Automation And Better Pumps Reduce Lifting Costs
January 2026 Sneak Peek
With the right expertise, production engineers can adjust existing artificial lift equipment to reduce costs. From extending mean time between failures to minimizing electricity consumption, extensive savings can be achieved.
Five Market Trends Could Sharpen Future Recovery Rates
January 2026 Cover Story
The correlation between oil and natural gas prices and activity levels has weakened during recent periods of sufficient supplies. To better understand what's on the horizon, operators must consider key trends that are already reshaping this year's energy industry.
Inherent Geologic Diversity Providing Plenty Of Targets In Eagle Ford
January 2026 Editor's Choice
Operators’ strategies for capitalizing on their Eagle Ford positions vary. But success inevitably comes down to core competencies in applying leading-edge technologies in the play’s prolific hydrocarbon windows.
Earth Modeling, New Proppants And Power Gen Among Game-Changers
January 2026 Markets & Analytics
As sophisticated reservoir modeling becomes more affordable, it is becoming easier to evaluate the most powerful and most economically rewarding ways to apply advanced drilling and completion solutions.
Horseshoe Laterals Deliver Novel Access To Multiple Reservoir Benches
January 2026 Frac Facts
The industry continues to expand lateral design options. A novel "U-shaped" well architecture involves not one, but two right-sized laterals, where the second one is steered back in the direction of the wellhead.
House Passes SPEED Act, Advancing Federal Permitting Reform
Permitting Reform
The U.S. House has approved the SPEED Act, a sweeping permitting reform bill that is backed by energy industry groups but faces an uncertain path in the Senate.
BOEM Holds First Gulf Lease Sale in Two Years
Offshore Leasing
In the first of 30 Gulf lease sales required by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, companies submitted more than $300 million across 181 blocks.
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