Technical Topics

AI and machine learning are transforming drilling execution, detecting downhole problems earlier, automating reporting, and closing the loop between the wellbore and the well plan through real-time geosteering.

Once considered one of the industry's toughest plays, deepwater oil has become a low-cost, high-impact growth engine that could shape global energy security and production for decades to come.

How AI-powered well planning is transforming field development by accelerating trajectory design, reducing drilling risk, optimizing costs, and helping engineers deliver safer, more efficient wells.

Learn how a five-step decision framework helps refineries select the right H2S removal technology by balancing compliance, risk, complexity, and cost.

In part one of this two-part series, explore five underdeveloped US shale and tight-rock plays, from the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale to the Brown Dense, and discover why proven hydrocarbons and successful wells have yet to translate into repeatable unconventional development.

Proxy models are transforming reservoir management by enabling engineers to rapidly evaluate and optimize thousands of operating scenarios, helping improve CO2-EOR, carbon storage, geothermal, and underground gas storage decisions while keeping high-fidelity reservoir simulation at the core of validation.

Operational drift in oil and gas starts with small, undocumented deviations that compound over time, making real-time visibility, digital workflows, and frontline execution data critical for preventing safety incidents, compliance failures, and costly operational disruptions.

Rock sample characterization, widely used in hydrocarbon exploration and production, is emerging as a critical tool for understanding and optimizing subsurface mineral extraction through in-situ leaching.

A data-driven look at fuel savings, battery degradation, and net CO2 impact over a 10-year ownership period.

Machine learning is transforming equipment reliability by enabling predictive maintenance, improving safety, and reducing costly downtime across drilling, production, pipelines, and CCUS operations.