Data & Analytics
Shell has demonstrated drone-in-a-box operations from its Mars floating production unit, becoming the first operator in the region to secure FAA approval for self-approved offshore beyond-visual-line-of-sight flights. JPT Senior Technology Editor Jennifer Pallanich visited Shell Technology Center Houston to see the system in action.
Panelists at the SPE Subsea Well Intervention Symposium discussed where AI is delivering value today, where risks remain, and how engineers can best determine its usefulness.
As digital technologies become commonplace, industry leaders say core engineering knowledge remains essential for making informed decisions and avoiding costly mistakes.
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Concho Resources and Enverus say turning to automated software for tracking invoices could save the upstream business many millions of dollars. -
SPE is planning a series on petroleum data analytics at its Houston Training Center. The series will kick off with Week One: Subsurface Analytics on 24–28 February and will be led by University of West Virginia Professor of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Shahab Mohaghegh.
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The size of the digital prize is large. But deploying digital technologies at scale is proving harder than first thought. A report from Wood Mackenzie presents lessons from digitalization's early adopters.
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Digitalization is now a staple of boardrooms and plays a key role in corporate strategies. It brings equal measures of opportunity and threat. A report from Wood Mackenzie takes a look at how it will affect different categories of the supply chain.
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Industry 4.0, the latest industrial revolution, has hit the manufacturing sector, building upon the adoption of computers and automation into industrial processes. How well suited is the oil and gas industry to leverage the new autonomous systems that could emerge from this transformation?
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A telecommunications company is looking to bring better wireless connectivity to the oil and gas industry, expanding its network to offer wireless data in the Permian Basin and three other oil and gas regions.
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Iranian state-sponsored hackers reportedly have deployed a new strain of data-wiping malware on the network of Bapco, Bahrain's national oil company.
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With so many buzzwords surrounding artificial intelligence and machine learning, understanding which can bring business value and which are best left in the laboratory to mature is difficult.
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Despite having some of industry’s most hazardous working environments, a sector that pioneered the adoption of digital technology has been slow to exploit artificial intelligence and machine learning in the area of health and safety.
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The new feature comes from the desire of readers and reviewers to broaden the scope of JPT’s coverage of developments related to digital transformation and the applications that the industry can derive from these exciting possibilities.
