Upstream news
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.
Wood Mackenzie reveals five corporate oil and gas themes to look out for in 2026
Share buybacks at risk as companies face toughest strategic balancing act yet.
Viridien completes reimaging of BM-S-2 multi-client survey in Brazil’s southern Santos Basin
Viridien successfully completes BM-S-2 seismic reimaging project in the southern Santos Basin.
EZOps partners with Midland College to equip future oilfield workforce
EZOps partners with Midland College to empower future oilfield workforce with digital technology.
Saipem: third extension of contract with Aker BP for Scarabeo 8 for offshore drilling activities in Norway into 2028
Saipem announces that Aker BP has exercised a new option to extend the contract for the semi-submersible drilling unit Scarabeo 8, prolonging its deployment for an additional year.
Shell invests in Kaikias waterflood to unlock production in Gulf of Mexico
Water will be injected to displace additional oil in the reservoir formation which supplies production to Shell’s Ursa platform in the Mars Corridor.
DeepOcean selected as Vår Energi’s IMR partner
The contract has a firm duration of five years, running until end of October 2030, with options to extend for up to an additional four years.
Energy Community Implementation Report: A new energy landscape demands faster EU-Energy community integration
EU-Energy Community energy market integration pre-accession has become a mutual economic, climate, and security imperative.
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.
bp starts up seventh major project of 2025
bp has successfully delivered first oil from the Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion.