Artificial intelligence

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August 2025
I asked AI to tell me about sand control in oil wells. While I don’t trust AI with certain questions, especially for seeking an opinion, I had no argument about its accuracy with this straightforward “what is” question: 
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August 12, 2025
Energy Domain has acquired the ClerkRecords.com domain along with its proprietary technology — an AI-enhanced courthouse records platform that will streamline the way users can access and understand complex documents such as oil and gas leases.
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August 12, 2025
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has secured a five-year renewal and expansion of its contract with Weatherford International. Under the extended agreement, TCS will leverage its expertise in automation, artificial intelligence, and digital optimization to drive enterprise-wide business transformation initiatives for Weatherford.   
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August 07, 2025
SLB and AIQ are scaling deployment of the ENERGYai agentic AI platform across ADNOC’s upstream operations, with full rollout expected by late 2025 to enhance seismic analysis, modeling, and productivity.
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August 05, 2025
KBC (A Yokogawa Company) has announced the launch of Petro- SIM® v7.6, the latest release of its flagship digital twin process simulation platform for the upstream and downstream oil and gas sectors.
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August 01, 2025
SLB has acquired Stimline Digital AS, a leading cloud-based software company for the energy sector specializing in well intervention.
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July 28, 2025
Aramco has launched a joint effort with Cloudera to build AI-powered applications that drive growth in Saudia Arabia's digital oil and gas sector. The companies will collaborate on AI initiatives for workforce development, R&D, operational efficiency and more.
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July 24, 2025
The methane intensity of oil and gas production in the Permian basin declined by more than 50% during the 2022-2024 period according to a new analysis by S&P Global Commodity Insights.
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June 11, 2025
During a June 10 special session at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTeC) in Houston, panelists discussed the latest advancements in Generative AI and machine learning for unconventionals.
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June 11, 2025
The BlueFloat Energy | Nadara Partnership has become the first offshore wind developer to adopt and deploy WindSafe™, an AI-powered safety and assurance platform, across its portfolio of floating wind projects.
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June 04, 2025
The Hamm Institute for American Energy has announced the launch of the American Energy + AI Initiative. The initiative is a direct outcome of the Powering AI: Global Leadership Summit, held in April and attended by four U.S. Cabinet officials, energy CEOs and top technologists.
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May 08, 2025
OTC 2025 day three kicked off with a keynote speaker panel on the ongoing challenges of digital transformation in the offshore sector. Across various digital technologies, a critical keystone must be addressed to provide a suitable digital foundation: quality data and access to it. 
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April 30, 2025
Argentina shale operator YPF has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Globant, a digitally-native company focused on transforming companies through the use of AI. Through the agreement, YPF will apply AI technology across its supply chain operations.
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April 23, 2025
Last Mile Production, LLC, an independent oil and gas operator in West Texas, has reported transformative results following the deployment of Enovate AI’s 3-Clicks Digital Strategy in collaboration with B4ECarbon™.
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April 22, 2025
Weatherford has entered a strategic partnership with AIQ, the Abu Dhabi-based AI company. The collaboration aims to integrate Weatherford's software and hardware solutions with AIQ's AI-driven systems to maximize efficiency for oil and gas production.
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April 11, 2025
Nabors and Corva AI are expanding their alliance with the launch of RigCLOUD® Powered by Corva, a fully integrated drilling intelligence solution that combines Nabors’ edge and cloud computing platform with Corva’s AI-driven analytics.
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April 08, 2025
AIQ, the Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence (AI) champion developing innovative solutions for the energy sector, has entered a Strategic Collaboration Agreement with Gulf Energy Information (Gulf) to enhance the development of ENERGYai by integrating Gulf’s vast energy sector data assets with AIQ’s advanced AI capabilities.
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April 04, 2025
SLB today announced a partnership with Shell to deploy Petrel™ subsurface software across its assets worldwide. The adoption of Petrel software is designed to increase digital capabilities and drive operating cost efficiencies.
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March 2025
Atlas Energy Solutions delivered 100 loads of proppant as the first semi-truck customer to make driverless deliveries with its own RoboTruck fleet. Atlas concurrently launched the Dune Express, a 42-mi autonomous conveyor system that delivers sand to the firm’s autonomous RoboTrucks.  
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March 14, 2025
(WO) - In a Leadership Dialogue with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Mark Christie during CERAWeek 2025 by S&P Global, LNG was not only a staple of discussion but, in his view, a staple for present and future energy generation.
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