As global demand grows for clean, reliable, and scalable power, enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) are gaining increasing attention. Yet their development is defined by complex subsurface challenges that introduce significant uncertainty and risk. Addressing this requires making advanced subsurface modeling central to every stage of the project—from early design and capital allocation to ongoing operational optimization. By continuously refining their understanding of the reservoir, developers can reduce risk, improve performance, and unlock the full potential of geothermal energy at scale.
", "tags": [ "New Energy" ] }, { "id": "09605e36-5948-43d9-93d9-5bb34d28846f", "url": "/insights/3-ways-ai-advances-health-safety-and-sustainability-in-the-energy-industry", "title": "3 ways AI advances health, safety, and sustainability", "date_published": "2026-04-24T09:26:00Z", "summary": "As the energy sector navigates increasing demands for safety, reliability, and sustainability, AI is emerging as a powerful enabler of better operational outcomes. By transforming large volumes of data into timely, actionable insights, AI is helping operators reduce risk exposure, detect hazards earlier, and improve overall efficiency. Its applications are already delivering tangible benefits for organizations, from minimizing time in high-risk environments to enhancing emissions monitoring and enabling predictive maintenance. Which companies are seeing the greatest gains from AI? Those that embed it into everyday workflows and empower their people to make better, faster decisions—using it to augment human expertise rather than replace it.
", "tags": [ "Digital", "Sustainability" ] }, { "id": "38dc5c77-0ae5-4d7d-8f21-83938a87b870", "url": "/insights/whats-a-sustainable-energy-transition-without-cybersecurity", "title": "What’s a sustainable energy transition without cybersecurity?", "date_published": "2026-04-10T08:29:00Z", "summary": "The energy industry is navigating a dual challenge: decarbonizing operations while rapidly adopting digital technologies. Tools like AI, advanced analytics, and autonomous systems are improving operational efficiency and enabling more precise emissions tracking. However, the infrastructure that underpins these capabilities has a carbon footprint of its own. At the same time, the increased reliance on digital tools is creating new vulnerabilities that organizations must urgently address. Amidst the shift, cybersecurity is emerging as a foundational pillar of operational continuity—ensuring safety, while protecting the integrity of data and credibility of sustainability reporting. Companies that strategically align digital transformation with robust security practices are best positioned to drive sustainable performance and gain a competitive advantage in the evolving energy landscape.
", "tags": [ "Digital", "Sustainability" ] }, { "id": "b7e0655d-2836-4330-a887-555536af6f40", "url": "/insights/how-ai-is-breaking-the-fast-follower-playbook-of-oil-and-gas", "title": "How AI is breaking the “fast follower” playbook of oil & gas", "date_published": "2026-03-18T09:50:00Z", "summary": "AI has moved from a speculative technology to a strategic priority across the energy industry. Conversations with industry leaders reveal that the debate is no longer about whether to adopt AI, but how aggressively to deploy it. Amidst the shift, two cohorts are emerging. The first group (the AI incrementalists) are applying the technology to improve and optimize existing workflows. The second group (the AI revolutionaries) are using it as a catalyst to fundamentally redesign how their organizations operate. Companies that are best positioned to capitalize on AI’s transformative potential will be those that adopt a portfolio approach: pursuing near-term efficiency gains while simultaneously investing in longer-term operating model reinvention. The self-improvement capabilities of AI mean the traditional “fast follower” strategy will likely not work as it has in the past. Early adopters are already building a competitive advantage that slower-moving companies will find increasingly difficult to overcome.
", "tags": [ "Digital", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "11d3fa33-3703-4f7b-a3d5-1899f6c26957", "url": "/insights/going-beyond-extraction-to-build-the-future-of-lithium", "title": "Going beyond extraction to build the future of lithium", "date_published": "2026-02-25T12:09:00Z", "summary": "Lithium demand is rising rapidly as electrification accelerates, creating mounting pressure to expand supply in a way that is efficient, predictable, and environmentally responsible. Meeting this challenge requires more than advances in extraction technology; it depends on deep subsurface understanding and integrated workflows that connect reservoir characterization, drilling, processing, reinjection, and monitoring into a single, coordinated system. Drawing on lessons from oil and gas, jurisdictions around the world are adapting existing regulatory frameworks to support brine-based lithium production. A subsurface-first, technology-neutral approach can help scale production, reduce risk, strengthen environmental safeguards, and build long-term public trust.
", "tags": [ "New Energy" ] }, { "id": "459bb7e7-2ffc-4bbd-81b5-9b65a5275f32", "url": "/insights/using-behavioral-science-to-unlock-ai-for-industrial-sectors", "title": "Using behavioral science to unlock AI for industrial sectors", "date_published": "2026-02-18T12:36:00Z", "summary": "Artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally transforming how we work, learn, and connect—creating both opportunities and challenges along the way. AI can make tasks faster and easier, but if not managed thoughtfully, it can lead to over-reliance, a decline in essential skills, and technostress-induced burnout. For AI to truly make an impact, people must trust it, understand it, and use it effectively. Behavioral science—the study of how people think and act—plays a critical role in this process. By considering it when rolling out AI initiatives, industrial organizations can design and implement tools in ways that align with human cognition, strengthen trust and adoption, and ultimately enhance, rather than replace, human capability.
", "tags": [ "Digital", "Sustainability" ] }, { "id": "1e90b388-ec29-4c67-a4db-3422ae7d9e7b", "url": "/insights/7-essential-data-practices-for-ai-implementation-in-o-and-g", "title": "7 essential data practices for AI implementation in O&G", "date_published": "2026-01-16T10:36:00Z", "summary": "AI adoption across the oil and gas industry is increasing. While the models being deployed are highly advanced (and becoming more so every day), technical capabilities are not the only factor that determines if an implementation will be successful. A robust data foundation is required to deploy AI safely, compliantly, and at scale.
", "tags": [ "Digital", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "9614596b-1031-4053-8f6d-3981708162f0", "url": "/insights/building-africas-blueprint-for-integrated-energy-development", "title": "Building Africa’s blueprint for integrated energy development", "date_published": "2025-12-17T14:10:00Z", "summary": "Namibia stands at the crossroads of becoming a regional energy hub, leveraging recent offshore oil and gas discoveries alongside world-class wind and solar resources. To realize its potential, however, the country needs a single, cohesive energy strategy that links upstream development, large-scale renewables, grid expansion, and export corridors. Targeted investments in ports, transmission capacity, digital transformation, and local skills will attract long-term capital while protecting national interests. With coordinated policy that is pragmatic, strong governance and regional partnerships, Namibia can create a resilient, diversified energy economy that benefits not just its own people but the entire African continent.
