R&D/innovation
This article is the third in a Q&A series from the SPE Research and Development Technical Section focusing on emerging energy technologies. In this piece, Zikri Bayraktar, a senior machine learning engineer with SLB’s Software Technology and Innovation Center, discusses the expanding use of artificial intelligence in the upstream sector.
Successful in other applications, self-healing coatings could be the oil industry’s ticket to fighting corrosion and extending the life of steel.
The service giant shares how its new technology can sense rock properties 50 ft ahead of the bit in horizontal wells.
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The proposed facility would be used to accelerate innovations in lithium extraction, carbon storage, and geothermal energy in addition to oil and gas technologies. -
Sharing state-of-the-art design and troubleshooting methods, the workshop identified future separation needs and gap statements and proposed how to close the gaps.
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At SPE’s Permian Basin Energy Conference, operators shared behind-the-scenes details on innovations such as drilling horseshoe wells and trimulfrac completions along with in-basin challenges such as handling produced water.
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AI can transform our work, but it demands the highest accuracy. Anything less than perfect in oil and gas and other heavy-asset industries is unacceptable.
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As we turn the page on our 75th anniversary, JPT’s recent visit to the UAE offers a front-row seat of what some of the industry’s biggest players see coming.
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When it comes to staying on top of the latest upstream innovations, the easiest way to do it is already in front of you.
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A new type of porous material called a covalent organic framework quickly sucks up carbon dioxide from ambient air.
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With emissions mineralization established as a proven approach, the companies’ next objective is to move the underlying technology toward commercial success.
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Subject-matter experts from industry and academia advanced distributed fiber-optic sensing technologies and their implementation in flow measurement during a special session.
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Speaking at this year's ADIPEC, leaders from BP, Shell, Petronas, ADNOC, and Eni said the energy transition must become profitable and that AI will likely play a key role.
