Digital Transformation
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.
Discover how AI leader Fatai Anifowose transformed skepticism into innovation, sharing insights on artificial intelligence in energy, leadership, continuous learning, and the skills shaping the future of the industry.
Utkarsh Sinha, 2026 TWA Energy Influencer, is driving innovation at the intersection of reservoir physics and AI, combining research, patents, and industry leadership to develop practical machine learning solutions that improve reservoir and production engineering decision-making.
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Although the headline that gets the clicks is “AI is taking our jobs,” the current reality is that “Automation is replacing some of our tasks.” -
The world’s largest oilfield services firm and one of the largest providers of SCADA systems have formed a joint venture to create Sensia, an integrated automation suite.
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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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[ Winners of the Sinergia 2018 competion: (left to right) Diana Ramos, Miguel Sanchez, and Juan Barrero.]
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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.
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Drones will be just one of the tools that the service company uses in its drive toward net-zero carbon emissions.
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SPE Online Education recently added a new web-based resource for technical content–Industry Interviews. These are 30-minute audio interviews with experts about their personal and professional experiences in the oil and gas industry. Recorded live, the interviews are archived and available on demand for free for SPE members.
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This article gives a succinct overview of artificial intelligence, its emerging opportunities, prospects, and challenges, and concludes with recommendations to accelerate the admission of AI into workflows.
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While a résumé matters for getting a data science job, having a portfolio of public evidence of your data science skills can do wonders for your job prospects.
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The term digital oil field has become a buzzword in the oil and gas industry these days, with the mention of it bringing up pictures of computers, flashy screens, and programming to mind. In reality, the concept goes beyond these.
