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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C3 AI reported that the oil major has hit the milestone of 10,000 pieces of equipment being monitored by its predictive-maintenance artificial intelligence. -
SPE Technical Directors Silviu Livescu and David Reid talk about the intersection of AI and drilling.
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Schlumberger announced that ConocoPhillips will use its DELFI platform to move its data to the cloud.
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A recent survey sponsored by ABS Group revealed that 45% of participants estimate the threats to their control systems are high and another 15% said they were severe or critical.
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The authors write that the application of electrical parameters to diagnose working conditions and meter production of pumping wells is the key to the low-cost Internet-of-Things construction.
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This paper describes a novel machine-learning approach for processing distributed fiber-optic sensing data that enables dynamic flow-profile monitoring using a fiber-optic electric-line cable deployed in a gas condensate well.
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The authors provide a comparison of wireless telemetry methods and discuss potential improvements to existing systems.
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The paper describes a project automating the progressing-cavity-pump well-modeling process wherein models are built and sustained automatically in a well-management system for all active PCP wells.
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Rodolfo Camacho-Velázquez identifies areas of opportunity for future reservoir engineers related to the technical challenges of increased production and recovery of complex conventional and unconventional reservoirs, the application of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies in reservoir subdisciplines, and the energy transition.
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Microsoft's Azure and Research teams are working together on the Singularity artificial-intelligence infrastructure service.
