API Foundation for Refinery Safety Regulations
Refineries are petrochemical industrial plants where substances derived from crude oil and gas are obtained. Within their walls, transformation and refining processes occur to obtain...
Oilman September-October 2020
Building Your Sustainable AI Strategy and Implementation
A review of best practices and steps for projects to produce sustainable AI implementations. Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to surpass what experts thought was possible....
Buyer Beware: Consent-to-Assign Provisions in the Oil Patch
A sense of normalcy is returning to the oil patch, at least compared to the roller coaster ride that took place in March and April...
Choosing the Right MWD Telemetry System Reduces Well Delivery Costs
In 1912 the French geophysicist Conrad Schlumberger, after recording the first geological map of equipotential curves, applied the data to locating iron ores and subsurface...
Considerations Before Implementing AI in the Oil and Gas Industry
An effective AI platform needs a reliable master data strategy and cloud computing source to build upon, as well as sound data integration and cleansing...
Decarbonizing Oil and Gas Using AI
COVID-19 has undeniably shaken global economies to their very core, and the world has responded by changing at rapid speed. Additionally, the pressure of climate...
Deepwater Manages Pandemic on Land and at Sea
The oil and gas industry has quickly made leaps and bounds in combatting COVID-19, and the offshore sector has been forced to develop creative and...
Patented Chemical Mixing Tool Improves Results While Slashing Chemical Spending
Ongoing chemical treatments are among the top production costs in almost every basin, coming in at around eight to ten percent on average on the...
Using 3D Digital Twins to Support Mergers and Acquisitions Due Diligence for Industrial Assets and Facilities
A 3D Digital Twin is a virtual replica of assets, consisting of “point cloud” data captured by Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) scanners, which is...
Drilling Tools Most Used and Techniques to Exploit Formation Conditions
Well drilling, the second step in the downhole process, begins when the superficial casing is put in place and ends when the well is set...