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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Water-in-oil emulsions cost millions in maintenance, reduce oil recovery, and create excess carbon. These economic and environmental burdens may finally be resolved. -
Alan Nelson is not only the new chief technology officer at ADNOC, he is the company’s first person to hold the title at the integrated oil company.
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With new options for connectivity, and the growing popularity of LTE connections, there is a huge opportunity for remote connections to close the digitalization gap.
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Shell has partnered with Udacity to provide its staff training in artificial intelligence.
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Moving away from siloed organization to the co-creation of an IT/business strategy is an important progression in the journey of digital transformation.
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Firms globally are still struggling to build teams that can capitalize on the true value of data.
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The fast microprocessors used in bitcoin mining need cold temperatures. What brought this bitcoin company to west Texas, which suffers through 90-degree-plus days for nearly half the year?
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The world of work is changing rapidly. Do these workforce changes truly represent a death knell for oil and gas field careers, or could they be just what we need?
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HML methods have become common in recent applications. We have probably been using some of them without realizing it. It is, however, necessary to know about them in the context of understanding the underlying concepts of their methods and how they work.
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Producers and investors continue to reward small companies with big solutions that lean on new software and hardware to lift the bottom line of one the world’s few trillion-dollar industries.
