SLB and TotalEnergies announced a 10-year partnership to codevelop scalable digital solutions to enable access to energy resources with improved performance and efficiency. The partnership establishes a flexible framework for the companies to work together on addressing key challenges across the energy value chain, including carbon capture, use, and storage.
The companies plan to integrate advanced digital capabilities, including artificial intelligence (AI), with new and existing applications on SLB’s extensible Delfi digital platform, adhering to the Open Group’s OSDU technical standard. SLB and TotalEnergies say they plan to combine their digital and domain expertise to accelerate the development and deployment of digital solutions at scale.
“Collaboration and knowledge sharing are key for our industry to continuously develop more effective ways of unlocking energy access,” said Rakesh Jaggi, president of SLB’s digital and integration business. “With this visionary partnership, we’re combining the know-how and expertise of both companies to accelerate the delivery of new digital capabilities that will benefit the whole industry.”
The partnership will initially focus on subsurface digital applications for reservoir engineering and geoscience modeling and interpretation, using SLB’s Delfi on-demand reservoir simulation. These processes are expected to be accelerated and automated using AI and real-world learnings from both companies.
“Through this digital partnership, we will develop cutting-edge next-generation software, digital applications, and new algorithms applied to geoscience,” said Namita Shah, president of OneTech at TotalEnergies. “Thanks to these innovative modeling technologies, we will not only be better able to utilize the analyses of geological reservoirs and basins in the oil and gas sector to reduce emissions but also to make further progress in geological carbon storage.”