", "tags": [ "Oil & Gas", "New Energy" ] }, { "id": "5e57bc49-b07e-48b8-9701-c3466e1f20ef", "url": "/insights/cybersecurity-the-next-frontier-of-safety-in-oil-and-gas", "title": "Cybersecurity: The next frontier of safety in oil and gas", "date_published": "2025-12-12T09:18:00Z", "summary": "Digital transformation and the increasing convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) are fundamentally transforming the risk landscape in oil and gas. Cyber intrusions are no longer just a data privacy concern. They pose a physical threat to people, equipment, and the environment. Within organizations, cybersecurity should be addressed with the same sense of urgency and focus as health, safety, and the environment (HSE). A strong cyber framework and culture is now a competitive differentiator—enabling digital innovation, business continuity, and operational excellence.
", "tags": [ "Digital", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "69312658-831a-49f2-858a-017ced33f4a5", "url": "/insights/why-governments-are-adopting-holistic-geothermal-strategies", "title": "Why Governments Are Adopting Holistic Geothermal Strategies", "date_published": "2025-12-05T09:50:00Z", "summary": "Geothermal energy has significant potential to support the global energy transition by providing clean, reliable baseload power and low-emissions heating and cooling for buildings and industry. In recent years, advances in geothermal technology have expanded access and created new opportunities for countries to tap into this valuable resource. However, unlocking its full potential requires a holistic development approach that integrates subsurface exploration, surface infrastructure, grid planning, permitting, workforce development, and long-term investment frameworks. Countries that coordinate these elements can reduce project risk, accelerate deployment, and ensure that geothermal becomes a scalable, reliable, and long-term pillar of their future energy systems.
", "tags": [ "New Energy" ] }, { "id": "aa314930-a59b-4635-8fb5-7b8b73a9caec", "url": "/insights/what-will-it-take-to-scale-ai-in-africas-o-and-g-sector", "title": "What will it take to scale AI in Africa’s O&G sector?", "date_published": "2025-11-14T13:00:00Z", "summary": "AI adoption is increasing across Africa’s oil and gas sector, but limited data infrastructure and unreliable power grids threaten to slow progress. The continent’s greatest challenge—and opportunity—lies in developing local data centers, reliable power systems, and engineering talent to accelerate digitalization. True transformation will depend not on how fast the industry implements AI, but on who owns and powers the intelligence behind it.
", "tags": [ "Digital", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "6d8db623-dae1-4da4-bb7f-0976b6264679", "url": "/insights/a-digital-disruption-in-the-energy-sector-worthy-of-the-label", "title": "A digital disruption in the energy sector worthy of the label", "date_published": "2025-10-27T10:39:00Z", "summary": "After decades of incremental progress, digital transformation is finally reaching escape velocity. With the rise of agentic AI, technology evolves from a background enabler to an active participant in decision making and value creation. This shift opens the door to a new era of intelligent, autonomous operations, where performance gains compound and human ingenuity is amplified.
", "tags": [ "Digital", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "308bd29e-a26e-49c7-8161-280716ba6f7d", "url": "/insights/paper-route-tackling-the-measurement-of-flare-efficiency", "title": "Paper Route: Tackling the measurement of flare efficiency", "date_published": "2025-10-20T09:07:00Z", "summary": "Several times a year, a group of highly specialized experts in all things decarbonization and emissions solutions get together to review and discuss the latest research papers that have been published in their field. This article is the first edition of their ongoing contributions, going by “Paper Route,” through which they’ll summarize the concepts that stuck out the most and what the impact of those novelties might be.
", "tags": [ "Decarbonizing", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "c7829d45-8a7d-4332-a38b-ab8cb0c92727", "url": "/insights/how-can-digital-infrastructure-and-smarter-policy-power-the-ai-age", "title": "How can digital infrastructure and smarter policy power the AI age", "date_published": "2025-09-24T13:34:00Z", "summary": "Modular, decarbonized, and rapidly deployable data center infrastructure, along with baseload decarbonized energy, are no longer optional. They are the foundation for scaling AI and cloud capabilities and must be matched by policy reform that accelerates deployment rather than impedes it. Read on to find out why energy tech experts are claiming this to be the winning combination, and how they envision our world properly facing the challenges to come.
", "tags": [ "Digital", "New Energy" ] }, { "id": "43d960df-c25e-4ff3-8d6d-361476cde36f", "url": "/insights/how-subsurface-modeling-leads-to-more-responsible-lithium", "title": "How subsurface modeling leads to more responsible lithium", "date_published": "2025-09-12T13:14:00Z", "summary": "As the world transitions toward an electrified future, the demand for lithium (a critical component in batteries for both energy-efficient transportation and energy storage) is skyrocketing. Meeting this demand responsibly requires more than small-scale updates in isolated scenarios. If you want to enhance resource recovery and minimize unwanted environmental impact, you’re going to need a more comprehensive approach that integrates advanced subsurface modeling with a holistic, well-to-product mindset.
", "tags": [ "New Energy" ] }, { "id": "8b65ad1c-827d-4536-a095-412bbb82ae67", "url": "/insights/exploration-isnt-dead-and-its-horizons-are-expanding", "title": "Exploration isn’t dead—and its horizons are expanding", "date_published": "2025-08-28T08:06:00Z", "summary": "The energy sector has witnessed a profound transformation in recent years, and as renewable tech gained momentum, many declared traditional exploration efforts relics of the past. Yet contrary to these predictions, exploration has demonstrated remarkable resilience and adaptability. Far from being obsolete, it’s undergoing a renaissance driven by technological advancements and evolving global energy demands—with a significant role to play in both conventional and new energy. Here we’ll delve into how exploration is adapting and thriving, offering fresh opportunities and challenges on our journey to a balanced energy future.
