Upstream news

J. Andres Chavarria, Luna Innovations – OptaSense, USA, and Veronique Mahue, Silixa – a Luna company, UK, present an outline of available analysis tools to assess conditions in producing wells.

Vroozi, the procure-to-pay platform, has announced that Thomas Oilfield has launched a new business division, Thomas Supply, built on Vroozi's P2P solution.

Expro, a provider of energy services has been awarded major contracts from OMV Petrom, totalling more than US$10 million for the Neptun Deep gas project in the Black Sea.

Caterpillar Oil & Gas has announced the development of the Caterpillar® Gas Mechanical System (GMS), a fully integrated power solution for frac operations, utilising 100% natural gas.

VAALCO Energy, Inc. has announced that it has farmed into the CI-705 block offshore Côte d’Ivoire.

bp has reached agreement on all contractual terms with the Government of the Republic of Iraq to invest in several giant oil fields in Kirkuk providing for the rehabilitation and redevelopment of the fields.

The US Senate has voted on a resolution that would overturn the Biden administration's proposed fee on methane emissions, according to Reuters.

Vår Energi ASA has announced an oil discovery in the operated Zagato exploration well near the Goliat field in the Barents Sea, adding to recent exploration success in the area.

Halliburton and Sekal AS deployed the world’s first automated on-bottom drilling system with the integration of Halliburton’s LOGIX automation and remote operations, Sekal’s Drilltronics, and the rig automation control system.

Richard Toomes, Strategic Business Development Manager, and Matthew Offenbacher, VP Marketing and Technology, AES Drilling Fluids, argue that a holistic viewpoint of drilling fluids’ impact on the drilling process is required to drive efficiency.