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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If there's one thing people know how to do, it's guess what caused something else to happen. Usually, these guesses are good, especially when making a visual observation of something in the physical world. AI continues to wrestle with such inference of causality, and fundamental challenges must be overcome before we can have "intuitive" machine learning. -
The digital repository will use a hybrid cloud architecture to provide subsurface data for the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.
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SponsoredRead the latest research about data management's role in supporting digital transformation in the upstream industry.
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SponsoredWhite Paper—The Ultimate Guide to e-Permit to Work: The Top Three Benefits of Moving Away From PaperMoving to an electronic permitting process can ensure proper and timely authorizations for work between office and field.
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Vaarst, a spinoff from subsea robotic and hydrographic survey company Rovco, wants to accelerate advancement in ocean robotics by providing access to artificial-intelligence technology to marine and subsea providers for autonomous robotic work.
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The honorees will be recognized later this year at the OTC Distinguished Achievement Awards Luncheon.
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GeoMark’s RFDbase contains raw data from every major petroleum basin in the world that can be used in training models to link subsurface characteristics to wellhead performance.
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Petrolern has received a $1.15-million grant from the US Department of Energy to develop and commercialize its technology that models in-situ stresses by using available data.
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The market may be different from what we have previously experienced, but the path to a successful digital transformation is durable and the core principles of success have not changed.
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Anomalies in heart function can be diagnosed in real time by measuring an electrical signal. Petroleum engineers have adapted the concept to diagnose anomalous drilling conditions in real time using a shock signature recorded downhole.