", "tags": [ "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "6789b8e6-1145-4860-b549-cd4cd21ec924", "url": "/insights/digitalize-your-waterflooding-for-a-sustainable-mature-field", "title": "Digitalize your waterflooding for a sustainable mature field", "date_published": "2025-08-12T13:45:00Z", "summary": "Secondary oil recovery is one of the most popular methods for exploiting hydrocarbons in mature fields worldwide, and there’s no secondary recovery method more efficient than water injection. Waterflooding (another name for injecting water into a depleted well) is, in fact, becoming even more relevant not just because of society’s desire to reduce drilling but also because digital transformation is making the process safer, more efficient, and more sustainable.
", "tags": [ "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "ed9a5a13-ddef-4c80-909e-6798af446d06", "url": "/insights/translating-energy-innovation-into-public-understanding", "title": "Translating energy innovation into public understanding", "date_published": "2025-07-22T07:30:00Z", "summary": "The climate crisis has led to public skepticism around energy companies and their impact on people and the planet. Why? Research shows that stakeholders—including the general public, investors, and policymakers—often lack a clear understanding of the industry's efforts toward a lower-carbon future. The technicality of our processes poses a hurdle for the untrained eye, meaning that the way we communicate our sustainable progress is now more important than ever.
", "tags": [ "Culture", "Sustainability" ] }, { "id": "f030c613-803b-43c9-bc0f-f4ba98a011b8", "url": "/insights/what-does-enhanced-fully-integrated-oil-recovery-look-like", "title": "What does enhanced, fully integrated oil recovery look like?", "date_published": "2025-07-11T13:28:00Z", "summary": "In the oil and gas industry, innovation remains the driving force behind achieving new levels of efficiency, sustainability, and ultimate recovery. And as fields age and production declines, we all face a clear question: How do we extend the life of existing assets without slowing progress or breaking the bank? The answer lies in a combination of recovery expertise, comprehensive studies, and risk-controlled energy tech—a combination that led to the latest advancement in the field: fully integrated, chemical enhanced oil recovery.
", "tags": [ "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "c48641e0-7e20-4af5-a479-01ad2332c08f", "url": "/insights/ten-ai-attributes-for-modern-emissions-forecasting", "title": "Ten AI attributes for modern emissions forecasting", "date_published": "2025-06-24T10:20:00Z", "summary": "While it’s important to understand your environmental footprint today, it’s equally important to anticipate how it will evolve based on not only the decisions you're making but also those you’re considering. And given the innovative energy tech available nowadays, it’s hard to even imagine a decarbonization plan without some level of emissions forecasting. But what does an ideal, modern emissions forecasting model look like? One thing’s for sure: It’s a model strongly enabled by artificial intelligence (AI).
", "tags": [ "Digital", "Sustainability" ] }, { "id": "93819e4d-026e-47e1-8051-f79a587d19bb", "url": "/insights/what-does-a-digitally-transformed-o-and-g-operator-look-like", "title": "What does a digitally transformed O&G operator look like?", "date_published": "2025-06-10T13:58:00Z", "summary": "Allow us to preface this article by saying that it’s probably the most succinctly comprehensive depiction of digital oil and gas operations that we’ve seen. And it tackles the need for operational performance and efficiency in the oil and gas industry with an elegance and finesse that some would call surprising coming from an ex-wireline hand. It’s difficult to summarize because it is, in and of itself, a summary of one of our industry’s greatest challenges. We encourage you to read on.
", "tags": [ "Digital", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "45ca31de-0141-43b3-9571-da076b38013e", "url": "/insights/what-will-it-take-to-finance-a-decarbonized-economy", "title": "What will it take to finance a decarbonized economy?", "date_published": "2025-06-02T16:09:00Z", "summary": "Despite the geopolitical turmoil and current market uncertainties, decarbonization remains a priority for governments and financial institutions. Meanwhile, mechanisms that privilege green products continue to exert pressure on price and market demand. The shift toward cleaner energy sources is not merely a technological transformation; it’s a structural market evolution that introduces a new asset class and challenges long-standing economic paradigms. The economics of the energy transition are central to determining the speed at which global climate goals can be achieved. After all, it’s a transition that demands innovation not only in policies, incentives, and international cooperation, but also in how capital is raised and deployed.", "tags": [ "New Energy", "Decarbonizing" ] }, { "id": "2e4cd221-2b00-4c41-824f-e72d17ed3202", "url": "/insights/transforming-circularity-goals-into-practical-actions", "title": "Transforming circularity goals into practical actions", "date_published": "2025-05-13T09:10:00Z", "summary": "The Circularity Gap Report was first published during the 2018 World Economic Forum. There, in Davos, the research revealed to everyone that global circularity was only 9.1%. You would think that things have improved since then, but alas, subsequent reports have shown an alarming downward trend. The 2025 report, for example, indicated that circularity dropped to 6.9%. This drop—this widening gap—highlights the need for urgent action across industries, so why are companies still hesitating when it’s been proven that circular practices are not only necessary but also lucrative?
", "tags": [ "Sustainability" ] }, { "id": "54fcbb31-cc36-42f3-85d6-0e5aa75d4f2f", "url": "/insights/diving-into-physics-informed-ai-with-geminus", "title": "Diving into physics-informed AI with Geminus", "date_published": "2025-05-02T14:46:00Z", "summary": "In this exclusive interview with Alex Gorodetsky, Chief AI Scientist at Geminus, you'll learn about the role of physics-informed artificial intelligence in the oil and gas industry from someone at the forefront of transforming decision making in complex, dynamic industrial systems. Not only does Alex explain the optimization that arises when you combine physical laws with machine learning, but he also describes the additional benefits it brings to emissions reductions and carbon storage. Read on for his advice to all companies.
", "tags": [ "Digital", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "f4a2b917-d2d4-42b9-86e1-268d3527d496", "url": "/insights/why-you-need-quantitative-risk-analysis-to-store-carbon-effectively", "title": "Why you need quantitative risk analysis to store carbon effectively", "date_published": "2025-04-11T14:17:00Z", "summary": "Subsurface storage often comes with a range of uncertainties, which means there’s no single “best” model for simulating a single \"best” result. You need to assess a multitude of potential outcomes given the possible shifts that may occur in your parameters. And you do this by leveraging a collection of subsurface models—or model ensemble—rather than just one. Then you can assign a numeric value to the probability of each outcome unfolding and combine it with the severity of that event to better understand the overall risk.
