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Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.

This article is the third in a Q&A series from the SPE Research and Development Technical Section focusing on emerging energy technologies. In this piece, Zikri Bayraktar, a senior machine learning engineer with SLB’s Software Technology and Innovation Center, discusses the expanding use of artificial intelligence in the upstream sector.

Speakers from various disciplines and professions focus on industry trends, challenges, technology applications and advances. Scheduled DL events are in-person meetings only.

Modern carbon capture and storage projects demand simulation workflows and advancements that can effectively capture not only multiphase flow but also thermal, chemical, and geomechanical processes over timeframes far exceeding conventional production cycles.

This month’s selections of unconventional technology articles investigate the factors affecting productivity and performance and highlight the need for effective strategies to enhance performance and mitigate impairment issues.

Decarbonation has maintained its attraction, as observed from the past year of papers reviewed for this feature. Regarding CCS, challenges have been addressed through various techniques, including laboratory experiments; modeling studies; and field-scale application testing, monitoring, and risk assessment; as well as value chain and economic analysis.

As US shale potentially stares at a production plateau, operators and service providers are turning to smarter tools to extend the life of aging plays.

The language of the well is conveyed through various parameters, including hook load, weight on bit, rotational speed, torque, pressure, and cuttings returns. The journey to understand this language has driven advancements in standardization, automation, technology, and science within planning and operations.

This article presents a results-driven case study from an ongoing collaboration between a midstream oil and gas company and Neuralix Inc.

Successful in other applications, self-healing coatings could be the oil industry’s ticket to fighting corrosion and extending the life of steel.