in drilling. Join PatSnap to learn how connected innovation intelligence tools and techniques can be used to empower the drilling industry to discover and collaborate with the best possible partners.
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November 02, 2021
Diamondback Energy Inc. just gave one of the first shale production forecasts for next year, and it’s holding pat.
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November 02, 2021
The Biden administration is launching an assault on methane Tuesday, advancing initiatives across government - and the globe - to keep the potent, heat-trapping gas from escaping landfills, oil wells and farms.
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October 28, 2021
As U.S. House Democrats inch closer to striking a deal on a massive Budget Reconciliation package with their counterparts in the Senate, it is important to note the potential implications for jobs in the upstream sector of the U.S. oil and gas industry.
Webcast

Insights to Optimize Geosteering

October 12, 2021
Schlumberger
Join Schlumberger’s Vera Wibowo and Jean-Michel Denichou as they discuss the latest advancement in geosteering services with the PeriScope Edge, a recently introduced deep resistive LWD technology. The pair discuss how geosteering has become a fundamental part of modern field development, where simple geometric target drilling could result in far less than optimal recovery and increased non-productive time.
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October 19, 2021
Banks are gradually offering more credit to U.S. shale oil and natural gas producers as the industry recovers from last year’s contraction and energy prices rally.
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October 14, 2021
A coastal California county’s attempt to curb new oil and gas development suffered another blow when an appeals court upheld a ruling striking down a ban on new wells and hydraulic fracturing.
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October 13, 2021
Halliburton Company released the iStar Intelligent Drilling and Logging Platform, a comprehensive measurement platform comprising multiple services for greater control of drilling and logging operations.
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October 12, 2021
The GoRigless ESP System is a proprietary through-tubing deployment and slickline-retrieval technology for AccessESP high-performance permanent magnet motors and industry-standard ESP pumps.
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October 11, 2021
Apache Corporation has ended routine flaring in its U.S. onshore operations, achieving one of its 2021 ESG goals three months ahead of schedule.
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October 11, 2021
Oil prices around $80 a barrel are once again spurring a revival of shale drilling in America’s biggest oil field, where production is expected to return to pre-pandemic highs within weeks.
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October 07, 2021
Oil explorers need to raise drilling budgets by 54% to more than half a trillion dollars to forestall a significant supply deficit in the next few years, according to Moody’s Investors Service Inc.
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October 06, 2021
U.S. shale oil production will expand at a “modest rate” over the next 18 months even as prices touch multiyear highs, leaving OPEC in a powerful position as the world cries out for more barrels.
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September 30, 2021
Schlumberger and AVEVA announced an agreement to integrate edge, AI and cloud digital solutions to help operators optimize oil and gas production.
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September 29, 2021
America’s oil producers are boosting output at a slower place as record costs hammer the shale patch, according to a survey of industry executives.
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September 24, 2021
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland suggested a sharply limited role for fossil fuel extraction on U.S. federal lands and waters in her most expansive comments yet on the administration’s overhaul of oil and gas leasing.
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September 21, 2021
Aquaterra Energy has signed a partnership with renewable hydrogen producer and supplier Lhyfe and offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling to develop an innovative concept for offshore green hydrogen production in the North Sea.
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