", "tags": [ "Decarbonizing" ] }, { "id": "a541d860-a364-43bd-b7b6-9d6d0e90aed1", "url": "/insights/how-a-digitally-integrated-process-accelerates-and-maximizes-lithium-production", "title": "How a digitally integrated process accelerates and maximizes lithium production", "date_published": "2025-04-04T20:32:00Z", "summary": "Digitization and automation are key to designing efficient lithium production facilities. The variability of lithium brine, even within the same well, requires dynamic process automation that adapts plant parameters to optimize lithium extraction while minimizing environmental impact. A fully integrated, digitalized system—powered by sophisticated algorithms—enhances plant performance, minimizes maintenance, and improves cost efficiency. Add the integration of machine learning, predictive analytics, and AI into those operational algorithms, and you enable the kind of continuous system learning that reduces downtime and waste while maximizing your throughput.
", "tags": [ "New Energy", "Digital" ] }, { "id": "dd338415-5f37-48fc-90b6-22ffd35996fc", "url": "/insights/mitigating-the-ai-driven-risks-of-autonomous-operations-in-oil-and-gas", "title": "Mitigating the AI-driven risks of autonomous operations in oil and gas", "date_published": "2025-03-20T09:32:00Z", "summary": "As oil and gas operators explore the possibilities of autonomous operations enabled by AI, the industry stands to gain substantial benefits, including enhanced safety, improved efficiency, and greater operational resilience. However, this transformative journey also presents significant challenges, particularly in managing the risks inherent to deploying AI in high-stakes, safety-critical environments.
", "tags": [ "Digital", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "e0720273-94cb-4b41-8e73-a670eaa2d859", "url": "/insights/all-paths-to-net-zero-require-industrial-decarbonization", "title": "All paths to net zero require industrial decarbonization", "date_published": "2025-03-04T10:50:00Z", "summary": "Industrial decarbonization is not the responsibility of one company, one industry, or even one nation. It’s a responsibility we all share, and one that none of us can handle on our own. Actions are required from emitters, innovators, governments, and consumers to make industrial decarbonization a success—both for those directly involved and the communities around them. But for that to happen, we must first understand what our decarbonizing options are and how to select the right ones.
", "tags": [ "Decarbonizing" ] }, { "id": "1623fff8-0d8f-493d-b967-beec29960f02", "url": "/insights/tailoring-large-language-models-for-specific-energy-domains", "title": "Tailoring large language models for specific energy domains", "date_published": "2025-02-18T09:36:00Z", "summary": "Large language models (LLMs) excel in diverse tasks due to their broad training. However, their general-purpose nature can hinder their performance in specialized energy domains, where handling sensitive and domain-specific information is crucial. The vast technical jargon and unique language across energy disciplines pose a challenge. To unlock the full potential of LLMs in these specialized areas, targeted adaptation strategies are essential.
", "tags": [ "Digital" ] }, { "id": "69d7a7ef-cf74-4cdb-95fd-f8ce929f6fdf", "url": "/insights/a-scientific-approach-to-evaluating-carbon-storage-sites", "title": "A scientific approach to evaluating carbon storage sites", "date_published": "2025-01-21T09:40:00Z", "summary": "Carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) remains one of the most effective solutions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and will continue to play a critical role in achieving our planet’s emissions reduction targets—especially in consideration of carbon-intensive processes across cement production, steel manufacturing, and the chemical industry. This is not just because the CO2 can be stored, but as the name suggests, it can also be subsequently used. And while the number of funded CCUS projects keeps growing, one opportunity for improvement stands out: The modernization of how carbon storage sites are screened, ranked, and selected.
", "tags": [ "Decarbonizing" ] }, { "id": "7d5a252e-6700-4eb7-8491-3f0b21957f08", "url": "/insights/why-you-should-measure-your-products-carbon-footprint", "title": "Why you should measure your product’s carbon footprint", "date_published": "2024-12-19T09:46:00Z", "summary": "Many of us are familiar with corporate carbon accounting, but what about product carbon footprints? With regulations and consumer expectations both consistently on the rise, it’s no wonder that measuring the emissions contribution of each step in a product’s life cycle has now become a focus area for most organizations. While it's often easier said than done, measuring your product’s carbon footprint is becoming somewhat of a requirement—and here’s why.
", "tags": [ "Sustainability", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "31204818-3845-4f1b-97a1-37c31dd86443", "url": "/insights/engineered-ai-unapologetically-optimized-for-the-energy-industry", "title": "Engineered AI: Unapologetically optimized for the energy industry ", "date_published": "2024-12-10T10:56:00Z", "summary": "From narrow to generative, we’ve all heard of various types of artificial intelligence. But is it possible that neither of them is uniquely right for what we in the oil and gas industry need? With the amount of historical data we can access, it’s fair to assume that a more precise version of AI—tailored to our challenges and workflows—is not only possible but necessary. And you’d be right. In fact, a physics-driven, more engineered version of AI is already being deployed across the value chain as we speak.
", "tags": [ "Digital", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "ee98ee43-c67a-4488-b61e-28657e700b4f", "url": "/insights/digitally-enhancing-safety-barrier-management-for-the-energy-industry", "title": "Digitally enhancing safety barrier management for the energy industry", "date_published": "2024-11-13T18:24:00Z", "summary": "What are the digital advancements transforming how safety barrier management prevents hazardous events? Safety barriers rely on a range of constantly evolving technologies—artificial intelligence, machine learning, and digital twin modeling, for example—to predict failures, enhance monitoring, and optimize maintenance. And as these digital tools improve their ability to provide real-time data, test accurately, and manage deferrals, more and more operators are addressing safety risks before they even occur.
", "tags": [ "Digital" ] }, { "id": "9e3aa9d8-bcdd-438c-a4dd-a8cad409fd58", "url": "/insights/the-role-of-proactive-intervention-in-the-energy-transition", "title": "The role of proactive intervention in the energy transition", "date_published": "2024-10-25T15:26:00Z", "summary": "In his last article about managing mature assets, Matthew discussed the role of oil and gas in a net-zero scenario, focusing on the remediation of production issues that typically arise as existing wells or fields age. The conclusion was that increased production rates are not only achievable, but they also carry significant economic value. This article explores in further detail why intervention in the oil and gas industry is a key element of the energy transition, mostly from a sustainability perspective.
