Digital Transformation
Maldonado serves as controls and systems engineering lead at Aker BP.
The oil and gas sector stands on the edge of a digital revolution, yet legacy systems and resistance to change continue to hold it back. I reflect on my experience in digital drilling and argue that the industry’s biggest barrier isn’t technology itself, but the culture that surrounds it.
For YPs entering the industry, cracking the data code is more than a technical exercise; it’s your power skill and your competitive edge.
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Well-interference issues can be hard to diagnose, but this startup may be figuring that out. The data-driven process it developed can also help operators come up with more effective ways to use diverters. -
Hundreds of rod-lift wells in North Dakota are about to get a big upgrade.
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A recent research effort has shown that the digital journey is full of stumbling blocks. Just like humans, advanced computing technology will get some things right and some things wrong.
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The company behind the world’s most popular search engine is trying to click with the upstream business at the most distinguished technical event of the year.
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Venture groups spend their time evaluating hundreds of companies each year to only make a handful of investments. These two cover interesting ends of the upstream spectrum: aerial drones and downhole artificial lift.
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This interview explores the opportunities, challenges, and what young professionals need to know to have a rewarding career in drilling data analytics.
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Acquiring data from an abandoned subsea well has been done before, but never quite like this.
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Microsoft deployed a datacenter underwater near Scotland’s Orkney Islands, as part of a project to assess bringing datacenters closer to population centers.
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Wearable computers are turning heads in the oil and gas industry and appear to be on a trajectory for widespread adoption.
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Data story consumers are focused on summarized results and highlights instead of details of the analysis. It’s a data scientist’s responsibility to identify the significance of the data and to present it in a simple but scientific manner.
