Data & Analytics
Canada’s development of large-scale digital drilling core libraries and open geoscience data platforms follows approaches pioneered in Australia, particularly Western Australia, through decades of government investment in geoscience data collection and preservation.
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.
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For too long, owner/operators have managed operational profitability using paper-based processes or monthly reporting cycles. In the new technological climate, this approach has been proven to be less effective. Enter the industrial Internet of things. -
Leading corporations seem to be failing in their efforts to become data-driven. This is a central and alarming finding of NewVantage Partners’ 2019 Big Data and AI Executive Survey.
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Texas Sen. John Cornyn introduced legislation that would extend authority over the cybersecurity of oil and natural gas pipelines, as well as liquefied natural gas facilities, to the secretary of energy.
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ExxonMobil is rolling out a project that will enable it to collect all operating data from its refineries and chemical plants—up to 1 billion bits per minute—into a high-performing computing environment.
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BP Ventures has invested $5 million in Belmont Technology’s Series A financing to further bolster BP’s artificial intelligence and digital capabilities in its upstream business.
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Ridding science of shoddy statistics will require scrutiny of every step, not merely the last one.
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Nesh's digital assistant technology wants to make industry information more easily accessible for energy professionals.
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The technology is being proven in millions of phones and homes across the world. Now, a small group of software startups wants to introduce chat bot technology to oil and gas professionals.
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The papers selected for this issue focus on key factors in achieving a successful well test. They also apply reservoir fundamentals as well as sound engineering judgment, with examples from conventional and unconventional assets.
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Saipem is taking the lead in advancing the capabilities of FlatFish, an autonomous underwater vehicle being developed by Shell for commercial application by 2020.
