... energy frontiers. Zikri Bayraktar is a senior machine learning engineer at the SLB Software Technology and Innovation Center (STIC). Before joining STIC, he spent 11 years at the Schlumberger-Doll Research Center as the AI research lead, where he led projects focused on automated reservoir steering...

... intelligence decarbonization engineer spe 220916 TECHNOLOGY FOCUS Decarbonization Guoxiang Gavin Liu, National Energy Technology Laboratory, US Department of Energy Decarbonation has maintained its attraction, as observed from the past year of papers reviewed for this feature. Regarding carbon capture...

..., supplemental silo efforts, and computational resources. Introduction The platform, called Upstream Metaverse, offers an immersive experience that transcends traditional 2D interfaces, allowing engineers and scientists to collaboratively explore intricate details of Earth structures and simulations in a 3D...

...- and process-engineering-focused toolkit and has deployed globally a production system that uses digital twins from end to end for model-based surveillance and optimization. The cloud-based production-system digital twin connects sensor data from each asset’s data historian to an equipment-data model and first...

... analysis scenario headset baselinez human computer interaction virtual reality january 2025 engineer feature virtual reality subsurface data guzzetti dnv software dommisse collaborate geology reservoir characterization vr headset immersive room viz room thom immersive environment...

.... Large operators moved quickly to hire data scientists, form analytics teams, and partner with emerging software providers offering machine learning platforms with sleek, user-friendly interfaces. JPT spotlighted startups developing chatbots and “cognitive” programs designed to help petroleum engineers...

... sections and stakeholders, the contrast is often striking. But we are engineers operating on the same planet, and there must be a single energy narrative that accounts for the reality of the energy transition in whatever form or definition this takes, locally or globally. To do this, we can try to assess...

...Olivier Houzé _ This is a summary of the September episode of the President’s vodcast. Dive into the full video to catch the entire conversation. _ Welcome to the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ President’s message with 2025 President Olivier Houzé. I’m Pam Boschee, director of SPE magazines...

... is available at all time scales (short-, medium-, and long-term). To forecast future gasfield performance, surveillance of producing reservoirs is required. The surveillance data are considered highly valuable by petroleum engineers, but a quantitative value is not always calculated. Oil and gas engineers have...

... international awards for his contributions to exploration geophysics and subsurface engineering. Misra holds a bachelor's of technology degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and a PhD degree in petroleum and geodesists engineering from The University of Texas...

...Terry Palisch _ Editor’s Note: This is a summary of the August episode of the President’s podcast. We encourage you to listen to the episode to hear the full conversation. _ In this month’s episode, I was joined by Austin Palisch, staff engineer at Liberty Energy (and my son), for the final episode...

... of soft skills in engineering. The discussion not only highlights the significance of these skills but also offers practical insights into how engineers can develop them with the support of organizations like SPE. I started the podcast episode with a quick debrief of the SPE Board meeting held in April...

... basis with no technical framework, mostly relying on engineers’ backgrounds and experience. Lack of understanding and failure to apply lessons learned from previous jobs were frequent outcomes because no single, comprehensive database or documentation existed that effectively captured well-intervention...

... 217767 hydraulic fracturing conductivity weight score nguyen fracture conductivity technology proppant bryant malone tan nguyen particle variation lab 2 engineer proppant testing 1 5 2024 1 5 2024 1 5 2024 1 5 2024 2024. Copyright is held partially by SPE...

... the next generation of artificial lift professionals well. Here are a few nuggets of advice from experts to help newcomers navigate this dynamic sector while also making a difference in the energy world. Greg Stephenson, chief production engineer, Occidental Petroleum My advice is to go for it! While ours...

... ExxonMobil have placed use of LLMs under lockdown while still signaling a long-term interest in their embrace. As chair of SPE’s Data Science & Engineering Analytics Technical Section, Pushpesh Sharma has spent the past several months speaking with peers in the industry about how and where LLMs are being...

... has become the norm, not the exception, for the US oil and gas producer’s subsurface engineering teams. The upside extends beyond mere convenience, however, and translates directly into faster decision making which is one of the keys to success in the dynamic landscape of unconventional developments...

... industry topics to review technical-paper abstracts gathered from the previous year of SPE meetings, as well as the Offshore Technology Conference. Its architect, engineer, and pilot was Technology Editor Dennis Denney, who would become a familiar presence to SPE members and staff alike over a 17-year...

... the ultratight rock in the Barnett formation. A JPT story described how this effort was finally looking like a significant, profitable business in 1998 when Mitchell Energy’s engineers turned to lower-cost slickwater fracturing in their vertical wells. The success of this trial-and-error engineering marathon...

... Trent Jacobs penned this month’s articles highlighting innovations in drilling, completions, and reservoir engineering. Each month, our editors will dive into the archives to round up milestones of industry advancements and achievements as reported in JPT. Since its inaugural issue in January 1949, JPT...