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ReconAfrica drills first Damara Fold Belt exploration well

Nov. 27, 2024
Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. completed drilling operations on the Naingopo exploration well on PEL 073 onshore Namibia.

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Strike Energy tests high-rate North Perth basin well

Oct. 21, 2024
Strike Energy Ltd. successfully flow tested the Erregulla Deep-1 (ED-1) discovery well in EP469 in Western Australia’s onshore North Perth basin.
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Data Driven Dip (Fig. 1).
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ML, hybrid risk models predict stuck pipe

Oct. 10, 2024
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin produced data-driven and hybrid data-physics based DIP models to analyze stuck pipe incidents at the Frontier Observatory for ...
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Chevron Anchor pioneers 20K subsea development

Oct. 10, 2024
Anchor field is the first deepwater HPHT development with equipment able to withstand pressures of 20,000 psi (20K).
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Buru Energy spuds shallow Canning basin well

Oct. 10, 2024
Buru Energy Ltd. and its Rafael Shallow Joint Venture (RSJV) partners spudded the Rafael Shallow 1 well in EP 428 in Western Australia’s onshore Canning basin.
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ML models improve field-level artificial lift

Oct. 8, 2024
Of the total number of wells globally to use artificial lift, 40% employ sucker rod pumps. Pump optimization generally follows established rules of thumb.