Data & Analytics
The emerging vision is an industry where engineers focus on judgment, risk assessments, and accountability.
Novel lift systems, AI-driven automation, and real-time engineering models are helping operators extract more value from mature wells.
This case study from Tomax outlines the use of artificial intelligence to analyze high-fidelity data of the full drilling process.
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Greg Leveille said he is optimistic that the shale sector will be able to bounce back from its second downturn in 5 years. The trick this time, he says, will be not just investing in new digital technologies but putting them to work. -
A new tool developed by Kosmos Energy is allowing the exploration and production company to keep better track of the effect it is having on the environment.
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For years, the oil and gas industry has stored its seismic data on tape. While that had been the best format for the time, it wasn’t very efficient. Now, a rapidly growing network of satellites, coupled with cloud storage, is set to neutralize that problem.
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A blockchain pilot program conducted by an oil and gas consortium has shown promise in automating payments for oilfield water handling.
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This is Part 2 of a paper written by the Digital Transformation Subcommittee of SPE’s Digital Energy Technical Section on the importance of change management in digital transformation.
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The Open Group OSDU Forum aims to create a standard data platform on which members work collaboratively to enable secure, reliable, global access to all subsurface and well data.
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The new software enables high-resolution, real-time fracture-stage data to be shown on top of multiple previous stages to visualize optimized performance or to be tracked against an ideal preset stage.
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This is Part 1 of a paper written by the Digital Transformation Subcommittee of SPE’s Digital Energy Technical Section on the importance of change management in digital transformation.
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The Offshore Technology Conference was cancelled for the first time ever due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the flow of ideas continues. As proof, this curated summary of technical papers highlights unique concepts that might someday reduce the offshore sector’s heavy cost burdens.
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Total is stepping up its research into carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies by signing a multiyear partnership with UK startup Cambridge Quantum Computing. This partnership aims to develop new quantum algorithms to improve materials for carbon capture.
