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How is LPG Made?What is the Production Process?
LPG is made during natural gas processing and oil refining. LPG is separated from unprocessed natural…
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What Can Be Made from One Barrel of Oil?
Oil gets a bad rap these days, but the stuff is actually quite incredible. Many…
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Storage, transport and regasification of LNG
Storage at the terminals and on LNG carriers is done in cryogenic tanks at atmospheric…
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New Crude Production Record in Sight as Permian Basin Comeback Continues
As oil prices break through multiyear highs, the heartland of US onshore activity is nearing…
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India plans to seek carbon emissions data linked to each LNG cargo
India will seek carbon emissions data linked to each cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG),…
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Norwegian Tech Deployments Show What 21st-Century Drilling Looks Like
The IADC/SPE Virtual International Drilling Conference held last week helped bolster the argument that if…
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New Joint Venture Targets Digital Integration for Well Construction
Intellilift has joined forces with deepwater rig contractor Transocean in a joint venture aimed at…
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ExxonMobil Testing the Next Step Total Drilling Automation on Land
International rig contractor Nabors Industries has drilled the first of three wells in the Permian…
Understanding Naphtha and Ethane Cracking Processes
Ethylene – because its molecules have very distinctive and useful chemical properties – is manufactured…
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Heavy weight drill pipe (HWDP)
Grant Prideco offers three types of heavy weight drill pipe: Standard, Tri-Spiral™, and Spiral-Wate™. Each…
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🛢️ Useful AI Tools for Petroleum Engineers in Reservoir Analysis, Well Data, and Technical Reporting
Explore practical AI uses for well data, reservoir analysis, simulation workflows, and technical reports—plus the checks that keep fast outputs trustworthy. 📊🔍🧠
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🛢️ Petroleum Engineer Salary: Why Location, Experience, and Field Roles Matter So Much
Location, experience, field rotations, and job responsibility can change the real value of an offer. Learn what to compare beyond base pay. 📍💼🛢️
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🛢️ Explaining Reservoir Drive Mechanisms: What Actually Pushes Oil Toward a Well
Oil wells do not simply “suck” oil from rock. Explore water drive, gas expansion, gravity, compaction, and the field clues engineers use to tell them apart. 🪨💧📈
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🛢️ 10 Interesting Facts About Oil Wells, Reservoirs, and Underground Production
Most oil sits inside microscopic rock pores—not giant caverns. Explore 10 field-relevant facts about pressure, water, wells, lift, and recovery. 🪨⚙️💧
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🛢️ How to Estimate Whether a Producing Well Is Becoming Economically Unviable
A flowing well is not always an economic well. Learn how to weigh oil revenue, water costs, repairs, decline, and abandonment liability before deciding what comes next. 📊💧🔧
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🛢️ What Petroleum Engineers Actually Do After Oil Is Discovered
Discovery is only the first milestone. Follow the engineering decisions behind wells, reservoirs, water, facilities, safety, and a field’s full life cycle. 📊⚙️🌍
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🛢️ Is It Worth Reworking an Aging Oil Well to Recover More Production?
A declining well may hold more value—or become a costly distraction. Learn how engineers diagnose the constraint, evaluate risk, and decide whether a workover makes sense. 🔧📊🛢️
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🛢️ After Drilling Is Complete: How a Well Is Prepared for Oil and Gas Production
Drilling reaches the reservoir—but completion makes production possible. Explore casing, cement, perforations, stimulation, flowback, and well integrity. ⚙️🧪🛢️
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🛢️ Inside an Oil Well: What Happens from the Reservoir to the Surface
Follow oil, gas, and water from microscopic reservoir pores through perforations, tubing, pumps, chokes, and separators—and see why pressure management governs every step. ⚙️🪨📈
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🛢️ How It’s Built: Inside the Construction of an Oil and Gas Production Well
Follow an oil and gas well from surface pad to reservoir connection—casing, cement, pressure control, completions, and the barriers that keep it manageable. 🔧🧭🛢️