Digital oilfield
Weatherford International plc announced a strategic agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to advance the company's digital transformation and drive innovation across the energy sector.
The authors of this paper describe a project to develop a virtual sensor to monitor the cooling effect downstream of a subsea choke to avoid hydrate plugs during cold-start operations.
The paper showcases the digital journey of a brownfield where digital solutions are enhancing recoverable volume, production, and process efficiency while minimizing losses and maximizing the return of investment.
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This paper presents an oil well completion integrating multilaterals, intelligent completions, permanent downhole monitoring systems, electric submersible pump (ESP) and a horizontal wellhead system. -
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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Schlumberger and Russia’s Gazprom Neft have agreed to jointly develop software and promote other upstream services to be commercialized across Russia and internationally.
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SponsoredShell needed an easy-to-use, simple well monitoring solution. Could an IoT wireless solution measure up to a classic wired approach?
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The authors develop a data-driven approach, enabled by machine learning, to find an optimal operating envelope for gas-lift wells.
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Using electricity to run oilfield operations is supposed to make everything better, but just getting the power needed is a challenge.
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SponsoredIntense global competition, explosive market dynamics and the industry’s energy transformation are all creating business strains not seen in decades. Harness information produced during the lifecycle to extract valuable insights and attain management excellence.
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True digital transformation is the way forward, and companies that actively embrace and manage digital transformation will make their businesses smarter, more efficient, and vastly more profitable.
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Fiber-optic technology company Silixa announced the installation, validation, and borehole seismic acquisition from a permanently installed fiber-optic distributed acoustic sensing system on BP’s Atlantis Phase 3 subsea field development.