", "tags": [ "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "7e90f6d6-7184-485e-af38-cc9306583835", "url": "/insights/produced-water-transforming-a-challenge-into-a-resource", "title": "Produced water: Transforming a challenge into a resource", "date_published": "2024-10-21T14:24:00Z", "summary": "Produced water, once considered a waste product in the oil and gas industry, can be transformed into a valuable resource if the right alignment and collaboration are put in place. This is particularly true in water-stressed regions such as the Middle East and North Africa, where the availability of water is low due to factors such as pollution, environmental conditions, and accessibility. But innovative solutions—ones that address water stress—now provide a way to reuse produced water for industrial, precious metal recovery, and agricultural purposes.
", "tags": [ "Sustainability", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "da72e0f0-3bb7-4866-b0e1-af2b2179254c", "url": "/insights/advanced-logging-analysis-makes-real-time-reservoir-insights-a-reality", "title": "Advanced logging analysis makes real-time reservoir insights a reality", "date_published": "2024-09-26T18:41:00Z", "summary": "To unlock the potential of new reserves or repurpose existing assets, real-time insights are crucial. This is why digital systems enabling simultaneous data monitoring, assessment, and application are replacing the more traditional methods of performing our logging and data analysis separately. So, how are these advancements in digital collaboration and workflows improving operational efficiency? Read on to find out.
", "tags": [ "Digital", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "2540e1bb-826b-474e-bff4-f09981bb76ab", "url": "/insights/the-role-of-ccus-in-shifting-the-cement-industry-to-net-zero", "title": "The role of CCUS in shifting the cement industry to net zero", "date_published": "2024-09-18T11:11:00Z", "summary": "The cement industry is under pressure to decarbonize because it contributes 6% to 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions. Despite efforts including clinker substitution, energy efficiency, alternative fuels, and renewable energy, the cement industry continues to fall short of achieving its net-zero targets. Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) could be critical in lowering carbon emissions, and Norway’s upcoming Brevik CCS project will be the first carbon capture facility in the industry, aiming to meet climate goals and promote a more sustainable approach to manufacturing cement.
", "tags": [ "Decarbonizing" ] }, { "id": "9725708c-2753-4b02-8026-09bf7fb55bd0", "url": "/insights/how-well-integrity-assessments-reduce-carbon-storage-risks", "title": "How well integrity assessments reduce carbon storage risks", "date_published": "2024-09-10T11:15:00Z", "summary": "When evaluating sites for potential carbon dioxide storage, the preinjection phase is critical. This is when something called “well integrity” is assessed via a combination of data collection, barrier analysis, and leakage risk evaluation. In other words, the initial well integrity assessment is essential for minimizing the risk of carbon storage developments. But what does a successful process look like?
", "tags": [ "Decarbonizing", "New Energy" ] }, { "id": "26489db9-f30a-47e2-aa61-cff99102db05", "url": "/insights/enhancing-oil-recovery-in-the-mature-fields-of-the-north-sea", "title": "Enhancing oil recovery in the mature fields of the North Sea", "date_published": "2024-08-29T14:02:00Z", "summary": "Major obstacles emerge as the energy industry faces the reality of aging oil and gas fields in the North Sea. Production is declining while operational costs continue to increase, forcing the industry to rethink its approach. Advanced tech such as digitalization, automation, and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques are promising; however, integrating these tools effectively remains a challenge. With fewer new fields being developed and a continuing focus on managing mature assets, where does the industry go from here? What is the next chapter for optimizing mature oil and gas fields? Here is what we predict.
", "tags": [ "Oil & Gas", "Digital" ] }, { "id": "d5bc7baa-e817-4320-96d3-23903c76e24a", "url": "/insights/a-guide-to-managing-water-effectively-at-industrial-scale", "title": "A guide to managing water effectively at industrial scale", "date_published": "2024-08-29T13:55:00Z", "summary": "Significant challenges impede progress toward UN Sustainable Development Goal 6, which aims to ensure water and sanitation for all by 2030. With global funding decreasing, we're seeing less official development assistance and shrinking government budgets for water programs. A higher percentage of water is becoming unsafe and unpredictable due to inferior quality, climate change, and increased water-related disasters. So, given the simultaneous lack of integrated approaches and insufficient transboundary water cooperation , what is industry to do? We have some ideas on areas of opportunity.", "tags": [ "Sustainability" ] }, { "id": "10d0a768-d3a9-4a78-be0a-5519b7484176", "url": "/insights/generative-ai-is-poised-to-reshape-the-global-energy-landscape", "title": "Generative AI is poised to reshape the global energy landscape", "date_published": "2024-08-22T11:01:00Z", "summary": "While the energy industry has been leveraging traditional AI and machine learning for several years now, generative AI promises to be a significant transformation in and of itself. Better modeling, optimized production, higher operational efficiency—the potential benefits are many. Given the vast amount of data available, energy companies are well-positioned to capitalize on this opportunity. The challenges? Data integration, security, and (of course) ethics.
", "tags": [ "Digital", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "7c401551-6e51-4239-91ac-99f3e73fcf2d", "url": "/insights/is-it-possible-to-produce-high-quality-lithium-sustainably", "title": "Is it possible to produce high-quality lithium sustainably?", "date_published": "2024-08-16T19:29:00Z", "summary": "As concern grows about the sustainability of conventional lithium extraction, new technologies are needed. These emerging options are poised to not only accelerate and maximize lithium recovery, but also do so in a way that is less detrimental to natural and societal environments. Direct lithium extraction—with its ability to recover a large majority of the lithium available and reinject about 90% of spent brine back into the reservoir—is one such innovative method.
", "tags": [ "New Energy" ] }, { "id": "06ad57b2-977e-47fe-9e51-8c4dc0c66c4c", "url": "/insights/what-does-reservoir-fluid-geodynamics-mean-for-oil-and-gas", "title": "What does reservoir fluid geodynamics mean for oil and gas?", "date_published": "2024-08-13T09:04:00Z", "summary": "Given our industry’s strong focus on technical expertise, it’s not surprising when we come up with an innovation. It’s impressive, for sure, but not surprising. But an entirely new technical discipline? That’s not something you see every day. Yet, here we are, diving into reservoir fluid geodynamics—a field that didn’t exist not too long ago but is set to make a big difference for our future.
