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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Technology

How AI-based image analysis of cuttings enables better reservoir definition

Ezdeen Ibrahim, Bapco Upstream, Guy M. Oliver And Milton Sanclemente, Geolog
With the advance of new AI-based tech­nologies, drill cut­ting data can now be quickly and consistently analyzed and interpreted to better characterize the subsurface. Working together with Bapco Upstream, we…

Getting drill-ready for the energy transition

Henk Kombrink
Frank van Bergen “If you don’t include the subsur­face in the journey towards reducing CO2 emissions, it will be impossible to reach net zero”, says Frank van Bergen. Frank heads…

The evolution of managed pressure drilling

Henk Kombrink
Nick Ward “Managed pressure drilling (MPD) has been around for a long time”, says Nick Ward when we meet in his office in Tullos, Aberdeen. Nick oversees the MPD business…

A seismic facies library

Henk Kombrink
Seismic facies classification can be a tedious process, especially in an exploration context where large areas need to be as­sessed. In order to speed up that process, using a library…

The gamification of the oil and gas industry

Henk Kombrink
“Imagine a world where labour is obsolete”, says Yu-kai Chou at the start of a TEDx Talk delivered for the University of Lausanne in Switzerland in 2014. “And I’m not…

The time of deep resistivity

Henk Kombrink
Times are gone that deep resistivity tools are only being used for geo-steering. The inverted data help build geomodels, help estimate net pay thickness away from well data and see…

The new kids on the geosteering block

Henk Kombrink
For some people, the pandemic came at the right time. That certainly applies to wellsite geologists Amin, Ammar and Rafi representing BITCAP, a new start-up that released its first commercial…

Digitisation before digitalisation

Richard Taylor, Petroscan
When a country where some previous exploration efforts took place decides to run another licensing round in an attempt to attract interest from the global exploration community, legacy data quickly…