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The September/October 2026 issue of Oilfield Technology explores how operators and service companies are responding to a more demanding upstream environment through technology, optimisation and smarter decision-making. Highlights include McKinsey & Company on the growing exploration discovery gap, Halliburton on unlocking bypassed reserves through multilateral technology, and MR Group on continuous BOP assurance, alongside features examining autonomous FPSOs, produced water treatment, H2S scavenging, advanced sealing solutions and the growing role of AI in optimising well and asset performance.

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Oilfield Technology - October 2026

The September/October 2026 issue of Oilfield Technology explores how operators and service companies are responding to a more demanding upstream environment through technology, optimisation and smarter decision-making. Highlights include McKinsey & Company on the growing exploration discovery gap, Halliburton on unlocking bypassed reserves through multilateral technology, and MR Group on continuous BOP assurance, alongside features examining autonomous FPSOs, produced water treatment, H2S scavenging, advanced sealing solutions and the growing role of AI in optimising well and asset performance.

This month's front cover is brought to you by Vink Chemicals.

In this issue

Navigating volatile conditions
Zara Higgins, General Manager – Saudi Arabia, and Global Head of Energy, ATPI, considers how the oil and gas sector can maintain operations when navigating volatile conditions.

The discovery gap
Nikhil Ati, Spandan, and Sri Kandala, McKinsey & Company, explain what the discovery gap means for oil and gas exploration.

The end of snapshot BOP assurance
Duco de Haan, Group CEO, MR Group, looks beyond the 14-day test at what continuous assurance means on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

Unlocking bypassed reserves
Tom Fanchin, Senior Product Champion for Multilateral Technology, Halliburton, USA, considers multilateral slot recovery and retrofit solutions for brownfield optimisation.

North Sea upgrades
Craig Morrison, DMO Service Operations Manager, Dräger, considers gas detection and monitoring upgrades at a North Sea HP/HT platform.

The hardened FPSO
Dr HyunJin Kim, Senior Vice President, Head of Technology, Hanwha Ocean EPU, and Amir Samoiloff, CEO, SIGA, comment on protecting the future of autonomous offshore operations.

Innovation-driven optimisation
Jennifer Knopf, Head of R&D Oil and Gas Product Line, and Matthew Snape, Senior Technical Commercial Manager, Vink Chemicals, discuss innovation-driven optimisation of H2S scavenging, from laboratory development to field-proven performance.

When water stops behaving
Brent Halldorson, US Business Development Director, LiqTech International Inc., considers solutions for when produced water stops behaving and treatment still has to work.

Sealing the future
James Simpson, Global Segment Director, Trelleborg, emphasises the growing need for advanced validation and material testing to ensure reliable sealing components in extreme oil, gas, LNG, and hydrogen applications.

Optimising oil well performance
Luis Boscan, Jose Mejias and Edison Gil, OLEUM Technology, USA, explains how System of Integrated Production (SIP) uses AI-driven pressure control to stabilise oil well operations, enhance ESP performance, and increase overall hydrocarbon recovery.

Reading the signals
Andy Webster, Senior Director Digital & AI, KBR, explains how physics-informed AI can help engineers interpret asset data, identify anomalies and make more informed operational decisions.

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