", "tags": [ "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "762e0fba-5d68-4dab-8867-040e556ee082", "url": "/insights/how-to-efficiently-produce-lithium-to-meet-tomorrows-demand", "title": "How to efficiently produce lithium to meet tomorrow's demand", "date_published": "2024-07-25T08:42:00Z", "summary": "Estimates show that, by 2030, global lithium demand will increase more than four-fold of what it was just a couple of years ago. So, how can we ride this lithium rush not only efficiently but also sustainably? Utilizing existing subsurface knowledge, new approaches and technologies for extraction and mineral processing are being developed—evolutions that are proving both economically and environmentally advantageous.", "tags": [ "New Energy" ] }, { "id": "f25cca6b-3153-4895-83d6-a9c39376cbac", "url": "/insights/continuous-methane-monitoring-the-fastest-energy-rollout", "title": "Continuous methane monitoring: The fastest energy rollout?", "date_published": "2024-07-19T13:29:00Z", "summary": "Continuous monitoring is the next frontier in methane monitoring, replacing periodic manual surveys with increasingly complete methane surveillance of oil and gas facilities. Why? Because it helps reduce emissions more effectively (by finding leaks quickly) and report emissions more accurately (by capturing intermittent emissions). It enables deeper emissions reductions on a bigger scale and at a lower cost, a move we can and must make fast —and learn from it.", "tags": [ "Decarbonizing", "Digital" ] }, { "id": "6549d97d-7977-43e9-a25f-f8e106805c04", "url": "/insights/scaling-north-sea-hydrogen-production-with-the-nztc", "title": "Scaling North Sea hydrogen production with the NZTC", "date_published": "2024-07-02T10:59:00Z", "summary": "As we look to hydrogen for its decarbonization potential, some national programs stand out. The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) in Scotland is one of them. Their continuous efforts in developing energy hubs exemplify the successful scaling up of renewable hydrogen production, setting the stage for a substantial impact well beyond their country's borders. In other words, they’re well on their way in enabling the Scottish Government to achieve even their most ambitious renewable energy targets.
", "tags": [ "New Energy", "Digital" ] }, { "id": "f4adf999-6c43-4d2f-918e-3bb47aab2347", "url": "/insights/empower-the-technical-experts-who-power-your-company", "title": "Empower the technical experts who power your company", "date_published": "2024-06-14T19:10:00Z", "summary": "Energy companies attract some of the brightest technical minds in the world, yet the path to professional growth in the industry is often perceived to be limited to management. To provide alternative, fulfilling career paths outside of managing others, companies in the energy sector can (and should) develop nonmanagerial growth programs for their technical employees.", "tags": [ "Culture", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "38910680-203a-4ba0-b9e6-b5c215412664", "url": "/insights/regulation-setback-or-solution-for-the-energy-transition", "title": "Regulation: Setback or solution for the energy transition?", "date_published": "2024-06-10T20:44:00Z", "summary": "It’s no surprise that in a heavily watched industry like ours, the topic of regulation produces heated debates. Is there too much regulation? Too little? Both questions feel somewhat misguided, for it’s not the quantity of regulation that matters but the quality. Empowering the energy industry to accelerate its transition requires a well-crafted strategy combining long-term vision, lucrative incentives, timely approvals, and (of course) a clear intention to improve from industry players themselves.", "tags": [ "Sustainability", "Culture" ] }, { "id": "b33b3991-b205-424e-8312-e3f72d4bb5c3", "url": "/insights/digital-delivers-ccus-at-both-speed-and-scale-for-climate-action", "title": "Digital delivers CCUS at both speed and scale for climate action", "date_published": "2024-06-06T15:38:00Z", "summary": "Carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) is crucial to achieving global net-zero ambitions. So says the International Energy Agency (IEA), stating that CCUS can account for nearly 15% of the cumulative reduction in emissions. But there’s a problem: The cost of this technology needs to fall sharply to be viable at scale. Without higher levels of efficiency, safety, and better decision making, the economics of CCUS will not shift. Digital technologies can make the difference, turning CCUS into a powerful component of climate action strategy.
", "tags": [ "Digital", "Decarbonizing" ] }, { "id": "7c9be056-d198-4e09-b890-f048cd4ff12d", "url": "/insights/retaking-control-of-the-energy-industrys-brand-narrative", "title": "Retaking control of the energy industry’s brand narrative", "date_published": "2024-05-28T13:56:00Z", "summary": "Whether you’re new to this industry or a veteran, one thing is clear: The energy industry has a branding problem. Decades of quiet innovation without open communication have allowed the media and public to construct our brand narrative as their subjectivity saw fit. Nowadays, however, silence is no longer golden. We’re faced with increasingly interactive audiences that demand we share more of our stories, personify our brand values, and explain to them clearly what the energy transition means—thereby giving us all the push we needed to retake control of our industry’s brand narrative.", "tags": [ "Culture", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "107ec7a3-122c-4803-9f48-93db508b5cd0", "url": "/insights/accelerating-decision-making-in-exploration-workflows-with-digital", "title": "Accelerating decision making in exploration workflows with digital", "date_published": "2024-05-17T18:44:00Z", "summary": "Continued hydrocarbon exploration is necessary to arrest global production decline and provide a long-term, predictable, and stable energy supply for the world’s growing population. As the energy transition gains momentum, however, hydrocarbon exploration is changing too. The past decade has seen a strategic shift toward infrastructure-led exploration (ILX), also known as near-field exploration. This shift is driven by operators needing to balance risk in their exploration portfolios while also reducing their production’s carbon intensity.
", "tags": [ "Oil & Gas", "Digital" ] }, { "id": "d4e0cb03-049c-4b0c-b749-70a50e8e6d6f", "url": "/insights/proactive-intervention-the-key-to-managing-mature-assets", "title": "Proactive intervention: The key to managing mature assets", "date_published": "2024-05-15T15:54:00Z", "summary": "With statistics showing that oil and gas wells must remain a part of our net-zero future to service the world’s energy needs, the challenge now becomes managing those assets as they mature. Why? Because drilling new wells is becoming an increasingly unviable option, while demand is continuously on the rise. One proven solution to this predicament is leveraging proactive intervention to optimize, safeguard, and in some cases, even restore the production levels of existing wells.
