Digital Transformation
In this interview, Sushma Bhan, energy data, AI leader, and technical director of the SPE Data Science and Engineering Analytics Technical Section, shares lessons from 3 decades at Shell, discussing digital transformation, the future of AI in upstream operations, leadership development, and career advice for the next generation of energy professionals.
Discover how AI and machine learning are transforming oil and gas field development by reducing subsurface uncertainty, optimizing development decisions, and maximizing long-term reservoir value from concept selection through production.
As upstream operators move beyond isolated experiments, the hardest part of the AI journey is not building a model, it is making it stick.
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Agentic AI can enhance subsurface workflows when its autonomy is deliberately designed around physics, data integrity, and accountable decision-making through architectures that separate reasoning, computation, interpretation, and validation. -
Mark your calendars for the first SPE Live featuring the 2025 TWA Energy Influencers.
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The energy sector is rapidly transforming toward a data-driven, decentralized future where combining human expertise with AI and machine learning unlocks new efficiencies, solves complex challenges, and creates a decisive competitive advantage.
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AI is transforming oil and gas, but the real change will come from young professionals (YPs) who bridge technology and field expertise. By leading pilots, building networks, and challenging old assumptions, YPs can drive the industry’s digital transformation from within.
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By integrating AI into every layer of the energy ecosystem, from renewable forecasting to dynamic pricing, the path toward secure, sustainable, and affordable energy becomes not just possible but achievable.
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Maldonado serves as controls and systems engineering lead at Aker BP.
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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.
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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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Founding dean of Missouri S&T’s Kummer College, James D. Sterling, sat down with Joshua Schlegel, associate professor and associate chair of nuclear engineering and radiation science, to discuss why nuclear power is making a comeback and what its resurgence means for the future of energy.
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Rajiv Nischal, head of ONGC’s Institute of Production Engineering and Ocean Technology (IPEOT), shares the company's latest developments in technology, sustainability, safety, and more.
