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July 29, 2025
Halliburton has launched LOGIX™ automated geosteering, a part of the LOGIX™ automation and remote operations family of solutions, that optimizes geological interpretation and well placement.
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July 29, 2025
Baker Hughes announced today a definitive agreement to acquire Chart Industries in a deal valued at a total of $13.6 billion. Notably, the acquisition will strengthen Baker Hughes' presence in the LNG and data center sectors. 
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July 28, 2025
Aramco has launched a joint effort with Cloudera to build AI-powered applications that drive growth in Saudia Arabia's digital oil and gas sector. The companies will collaborate on AI initiatives for workforce development, R&D, operational efficiency and more.
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July 2025
The SMART-LINK system integrates advanced digital technology and real-time data analytics for unparalleled insight into operational wellbore conditions. 
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July 24, 2025
IoT Nano is designed to meet growing global demand for cost-effective, low-data, low-power, Internet of Things (IoT) services across remote and challenging environments common in the oil and gas industry where mobile connectivity is required.
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July 24, 2025
The methane intensity of oil and gas production in the Permian basin declined by more than 50% during the 2022-2024 period according to a new analysis by S&P Global Commodity Insights.
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July 23, 2025
ABS Consulting has announced a strategic collaboration with Ultimo to deliver end-to-end implementation, data integration and ongoing support for Ultimo’s cloud-based EAM platform, serving clients in global energy, logistics and manufacturing.
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July 22, 2025
TotalEnergies and Emerson’s Aspen Technology business have announced a strategic collaboration to deploy advanced digital technologies for the continuous, real-time collection of data from TotalEnergies’ industrial sites.
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July 17, 2025
Helix Robotics has entered into an agreement with Denmark's NKT for the T3600, designed to be the world's most powerful subsea trencher. The agreement covers installation, offshore operations, project engineering and maintenance of the T3600 subsea trencher for a period of four years.
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July 16, 2025
SLB has completed its previously announced $7.8 billion acquisition of ChampionX, enhancing its oil production and recovery portfolio. The announcement follows a period of regulatory delays amid competition concerns, with the final regulatory hurdle being cleared yesterday by UK's Competition and Markets Authority.
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July 15, 2025
Baker Hughes and Petronas have entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a strategic partnership to explore business initiatives that have the potential to support the delivery of Asia’s energy expansion and transition. 
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July 11, 2025
Xecta has expanded its partnership with Santos to scale the deployment of the Integrated Production System Model (IPSM) across the company’s assets in Eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea. The five-year agreement follows a successful rollout in the Cooper basin.
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July 09, 2025
The NATO Innovation Fund and Investinor will pay $14 million for a stake in Kongsberg Ferrotech, enabling the startup to scale up production of its submersible robot. The first machine already is currently deployed for offshore oil and gas operations in Abu Dhabi.
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July 08, 2025
The Global Energy Show Canada (GESC) concluded after three days of high impact discussions and industry innovations. Held at Calgary’s BMO Centre, the event brought together over 36,387 attendees and nearly 400 exhibitors from across the energy value chain.
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July 02, 2025
HCLTech and Equinor have expanded their IT collaboration to support the next phase of Equinor’s digital transformation. This expanded relationship will cover Equinor’s IT landscape across several key strategic areas.
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June 30, 2025
Petrobras has awarded Fugro four significant multi-year contracts for the inspection and monitoring of critical subsea infrastructure in Brazil. The contracts will see an expansion of Fugro’s remote operations capabilities, including the remote piloting of ROVs.
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June 2025
The transition from legacy vertical well mathematics to validated, deviated well algorithms represents more than a technical upgrade. It is a fundamental shift in how the industry approaches artificial lift optimization. 
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June 25, 2025
The remote operations capabilities of the ABB Ability™ System 800xA® distributed control system (DCS) has received a statement of professional opinion by DNV, the global quality assurance and risk management company that helps set industry standards and ensure compliance with regulations and best practices.
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June 25, 2025
The Forum Energy Technologies (FET) Subsea product line has secured a contract to provide two work class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to CCC Underwater Engineering (CCC UE), the UAE-based offshore construction organization.
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June 23, 2025
Under the agreement, Cactus will build on its current use of SLB’s Precise™ automated drilling control systems by integrating DrillSync™, SLB’s automated controls platform and software suite. These technologies will work together to improve drilling efficiency
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May 2025
So, you may be asking yourself, “what do data centers and ESG in the oil field have in common,” and why am I talking about data centers in an oil and gas ESG column? Well, believe it or not, it’s all related, but first let me give you some background. 
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