Digital oilfield news

Adam Weinstein, Validere, argues that the contamination of oil in the Druzhba pipeline earlier this year hints at an industry wide problem, and suggests that the answer lies in the Industrial Internet of Things and artificial intelligence.

The partnership involves Eigen building process system monitoring, equipment performance monitoring and condition monitoring displays for Chrysaor’s critical mechanical and process equipment.

The Drilling Portal combines remote monitoring of information from multiple different systems to provide a quick and intuitive overview of all drilling operations.

Among the cloud applications released are Scalable Earth Modeling, Full-Scale Asset Simulation, Data Foundation and Real-Time Control – Edge.

The XWI algorithm, which enables data-driven earth model building, helped Tullow Oil to strike oil at the Jethro-1 well earlier this month.

The Vero system applies artificial intelligence to validate well integrity.

Schlumberger has announced an enterprise-wide deployment of the DELFI cognitive exploration and production environment through a 7 year technology collaboration with Woodside Energy.

Dmitrii Krikunov, Zyfra, discusses how the integration of machine learning technology into oil production is ushering in the ‘smart oilfield’.

The three-year contract will see OPEX Group roll out its X-PAS predictive analysis service on the Buzzard, Golden Eagle and Scott platforms in the North Sea.

Adoption of digital technologies in the upstream sector has surged of late, largely as a reaction to the crash in crude oil prices, according to GlobalData.