Onshore
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June 27, 2025
TotalEnergies is in talks with potential buyers for its shale oil assets in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta, as international operators look to exit the region amid improved valuations and shifting investment priorities.
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June 27, 2025
U.S. shale drilling activity declined for the ninth straight week, marking the longest drop since mid-2020. Analysts say recent oil price gains haven’t been enough to reverse cautious spending by producers.
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June 26, 2025
U.S. shale companies are expected to prioritize hedging strategies over ramping up drilling activity, despite former President Trump’s call to increase output following U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. Analysts say sustained price increases — not short-term volatility — are needed to spur new investment.
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June 24, 2025
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust is marketing its overriding royalty interest (ORRI) in Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay field—the most prolific conventional oil field in North America—as part of a planned dissolution of the Trust.
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June 23, 2025
Petro-Victory Energy Corp., an oil and gas E&P company focused on onshore Brazil, has commenced its fully-funded drilling campaign of the AND-5 well at the Andorinha Field located in the Potiguar basin, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
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June 20, 2025
Nigerian energy company Green Energy International (GEIL) has completed the development of the Otakikpo onshore terminal and commenced operations. The newly-constructed facility is the first indigenous onshore terminal constructed in the country in five decades.
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June 12, 2025
Chevron and Halliburton have jointly developed an intelligent fracturing process that combines automated stage execution with subsurface feedback to optimize delivery of energy into the wellbore without relying on human intervention.
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June 11, 2025
During a June 10 special session at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) in Houston, panelists discussed the latest advancements in Generative AI and machine learning for unconventionals.
News
June 10, 2025
The 2025 Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) began in Houston on Monday, June 9. In what became a clear theme for the conference, panelists discussed the possibility for unconventional resources to shine amidst a fluctuating market for oil.
News
June 10, 2025
Viridien has set a new seismic data acquisition standard with the launch of Sercel Accel, the industry’s first onshore drop node solution. Accel eliminates the need for nodes to be buried or planted in the field, thereby drastically reducing deployment time and labor requirements.
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June 03, 2025
Getech Group and STRYDE have jointly announced the launch of a new high impact targeting and exploration service designed to help energy and natural resource companies explore faster and more effectively, while reducing exploration risk and cost.
Article
May 2025
This article explores innovative developments in composite frac plug technology. Key advancements discussed include ball-in-place options to conserve water, ball recovery systems for quick remediation, and screen-out recovery features to address operational setbacks, with case studies illustrating significant time and cost savings for operators.
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May 30, 2025
bp Plc appointed oil industry veteran Dave Hager to the board, bolstering its efforts to refocus on fossil fuels and keep investors on side. Hager has been in the sector for more than 40 years, recently leading U.S. shale producer Devon Energy Corp. as chief executive and then executive chairman.
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May 30, 2025
EOG Resources today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Encino Acquisition Partners (EAP) for $5.6 billion. The deal positions EOG as a leading E&P within the Utica shale play, adding 675,000 net acres for a combined 1,100,000 acres, and representing more than two billion boe of undeveloped resource.
Article
May 2025
The SwellPlug is now a field-proven comprehensive solution to providing effective, permanent isolation of existing target intervals to allow water shutoff, re-completion and even repairing of casing integrity.
Article
May 2025
Today, the push for completion technology that can run entirely on natural gas has reached a new peak. This shift is driven by E&P companies scrutinizing operational efficiency and climate-related objectives closer than ever. The Caterpillar® Gas Mechanical System (GMS) embodies this new approach.
News
May 27, 2025
Hot weather sparked a string of wildfires around Alberta over the weekend, including some near oil and gas wells operated by Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. and others.
News
May 21, 2025
The latest U.S. Geological Survey assessment estimates that 27 trillion cubic feet of gas, and 473 million barrels of recoverable oil are located in parts of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah, the Department of the Interior announced on Wednesday.
News
May 19, 2025
The agreement grants ADNOC perpetual and exclusive rights to utilize Tubacex’s Sentinel Prime premium tubular joint connection technology, which is critical for completing oil and gas wells while reducing costs and ensuring supply chain resilience.
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May 16, 2025
EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG) today announced that the company was awarded a new oil exploration concession for Unconventional Onshore Block 3 (UCO3) by Abu Dhabi's Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs (SCFEA).
