Data & Analytics
This research focuses on combining physics-based expert rules with machine learning to improve the detection of failure-related events in electrical submersible pumps.
A combination of physics principles and machine-learning techniques is used in this work to develop a virtual flowmeter for oil-production optimization in electrical-submersible-pump-lifted oil wells, resulting in reliable generalization.
This paper presents the deployment of an artificial intelligence-enabled autonomous gas lift optimization system, integrating real-time centralized advanced process control with cloud-based analytics to enhance artificial gas lift performance in producer wells.
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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. -
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.
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The initiative is designed to support national data repositories, regulators, and national oil companies looking for ways to leverage, maintain, and improve their data.
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Dozens of startups continue to get tens of millions in venture funding to make chips for AI in mobile and other embedded computing uses. The race shows no sign of slowing down.
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With oil prices on the rise and calls for an energy transition growing louder, it's easy to get mixed signals about the future of the oil and gas business. SPE's TD for Production & Facilities Bob Pearson outlines the way forward for the discipline.
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SPE’s 2021 Open Subsurface workshop tackled the ins and outs of open source, open data, and open access.
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For the foreseeable future, going beyond the barrel will really mean maximizing returns from the barrel, including the identification and harnessing of potential gains from capital planning, asset management, and operations.
