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The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Technology

The bit boy has gone

Henk Kombrink
The Canadian oil sector has changed dramatically in a matter of 20 years. Back in the early 2000’s, vertical drilling was very much common good, but these days, you would…

The well listeners

Henk Kombrink
Karol Jewuła. “ I recently gave a talk in Kuala Lum­pur,” says geologist and pore pressure specialist Karol Jewuła, “for which I made an overview of drilling-related issues with wells…

How AI helps democratize seismic interpretation

Henk Kombrink
“The times of gurus telling younger staff how to plough through a seismic volume and what to interpret is over,” says Herman van Nieuwoudt from Blu­ware. Herman started as the…

“You need some chaos to thrive as a company”

Henk Kombrink
“Let’s get this straight,” Benoît Matha says at the start of our conversation on a Friday morning in February, “the subsurface upstream business is not a big data environment.” It…

How your WhatsApp call helps detect seismic activity

J. Andres Chavarria
Our global telecommu­nications infrastructure consists of millions of kilometers of fiber op­tic cables. These include terrestrial and subsea networks that ensure that information travels across the planet. With the increased…

Can technology replace fieldwork?

Henk Kombrink
At times of better access to digital outcrop imagery, drone footage and satellite shots, is it still worth going into the field to have a look at the rocks in…

Less oil, more water

Henk Kombrink
It is something that I am not often exposed to, but that does not mean it is unimportant – produced water. The SPE Aberdeen section organized a panel discussion around…

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…