Volume 122, Issue 6

Chevron Corp. in August 2024 started oil and natural gas production from Anchor field in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. Development of Anchor, which lies 225 km off the Louisiana coast, was launched in December 2019 and consists of a system of subsea wells connected to a semi-submersible FPU with a production capacity of 75,000 b/d of oil and 28 MMcfd of gas. An in-depth look at Chevron’s 20,000-psi development of Anchor is part of this issue’s Drilling Trends special, beginning on p. 14. Photo from Chevron.

Volume 122, Issue 6

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Editorial: Play the hand you’re dealt

Oct. 10, 2024

A US President’s ability to affect oil and natural gas markets is limited. The markets are global, and any president’s jurisdiction is limited to a single country; albeit in this...

General Interest

Journally Speaking: The eye in the sky

Oct. 10, 2024

You are being watched, and more closely now than ever. Satellites have been observing the Earth’s atmosphere for decades, but recent indirect methane plume observations from satellite...

General Interest

Federal court orders BLM to redo environmental assessment of Wyoming oil, gas project

Oct. 10, 2024

A federal district court froze development of a 5,000-well oil and gas project on federal lands in Wyoming after it determined the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) may have underestimate...

General Interest

Equinor to continue exploration offshore Newfoundland after Sitka deemed non-commercial

Oct. 10, 2024

Equinor and bp will move to another prospect after completion of the Sitka well offshore Newfoundland revealed hydrocarbons but is “not commercially viable."

General Interest

Petroineos to permanently close UK’s oldest refinery

Oct. 10, 2024

Petroineos Refining Ltd. (PRL), a joint venture of INEOS Group’s Ineos Investments (Jersey) Ltd. (50.1%) and China National Petroleum Corp.’s PetroChina Co. Ltd. (...

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