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    Comments: How AI’s Power Appetite Is Opening a New Market for Natural Gas
    Data centers could add up to 6 Bcf/D of US gas demand by 2030, creating a new opportunity for producers and reshaping how oil companies think about electricity supply.
    April 1, 2026 • Trent Jacobs • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Oil and gas production platforms offshore India. Source: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
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    Case Study: An Agentic AI Framework for Large-Scale Well Modeling of Offshore Field Developments
    Two examples from ONGC show how supervised AI-driven automation scaled well modeling across hundreds of offshore wells, saving more than 1,000 engineering hours.
    April 1, 2026 • Aman Sharma • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Oil wells in Canada. Source: Getty Images.
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    Case Study: Field Deployments of AI-Based IOCaaS Advancing Artificial Lift and Flow Assurance
    Examples demonstrate how an Integrated Operations Center as a Service (IOCaaS) model, powered by artificial intelligence, reduced costs by 5% and increased production by 6% in Canada.
    April 1, 2026 • Yogashri Pradhan • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Fig. 1—Real-time visualization of operational data, engineering tools, threshold breaches, and contextual data in one platform provides users with an accessible single source of truth.
    Well intervention
    Engineer-Centered Process Creates Digital Twin of Completions Operations
    This paper describes an approach to creating a digital, interconnected workspace that aligns sensor data with operational context to place the completions engineer back into a central role.
    Locked
    April 1, 2026 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Fig. 1—Comparison of AOR: Prior ensemble vs. posterior ensemble.
    Reservoir simulation
    Near-Real-Time CO2-Plume Monitoring, Visualization Approach Considers Geologic Uncertainty
    The authors propose a deep-learning-based approach enabling near-real-time CO2-plume visualization and rapid data assimilation incorporating multiple geological realizations for predicting future CO2 plume evolution and area-of-review determination.
    Locked
    April 1, 2026 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Fig. 1—Comparison of a perforation identified and segmented (the process of defining the perimeter) by a trained analyst (left) and by an ML model (right).
    Well intervention
    AI-Enhanced Multiphysics Imaging Advances Perforation-Erosion Analysis
    This paper demonstrates how the integration of multiphysics downhole imaging with machine-learning techniques provides a significant advance in perforation-erosion analysis.
    Locked
    April 1, 2026 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Example of the Fayetteville Shale Expert agent in action.
    Well intervention
    Well Completions Optimized by Agentic Conversational Analytics
    This paper presents a workflow that leverages a multiagent conversational system to integrate data, analytics, and domain expertise for improved completion strategies.
    Locked
    April 1, 2026 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Pumpjacks pumping oil in the Midway-Sunset Oil Field near Derby Acres, California. USA. Silver pipe in foreground carries steam to enhance recovery of oil.
    Reservoir simulation
    Embed-to-Control Reservoir Surrogate Used To History-Match Geological Models
    In this study, the authors propose the use of a deep-learning reduced-order surrogate model that can lower computational costs significantly while still maintaining high accuracy for data assimilation or history-matching problems.
    Locked
    April 1, 2026 • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Robert Barree, president of Barree and Associates, received the SPE Legend of Hydraulic Fracturing award from SPE President Jennifer Miskimins at the 2026 SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition. Source: SPE.
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    Q&A With a Legend of Hydraulic Fracturing: Bob Barree Opens Up on His Journey
    The newest recipient of the title SPE Legend of Hydraulic Fracturing talks about his career, the evolution of fracture stimulation, the development of increasingly useful simulators, and the future of the oil and gas industry. The honor was given at the 2026 SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition.
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    April 1, 2026 • Adam Wilson • Journal of Petroleum Technology
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    AI/machine learning
    SLB and Baker Hughes Advance AI-Enabled Power Optimization
    SLB's and Baker Hughes' partnerships with NVIDIA and Google Cloud, respectively, will develop advanced AI-enabled power optimization and sustainability solutions for the global data center sector.
    March 25, 2026 • Megan Couch • Journal of Petroleum Technology
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