December 2025

The November/December 2025 issue of Oilfield Technology focuses on how the upstream sector is modernising to stay efficient, competitive, and lower-carbon. It explores decarbonising drilling operations, improving performance through advanced monitoring and drilling technologies, reshoring and strengthening supply chains, enhancing offshore inspections, and tightening cybersecurity. Together, the articles highlight a sector pushing towards greater efficiency, resilience, and sustainability across the full lifecycle of oilfield operations.

This month's front cover is brought to you by Viriden.

Guest comment
Mark Green, Founder, Change Rebellion.

Net-zero by design
Andrew Morris, Group Commercial Manager, TWMA, investigates optimising drilling waste management to meet net-zero targets.

Curbing GHG emissions and costs
Michael Weidenfeller, Product Strategy Manager for Drilling and Mobile Power Applications, Caterpillar Oil & Gas, highlights how fuel-flexible dual-fuel engine technology is an important and reliable solution to reduce diesel consumption on oil and gas rigs.

The new model for oilfield chemicals
Jon Rogers, GM of Centrium Energy Solutions, USA, explores how reshoring chemical supply and forming technical partnerships can help mid-sized and regional oilfield service providers remain competitive amid global supply chain disruptions, rising costs, and performance demands.

Why automated mineralogy is gaining ground
Salomé Larmier, Thermo Fisher Scientific, explains how automated mineralogy systems can enable more efficient resource extraction across a range of complex subsurface applications.

Promoting progress
Karl Lanes and Aravinth Rajagopalan, Emerson, discuss how new control valve specifications aim to promote progress within the oil and gas industry.

Beyond the dashboard
Egill Abrahamsen, Vice President and Principle Drilling & Well Specialist, Sekal AS, Norway, details how advanced, real-time predictive monitoring systems are transforming offshore drilling operations.

A Q&A with Elemental Energies and Oilfield Technology: decomissioning oil and gas assets
Julie Copland, Head of Wells, Elemental Energies, and Iain Farrow, Elemental Archer JV Manager, answer questions regarding decommissioning oil and gas assets.

Drilling down on cyber-security
Brittany Bacon and Adam Solomon, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, provide a comprehensive overview of cybersecurity risks, regulations, and best practices in the US oil and gas industry.

Enhancing drilling performance in demanding environments
Michael Bailey and Alex Benson, NOV, explain how advanced drill bit platforms can enhance drilling performance in demanding environments.

Revolutionising offshore inspections
Alex Clark, Chief Commercial Officer, Interocean, details how companies can revolutionise offshore inspections with the use of UAV-based ultrasonic thickness measurement (UTM) technology.

December 2025

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