DSDE: In Theory

Fluid identification, a critical process in fluid sampling, continues to be a challenge in temperatures above 350°F. At temperatures up to 450°F, fluid identification is currently achieved by bubblepoint and compressibility measurements, which cannot quantitatively measure contamination levels of the sample fluid. A possible solution involves using pyroelectric detect…

This paper discusses how digital technologies are being applied in other verticals and how they can be leveraged to optimize lifecycle performance, drive down costs, and decouple market volatility from profitability for offshore oil and gas facilities.

The paper discusses a methodology for integrating intelligent completion and production systems with a modeling and analytics framework for efficient development of fiber-optic-based data-interpretation services for complex downhole environments.

The Magnus oil field in the North Sea catalyzed a major leap for subsea control systems. The original development of the multiplexed electrohydraulic control system has developed into a multimillion-dollar subsea controls industry.

GeoMark’s RFDbase contains raw data from every major petroleum basin in the world that can be used in training models to link subsurface characteristics to wellhead performance.

Petrolern has received a $1.15-million grant from the US Department of Energy to develop and commercialize its technology that models in-situ stresses by using available data.

Technology is advancing, and applications are growing, but scaling faces technological and human challenges.

The Environmental Defense Fund's report called "Hitting the Mark" is a roadmap for the oil and gas industry to obtain and report good data on methane emissions. But it also laments that methane emissions data are outdated, inaccurate, and unreliable.

The authors describe challenges that must be overcome to reach the goal of drilling systems automation.

With such uses as tracking the source of renewable energy and changing the relationship between how energy is produced and consumed, blockchain has the potential to transform the way companies collaborate and interact to accelerate the development of low-carbon energy.