Engineering Theatre

The engineering field is evolving rapidly, driven by digitalisation, decarbonisation and innovation across the entire subsurface lifecycle. Integrated surface logging with subsurface data, scaling management, reservoir surveillance and real-time digital oil field concepts are transforming drilling, production and field operations, enabling smarter, more data-driven decisions through integrated modelling and automation.

Engineers are also leading advances in carbon capture and reservoir management, from CO₂-EOR and CCUS to injection, conformance control and water shutoff strategies, while addressing decommissioning considerations already at project start-up. These developments connect traditional petroleum engineering expertise with emerging low-carbon energy systems and long-term asset stewardship.

These topics, together with integrated project maturation workflows where process engineers meet petroleum engineers and geoscience and engineering converge, will take centre stage in the Engineering Theatre at the EAGE Annual Conference in Aberdeen in 2026.