By Paul Wiseman The great majority of successful hacks—for ransomware, spyware, information theft, or just plain chaos—come through human error. That is, someone opened a phishing email and entered a password or account number. But three oil and gas industry security experts said that, while education on that front is vital and ongoing, hackers are […]
Technologies Provider Opens New Midland Outlet
Intelligent Wellhead Systems, Inc. (IWS), a supplier of digital control technologies for improving oil and gas well completion operations, recently opened a new base of operations in Midland. Officials for the company said that rapid adoption of automation technology and digital solutions for completions drove the need for local customer support, logistics, and a full-service […]
IT Helps People Be More Efficient
by Paul Wiseman At the dawn of the digital oilfield age, many staffers worried about being rendered obsolete by the efficiencies inherent in automation. Since the upheaval of COVID-related workplace changes, employees have left the oil patch in droves. For many oil and gas operators, making the remaining workers more efficient by employing automation and […]
Pipe Goes High Tech
One wouldn’t think that something as simple as a cylinder would offer many prospects for innovation. But one would be wrong. The metal cylinder known as pipe has attracted a wave of innovation and sophistication in the shale era. Oilfield pipe, commonly described as “oil country tubular goods, or OCTG, falls into four categories: drill […]
See a Need, Fill a Need
After decades of resisting change, the oil patch in recent years has begun to embrace—and even seek out—new technologies that reduce overhead, boost efficiencies, and improve production, among other things, at least some of the time. One Houston company has recently purchased a developing technology it hopes will reduce flaring in the Permian and elsewhere […]
Taking Flight
The mention of aerial imagery usually brings visions of drones, and that is certainly a big part of the mix. Additionally, companies like Ft. Worth-based Prius Intelli are using manned, fixed-wing flights to quickly cover wider areas and collect more data than is afforded by just visual images. With regulators clamping down on greenhouse gas […]
Faster, Better, More Accurately
As AI helps E&Ps make sense of the torrent of data coming from today’s oil field, there are two areas in which SparkCognition SVP Energy and Sustainability Phillippe Hervé finds extremely significant. One is in drilling optimization, “Which is very, very possible, and we do it with excellent results,” he says. Drilling faster, better, and […]
A Sense of (Cyber) Security
When Nozomi Networks’ Chris Grove first arrived in the operational technologies sector six years ago—after more than two decades in cybersecurity overall—and he found a lack of knowledge/interest from companies about the security risks involved in connecting their OT (operational technology) devices to networks. “When we would go to customers [on sales calls] it was […]
How to leverage existing subsurface data for carbon sequestration modeling
Derisk CCS operations with detailed subsurface characterization As governments, agencies and industries across the world increase their focus on sustainability and mitigating the risks of climate change, carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is becoming more important than ever before. As one of the few proven technologies to significantly lower net emissions from some of the […]
Optimizing well production to maximize ROI across the life cycle
Unlock well and field-wide productivity with optimized artificial lift In today’s complex energy landscape, oil and gas operators must find innovative new ways to improve operational efficiency and reduce capital expenses. To accomplish this, best practices in the field are being backed up with more engineering criteria. Digital breakthroughs, such as adaptive, high-science applications and […]
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