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Shell launches commercial operation of Quest carbon capture and storage in Alberta oil sands

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Using activated amine (ADIP-X), Quest will capture one-third of the CO 2 emissions from Shell’s Scotford Upgrader, which turns oil sands bitumen into synthetic crude that can be refined into fuel and other products. Te Storage zone is a formation called Basal Cambrian Sands (BCS).

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Chevron announces successful test well at deepwater St. Malo in Gulf of Mexico

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Chevron Corporation announced that it had conducted a successful production test on the St. Oil flow rates, though limited by testing equipment constraints, exceeded 13,000 barrels of oil per day. Chevron’s Jack/St. Chevron has a working interest of 51% in the St. This is the first development well in the St.

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Chevron announces “significant” oil discovery in deepwater Gulf of Mexico

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Chevron Corporation announced a significant oil discovery at the Anchor prospect in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. Anchor is Chevron’s second discovery in the deepwater Gulf in less than a year. Chevron subsidiary Chevron USA is the operator, with a 55% working interest in the Anchor prospect.

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Chevron announces oil discovery in deepwater US Gulf of Mexico

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Chevron Corporation announced a new oil discovery at the Moccasin prospect in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. 1 encountered more than 380 feet of net pay in the Lower Tertiary Wilcox Sands. Chevron, with a 43.75% working interest in the prospect, was the operator of the Moccasin discovery well. billion Jack/St.

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Chevron leveraging information technology to optimize thermal production of heavy oil with increased recovery and reduced costs

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Chevron’s focus on optimizing the thermal management of the Kern River field has resulted in a steady drop in the steam:oil ratio (barrels steam water per barrel oil), resulting in improved economics of the field even with slowly declining production. Source: Chevron. Source: Chevron. Data: California DOGGR.

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Shell Starts Up Commercial-scale Field Demonstration of Atmospheric Fines Drying for Oil Sands Tailings Processing

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Shell Canada has started its commercial-scale Atmospheric Fines Drying field demonstration for managing tailings from its oil sands operations. Tailings are a mixture of fine clay, sands, water and residual bitumen produced through extraction processes used with surface mining production (i.e., Click to enlarge.

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ESP artificial lift company ZiLift secures £4M capital investment led by GE-NRG Energy-ConocoPhillips JV

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Oil and gas services company Schlumberger defines artificial lift as any system that adds energy to the fluid column in a wellbore with the objective of initiating and improving production from the well. maglift de-waterers deeper mature wells, and supports retrofit installation through small diameter production tubing.

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