Today, worldwide, unconventional fields offer the greatest potential for long-term production maintenance and growth. A lot has been done to improve operational efficiencies through pad drilling, real-time operations, stage optimisation, and more recently with the use of AI workflows. At the same time the industry is called to lower the carbon footprint of field construction and production and enhance water management practices. Flare reductions,  gas-to-power opportunities, and recycle and re-use of water have now taken centre stage in several countries. The panel explores the main technologies that are significantly improving the sustainability of these developments.