", "tags": [ "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "97753021-5ff8-4079-9625-2e2dea06d661", "url": "/insights/low-carbon-hydrogen-from-concept-to-reality", "title": "Low-carbon hydrogen: From concept to reality", "date_published": "2024-04-30T14:40:00Z", "summary": "Enabling low-carbon hydrogen to reach its full potential—a potential that could help us make a leap toward our global decarbonization goals—requires a calculated combination of factors that adequately support the innovation, engineering, and execution necessary to make things happen. Collaboration is one of them. The right regulatory framework is another. But the one we’re focusing on in this article is the need to derisk technologies sooner rather than later by demonstrating projects at scale.", "tags": [ "New Energy", "Decarbonizing" ] }, { "id": "ae3b52ed-6e1d-41d6-97ac-2ebff242bab3", "url": "/insights/beyond-lcoe-what%27s-the-true-value-of-geothermal-energy", "title": "Beyond LCOE: What's the true value of geothermal energy?", "date_published": "2024-04-15T17:51:00Z", "summary": "Solar energy, wind power, and energy storage may have gotten us this far, but they’re now beginning to show their limits thanks to increasing penetration. Good thing we have another solution at our disposal: geothermal energy—an option with decreasing barriers and growing potential. But it's challenging to recognize this opportunity given the way we measure value in this industry. While useful, levelized cost of energy (LCOE) is also limiting, and I can show you why.
", "tags": [ "New Energy" ] }, { "id": "08ec9ac6-a0e0-4cd1-8e3f-fca6a29f82cd", "url": "/insights/why-oil-companies-aren%e2%80%99t-prioritizing-the-most-urgent-emissions-reductions", "title": "Why oil companies aren’t prioritizing the most urgent emissions reductions", "date_published": "2024-04-01T15:10:00Z", "summary": "Ever since I started my deep dive into methane as a greenhouse gas (and went on to build a business around reducing avoidable methane emissions), I’ve been wondering why the world isn’t acting faster to remove methane from the atmosphere. A significant slice of human-caused methane emissions is cheap to abate and would slow global heating in the near term. Yet, in the energy industry (where methane emissions make up a huge part of companies’ direct emissions), it takes separate pledges and considerable persuasive efforts to get traction on methane emissions. I now know why: We are still getting our numbers wrong. But there is a fix.
", "tags": [ "Decarbonizing", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "32fda918-3b68-4a6e-b2bf-3f01ac5661d3", "url": "/insights/can-carbon-storage-succeed-without-petroleum-engineering", "title": "Can carbon storage succeed without petroleum engineering?", "date_published": "2024-03-13T20:25:00Z", "summary": "The number of pledges to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects has increased dramatically in the last few years. But with so many projects being developed in parallel in an industry that is still very young, the industry needs to learn fast. Properly applying storage evaluation tech reduces subsurface uncertainty significantly and improves a project’s overall chance of success. To do so efficiently and achieve the net-zero contributions CCS is expected to make, project developers are turning more and more to those who have decades of experience deep underground: oil and gas experts.
", "tags": [ "Decarbonizing", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "f0ea14c8-e329-410b-b2cc-3043e984c96a", "url": "/insights/advancing-traditional-energy-systems-to-renewable-ones", "title": "Advancing traditional energy systems to renewable ones", "date_published": "2024-03-12T09:24:00Z", "summary": "Achieving net zero requires decarbonizing entire energy systems. Whether you are decarbonizing a nation, portfolio, or facility, the shift from fossil fuel to low-carbon energy has its implications. It’s a transition that needs careful planning, which is where digital energy system modeling comes in, enabling you to select, test, plan, scale, simulate, and optimize development concepts for low-carbon energy.
", "tags": [ "Decarbonizing", "Digital" ] }, { "id": "2e8afa81-810f-4a1c-be27-a63b41951047", "url": "/insights/making-enhanced-geothermal-systems-an-accessible-solution", "title": "Making enhanced geothermal systems an accessible solution", "date_published": "2024-02-08T10:34:00Z", "summary": "For the oil and gas industry, the rise of geothermal is not unlike the transition we went through with unconventional resources. This means that, while much of our subsurface knowledge, products, and processes are transferable, there are still a few developments (in tech and approach specifically) that we need to go through before enhanced geothermal systems can become the competitive source of electricity production they’re destined to be.", "tags": [ "New Energy", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "6250fa8e-d67c-4026-94b9-9e69e038f068", "url": "/insights/making-the-right-carbon-storage-investments-means-understanding-the-risks", "title": "Making the right carbon storage investments means understanding the risks", "date_published": "2024-01-11T10:47:00Z", "summary": "Let’s say you’ve identified suitable geological sites for storing carbon dioxide in an economic, reliable, and sustainable way. What do you do once those potential carbon storage sites have been screened and ranked? You double down on your investigation by moving into reservoir characterization, whereby you can confirm with sufficient confidence the suitability of one site over another. Follow that up with comprehensive MMV planning, and you’ve got yourself a winning strategy.", "tags": [ "Decarbonizing", "New Energy" ] }, { "id": "bf6528dc-14c2-4f21-89dc-077977ae0b86", "url": "/insights/enhancing-fpso-performance-with-open-collaboration", "title": "Enhancing FPSO performance with open collaboration", "date_published": "2023-12-15T15:10:00Z", "summary": "In the realm of offshore oil and gas production, floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessels have garnered increasing attention and demand. As the industry anticipates sustained growth in the coming years, the imperative to boost FPSO performance, ensure equipment reliability, and minimize environmental impact is more pressing than ever. At the heart of this evolution lies the transformative potential of digitalization—more specifically, digitalization driven by open collaboration.", "tags": [ "Oil & Gas", "Digital" ] }, { "id": "94d07e9c-1129-4d23-ba2b-7b3a9ca01f82", "url": "/insights/the-energy-transition-means-a-digital-revolution-not-evolution", "title": "The energy transition means a digital revolution, not evolution", "date_published": "2023-11-28T16:01:00Z", "summary": "Data-driven solutions will play a leading role in guaranteeing the energy transition happens at the pace the world needs. To thrive in the energy transition, it’s imperative that organizations make their best move to deliver on decarbonization strategies, while also ensuring long-term value.", "tags": [ "Digital", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "8d2560ff-393c-4cd6-9cc3-0f10d7a18b2b", "url": "/insights/six-steps-to-building-an-emissions-quantification-tool", "title": "Six steps to building an emissions quantification tool", "date_published": "2023-11-07T10:25:00Z", "summary": "If you want your emissions quantification tool to be functional and trustworthy, then it needs to go through a set of assessments and validations. From the teams using it to the data generated—and all the contextualizing factors in between—processes must be examined, questioned, and oftentimes revamped. Not just at the beginning, but also at regular intervals afterward.", "tags": [ "Sustainability", "Decarbonizing" ] }, { "id": "76cbc131-f534-447a-8be2-d16f5dbfad73", "url": "/insights/decarbonizing-steel-a-light-at-the-end-of-the-furnace", "title": "Decarbonizing steel: A light at the end of the furnace", "date_published": "2023-11-02T15:47:00Z", "summary": "The steel industry has played a key role in industrialization, economic growth, and improving the standard of living in much of the developed world. Our cars, buildings, manufacturing equipment, and infrastructure would not be as durable, reliable, safe, or affordable without innovations in steel. But while we live better because of it, we also emit more greenhouse gases than at any point in history—which is why the steel industry is embracing change.
