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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Supervised learning was used to develop an ensemble of models that account for historical production data, geolocation parameters, and completion parameters to forecast production behavior of oil and gas wells. -
The combined effort aims to reduce the time necessary for and increase the detail and accuracy of seismic interpretation, including for carbon sequestration studies.
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The 2023 Offshore Energy Digital and Data Maturity Survey report aims to deepen understanding of how organizations are applying data and digital technologies to help transform the UK energy system to achieve net zero targets.
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Stakeholders in the UK offshore sector will be asked to commit to a set of principles to help the sector achieve the energy transition through digitalization.
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The national oil company credits lean operating practices and AI for making the three-well, 45,000 B/D project economically viable.
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The use of oil-based muds has precluded countless drill cuttings from being used to predict reservoir fluids despite once being part of the reservoir. A 6-decade-old technology may be on the cusp of changing that.
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From the first supercomputer to generative AI, JPT has followed the advancement of digital technology in the petroleum industry. As the steady march of innovation continues, four experts give their views on the state and future of data science in the industry.
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The act aims to create safeguards around general purpose artificial intelligence, limit the use of biometric identification systems by law enforcement, and ban social scoring the untargeted scraping of facial images from CCTV footage to create facial recognition databases.
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More than two dozen artificial intelligence systems are being celebrated for delivering massive value to the national oil company.
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The company says it has used more than 30 AI tools to unlocked significant value across its full value chain.
