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Comments: Why Scaling CO2-EOR Remains Difficult

_ In August, Occidental Petroleum told investors that Stratos, its long-awaited direct air capture (DAC) project, could be fully constructed by year-end, with full commercial operations expected in 2027. The Permian Basin facility, expected to be the world's largest DAC plant wit...

Why a Different Kind of Oil Market Is Taking Shape

_ Several big trends across the global oil and gas industry are taking hold, and they may offer a glimpse of how the business will look and behave into the next decade. Oil prices have climbed well above expectations, yet many of the biggest producers have kept spending plans lar...

Will New Lyme Disease Approaches Change Patient Care?

This Medical News article discusses the emerging advances in Lyme disease diagnostics, prevention, and therapeutics as well as the practical challenges that continue to limit innovation.

The Oil Industry’s Lithium Experiment Still Needs a Few More Years To Prove Out

In recent years, several of the oil and gas industry’s largest companies have decided to expand their portfolios to become lithium producers. In the US, where ramping up lithium production is increasingly seen as a domestic supply-chain priority, they have collectively spent or c...

Comments: Offshore Platform Recycling: Bold Idea, Few Examples

_ In July, Thailand’s PTTEP announced that it had redeployed a decommissioned wellhead platform, saving time and money while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The national oil company said it was the first project of its kind in its portfolio and described it as an example of ap...