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Equinor Reports Two New Discoveries in The North Sea Fields

Equinor has announced two hydrocarbon finds on the Norwegian continental shelf, reporting oil in the Troll area and gas and condensate in the Sleipner...

U.S. Undiscovered Offshore Reserves Hold a Century Of Supply

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released the 2026 National Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources, offering a detailed evaluation of...

Oil Dips Amid Hopes of De-escalation in the Middle East

Oil prices fell sharply as hopes for de-escalation in the Middle East eased fears of supply disruptions following earlier geopolitical tensions. Oil prices fell 7%...

Eni, Nigeria Split OPL 245 Oil Block Into Deepwater Licenses

Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu held talks in Abuja with Claudio Descalzi, Chief Executive Officer of Eni, focusing on the company’s operations in the...

Shell, Kazakhstan Sign Oil and Gas Exploration Agreement

Shell and Kazakhstan have formalized a new partnership focused on oil and gas exploration with the signing of an agreement covering the Zhanaturmys block...

EU Confirms Stable Oil Supply Amid Middle East Disruptions

The European Commission convened separate ad hoc meetings of the Gas Coordination Group and the Oil Coordination Group on 4th March 2026 to evaluate...

Strait of Hormuz Closure Sends Global Oil Prices Flying High

Global oil markets were jolted on 2nd March, 2026 as the Strait of Hormuz closure sent oil and fuel prices surging sharply. The disruption...

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US Polyethylene Export Market Report 2017-2020

Petrochemical Update released a detailed new whitepaper today, the US Polyethylene Export Market Report 2017-2020 a large 60+ page report detailing the fast-changing US...

Embedded SSD Flash Management

This white paper will explore NAND flash technology and its inherent problems, and explain how proper flash management algorithms can address these issues and...

Enterprise SSD: More Than Just a New Kind of Hard Drive

SSDs deliver unmatched data center performance. As solid-state drives (SSDs) are increasingly deployed throughout the enterprise, data center and IT managers need to fully...

Efficiency, Visibility and Reliability Keys to lower costs and greater profitability in oil and gas operations

Falling oil prices and collapsing profit margins are driving the industry to lower costs. Reducing labor costs and gaining supplier concessions can help, but...