E&P's 2021 'Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation' Winning Technologies

An expert panel of judges has selected the top 20 upstream oil and gas industry projects and technologies that open new and better avenues to the complicated process of finding and producing hydrocarbons around the world.

Halliburton to Deploy All-electric Frac Solution for Haynesville Shale Producer Aethon

The solution combines Halliburton’s all-electric fracturing spread, featuring the Zeus 5,000 horsepower electric pumping unit, with VoltaGrid’s power generation system to offer increased reliability and real-time emissions tracking.

Liberty Achieves 24 Hours of Continuous Pumping Time in Permian Basin

By delivering a full 1,440 minutes of pumping time with zero non-productive time, Liberty crews were able to attain the premier goal of Liberty’s Operation 1440.

Tech Trends (Week of Sept. 20, 2021)

This weekly section highlights the latest upstream technologies designed to improve efficiencies.

Shale Producers Talk Development Plans, ESG and Completion Designs

Leaders from Devon, Pioneer, Chevron and ConocoPhillips discuss the latest in unconventional development and how recent acquisitions have enabled greater efficiencies.

Hydraulic Fracturing Pressure Pumping Roundtable: Powering Through

Pressure pumpers that survived a rough 2020 are in recovery mode, some say, as conditions improve with a continued efficiency drive toward a lower carbon world.

Cold Bore Technology Closes $14 Million Financing

Along with this investment from bp ventures, bp will be deploying Cold Bore’s SmartPAD in bpx energy’s U.S. onshore operations.

Halliburton Launches Low Cost, Direct Fracture Monitoring Service

Halliburton Co. has introduced ExpressFiber, a single-use fiber optic cable that offers accurate, direct subsurface measurements, including cross-well communication, at a price point that enables fracture monitoring on every well pad, the company said on July 27.

ProPetro Promotes Sam Sledge to CEO in Leadership Transition

As Sam Sledge takes the helm as CEO at Midland, Texas-based ProPetro, he replaces Phillip Gobe, who had headed the company since the exit of its co-founder last year.

Seneca Resources, NexTier to Develop Comprehensive Emissions Testing for Well Completions Work

Seneca Resources Company LLC and NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc. intend to pioneer an innovative study evaluating the carbon emissions generated by various types of equipment commonly used for hydraulic fracturing of oil and natural gas wells, Seneca said on July 12.