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E&P Highlights: Aug. 12, 2024

Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, with a major project starting production in the Gulf of Mexico and the latest BLM proposal for oil and gas leases in North Dakota.

E-wireline: NexTier Taps Oilfield Grid, Automation for Completions

NexTier Completion Solutions is using advanced electric-drive equipment, automation-enabled pump down technology and digital connectivity to optimize wellsite operations during shale completions.

Safety First, Efficiency Follows: Unconventional Completions Go Automated

The unconventional completions sector has seen a tremendous growth in daily stage capacity and operation efficiencies, primarily driven by process and product innovations in the plug and perf space.

Where, When and How to Refrac—Weighing All the Options

Experts weigh in on strategic considerations when deciding how to rejuvenate production from a tired well.

Are 3-mile Laterals Worth the Extra Mile?

Every additional foot increases production, but it also increases costs.

Cracking the Fracking Code: Efficient Approaches to Optimize Wellbores

Technology and process innovations improve operational efficiencies even as companies scramble for greener fracking solutions.

‘Too Many’ Players: Oilfield Services Feel Permian M&A Crunch—Dallas Fed

After a historic run of E&P consolidation, oilfield services and equipment providers in the Permian are competing to woo a dwindling number of upstream customers, according to the second-quarter Dallas Fed Energy Survey.

Surge of Longer Lateral Drilling to Enhance Reservoir Recovery

With energy demand growing, operators look to supply hydrocarbons by drilling longer wells.

E&P Highlights: June 17, 2024

Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, including Woodside’s Sangomar project reaching first oil and TotalEnergies divesting from Brunei.

E&P Highlights: June 4, 2024

Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, with new contracts awarded and larger commitments made for oil and gas exploration in South Korea and Australia.