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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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🛢️ 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. 🔧🧭🛢️
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🛢️ Which Approach Fits the Well: Natural Flow, Gas Lift, or Electric Submersible Pump?
Natural flow, gas lift, or an ESP? Learn what reservoir pressure, fluid behavior, facilities, and lifecycle risk reveal before choosing a lift strategy. 🛢️💨⚡
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🛢️ Why Modern Oilfields Depend on Real-Time Sensors and Digital Monitoring
From pressure trends to pump vibration, see how real-time data helps teams detect change, protect equipment, and make better field decisions. 📡⚙️🛢️
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🛢️ A Smarter Way to Monitor Well Performance and Detect Production Problems Early
Small shifts in pressure, water, gas, and lift behavior often appear before a major production loss. Learn a practical, physics-based way to spot and investigate them. 🔧🛢️📊
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🛢️ DIY: Build a Simple Porosity and Permeability Experiment Using Sand and Water
Build a low-cost sand-and-water column to measure pore space, compare drainage, and see why storage and flow are different reservoir properties. 🔬📏🌊
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🛢️ 8 Practical Tips for Interpreting Oil Well Production Data
Oil down, water up, gas changing? Learn eight practical ways to separate real well behavior from downtime, allocation noise, lift issues, and facility constraints. 📈🔧🛢️
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🛢️ How Petroleum Engineers Can Earn from Technical Analysis, Consulting, and Industry Training
Your field experience can become analysis, consulting, or training work—but only with clear scope and sound ethics. Learn practical ways to build a credible offer. 📊🎓🤝
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🛢️ The Intelligent Oilfield: How AI, Sensors, and Digital Twins Are Changing Production Operations
See how sensors, AI, and physics-based digital twins help teams spot constraints, prioritize wells, and improve operations—without replacing engineering judgment. ⚙️🧠👷
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🛢️ Engineering Under Pressure: What Petroleum Engineers Can Teach Us About Solving Difficult Problems
Hidden variables, imperfect data, high stakes: learn the practical engineering habits that turn uncertainty into better decisions. 🧭📊🔧
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🛢️ How to Read Daily Well Production Data and Spot Early Performance Changes
Daily well reports hold early clues—but only if you separate real performance changes from downtime, allocation noise, and facility effects. Learn a practical review workflow 📈🔧🛢️