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April 25, 2025
According to a new report from Enverus Intelligence Research, upstream M&A opened 2025 with $17 billion in deal value, the second-best start to a year since 2018. However, activity was disproportionately driven by one company, Diamondback Energy.
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April 21, 2025
Drivers at Energy Transfer locations across Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana have petitioned for a vote to remove the United Steelworkers union, potentially affecting over 420 workers in the oil and gas transportation sector.
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April 21, 2025
TIPRO reports a 700-job decline in Texas upstream oil and gas employment in March, despite strong hiring activity and record production in the Permian and Eagle Ford. Regulatory shifts and market volatility continue to shape industry outlooks.
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March 10, 2025
鈥淎 consequential time for energy and the world,鈥 was how S&P Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin began his opening remarks, as the 2025 session of CERAWeek by S&P Global kicked off on March 10th in the Hilton Americas hotel.聽 The sentiment was echoed through the panels to follow and proved a central theme to the day鈥檚 discussions.
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February 2025
As we do every year at this time, we have just completed our annual winter forecast. And quite frankly, this new forecast is calling for nearly a full repeat of 2024鈥檚 performance, in terms of overall activity numbers.
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February 21, 2025
Centrium Energy Solutions鈩, a newly launched oil & gas chemical supplier, is aiming to reduce supply chain risks and improve the reliability of upstream and midstream products with a domestic distribution model that solves critical challenges in sourcing, logistics and performance.
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December 2024
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December 2024
Ionic liquids (ILs) are not so new to the world of chemistry or even to the oil and gas industry, but their applications in oil and gas, in particular, are not widely known or utilized. Because there are so many potential IL chemical structures, there are yet to be discovered compounds, and applications, as well. In any case, ILs have, for some time, especially in the last decade, represented a remarkable breakthrough in chemical science.聽聽聽
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December 2024
This article explores the history of Tubing-Retrievable Safety Valves (TRSVs), highlighting their development milestones and introducing Halliburton鈥檚 EcoStar庐 all-electric TRSV. Created to meet reliability and operational performance needs, this product helps advance safety valve technology and points to a safer industry future.聽
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December 30, 2024
(Bloomberg) 鈥 Carlos Slim, Latin America鈥檚 richest man, invested $1 billion this year into growing his crude-oil producing and refining portfolio in a bet that demand for fossil fuels isn鈥檛 going away anytime soon.
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December 26, 2024
The oil & gas industry has seen a dip in active jobs in 2024, but hiring trends remain relatively better compared to pre-COVID levels. There has been a noticeable increase in job opportunities from non-U.S. companies, according to GlobalData.
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December 11, 2024
This year, KOC proudly celebrates its 90th anniversary. Over nine decades, it has reached numerous milestones, establishing itself at the forefront of the global oil and gas industry, a position it has sustained across generations.
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November 2024
Subsea choke valve failures can be costly, with component costs, subsea replacement logistics and lost production time. ClampOn鈥檚 Choke Condition Monitor (CCM) can help reduce choke failures by monitoring vibration and acoustic levels, offering operators necessary information to change choke flow and plan maintenance intervals.聽
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November 2024
As generative A.I. surges in interest, with ever-expanding applications, industry discussions focus on the best ways to take advantage of the technology. While the possible applications present a tantalizing prospect for companies, adopting the technology will require companies to carefully consider existing infrastructure and data management.聽
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November 2024
InjectRT鈩, a novel鈥痠ntelligent chemical treatment optimization service from Baker Hughes, uses cutting-edge machine learning techniques to automatically calculate and adjust chemical injection rates in near real-time. This technology minimizes corrosion and scaling, extends the run life of ESPs, and increases production.聽
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November 27, 2024
With just four months to go until its first day in Madrid, Spain, R8国际娱乐鈥檚/Gulf Energy Information鈥檚 MCEDD 2025 (March 25-27), The Deepwater Development Conference, is gaining momentum with a strong agenda featuring an impressive collection of participants and topics.
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November 20, 2024
(WO) 鈥 The enthusiasm was evident on Day 2 of the Women鈥檚 Global Leadership Conference in Energy, as Kelley Henderson, GM of Category Management and Projects for Chevron, delivered an empowering keynote speech highlighting five key leadership behaviors.
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November 20, 2024
(WO) 鈥 The Women鈥檚 Global Leadership Conference celebrated its 20th year running, as it kicked off on Nov. 19, once again bringing female leaders and industry experts from around the globe to discuss pressing concerns and shifts in the industry that are unique to the female experience.
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November 19, 2024
(WO) 鈥 The 20th annual Women鈥檚 Global Leadership Conference in Energy (WGLC) kicked off today with a powerful opening session led by Alexandra 鈥淎lie鈥 Pruner, Senior Advisor at Perella Weinberg Partners/TPH&Co.