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If This Isn’t the End, Then What Is It?

Two years ago, a longtime petroleum engineer and former SPE President dared to speak of a future in which his discipline had seen peak employment. He’s back again with a new paper that tries to explain where things may go from here.
ExxonMobil Testing the Next Step: Total Drilling Automation on Land

ExxonMobil has drilled a horizontal well with a rig billed by Nabors as the first fully automated land rig. The big question now is whether ExxonMobil will come back for more after this three-well test.
TotalEnergies To Deploy Hundreds of New Systems To Replace Methane-Venting Equipment in Texas

The company announced plans to use a new technology to replace the pneumatic systems that are powered by and also vent a substantial volume of methane at its Barnett Shale operating area in north Texas.