", "tags": [ "Decarbonizing" ] }, { "id": "7baf54cb-260e-4333-8e7c-e6d036d89e02", "url": "/insights/africas-unique-energy-future-and-transition-story", "title": "Africa’s unique energy future and transition story", "date_published": "2023-10-10T13:12:00Z", "summary": "Recent summers have seen temperatures skyrocket in many areas of the globe, reaffirming—if need be—the case for addressing climate change and accelerating the energy transition. That global transition, however, stands to impact countries and people differently. So, how can we collectively ensure the evolution is fair and inclusive?
", "tags": [ "Decarbonizing", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "a2fefda5-485c-41d0-bcfc-3c38b57164bb", "url": "/insights/storing-carbon-in-an-economic-reliable-and-sustainable-way", "title": "Identifying where to store carbon in an economic, reliable, and sustainable way", "date_published": "2023-10-05T08:23:00Z", "summary": "Carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) has emerged as a critical component of our collective effort to combat climate change. The tech developed for CCUS efforts is helping not only decarbonize the oil and gas industry, but also others (e.g., steel and cement) by capturing CO2 before it reaches the atmosphere and either beneficially using it or storing it safely and permanently underground.", "tags": [ "Decarbonizing", "New Energy" ] }, { "id": "e86aafd2-3e1a-414e-b220-a8ad379a3b99", "url": "/insights/startup-energy-welcome-to-the-geo-generation", "title": "Startup energy: Welcome to the geo generation", "date_published": "2023-09-19T08:48:00Z", "summary": "Having a brilliant idea is one thing. Garnering support to build it into a startup is another. Taking that small team to the level of scalable business? That's a whole different ball game. The good news is: If you’re part of a larger organization, there just might be enough space for you to pitch internally for the help you need. Take it from the founders of Celsius Energy™ who did just that and are now telling the tale.", "tags": [ "Culture", "New Energy" ] }, { "id": "6d3b0e95-6eda-4540-bf0a-db0fa1e7f13a", "url": "/insights/demystifying-oil-and-gas-electrification-for-todays-energy-transition", "title": "Demystifying oil and gas electrification for today's energy transition", "date_published": "2023-09-12T08:28:00Z", "summary": "Electrification has quickly become a key theme of the energy transition. The primary concept is simple: Use electricity to directly power your machinery or charge up your car, and make sure that electricity is produced from a renewable—or at least low-carbon—source. Electrification within oil and gas operations might seem like a paradox, but it’s actually an increasingly viable option for reducing the carbon intensity of hydrocarbon production.", "tags": [ "Oil & Gas", "Decarbonizing" ] }, { "id": "b62fa05a-1f23-478e-b3f5-325388ff955c", "url": "/insights/putting-sustainability-at-the-heart-of-new-product-development", "title": "Putting sustainability at the heart of new product development", "date_published": "2023-08-31T12:59:00Z", "summary": "With hydrocarbons projected to remain part of the energy mix, can the oil and gas industry produce them with lower emissions? The answer is most certainly yes. In line with their own journeys to net zero, industry players can (and must) optimize for lower emissions while simultaneously designing for improved functionality, cost, and reliability. The question is how do we best do that?", "tags": [ "Sustainability", "Decarbonizing" ] }, { "id": "d224f35b-e89b-4480-9913-2d7f40224e81", "url": "/insights/new-pathways-for-monetizing-stranded-gas-in-a-resilient-asia-pacific", "title": "New pathways for monetizing stranded gas in a resilient Asia Pacific", "date_published": "2023-08-24T14:14:00Z", "summary": "With a notable growth potential and sizeable amount of emissions to abate, Asia stands at the beginning of its next chapter. A chapter of rapid energy tech adoption, attractive investment policies, and a healthy dose of collaboration. From India and China to Malaysia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh, the region is facing its own version of energy’s dual challenge: increasing production in a more sustainable way.", "tags": [ "Oil & Gas", "Digital" ] }, { "id": "61b66783-eae9-4a69-936b-67ce68a15974", "url": "/insights/embracing-and-integrating-the-advantages-of-todays-robotic-revolution", "title": "Embracing and integrating the advantages of today’s robotic revolution", "date_published": "2023-08-22T15:40:00Z", "summary": "As we stand on the brink of a new era in the energy industry, the adoption and integration of robotics has become a leading topic in our discourse. This transformation, while still in its early stages, promises to revolutionize how we manage safety, productivity, and data within our operations—going as far as enabling the coveted state of remote operations.", "tags": [ "Digital", "Oil & Gas" ] }, { "id": "db25f75f-6981-42b1-8997-ca2e5b1466c3", "url": "/insights/revolutionizing-the-energy-landscape-with-integrated-systems-and-collaborative-hubs", "title": "Revolutionizing the energy landscape with integrated systems and collaborative hubs", "date_published": "2023-08-18T13:27:00Z", "summary": "The global energy sector is undergoing a transformative shift, driven by the urgent need to combat climate change and transition to a sustainable future. Central to this paradigm shift is the concept of integrated energy systems harnessing the power of energy hubs.", "tags": [ "Digital", "New Energy" ] }, { "id": "e70f4464-eeab-4df4-86b1-04ddb32047b6", "url": "/insights/getting-to-net-zero-and-the-role-of-the-carbon-budget-curve", "title": "Getting to net zero and the role of the carbon budget curve", "date_published": "2023-07-20T19:02:00Z", "summary": "The carbon budget curve is a reminder of our collective path towards carbon negativity, offsetting pre-2050 carbon emission levels to help us bring balance back to the planet. But how can we truly drive energy innovation beyond net zero?", "tags": [ "Sustainability", "Decarbonizing" ] }, { "id": "c6d9164e-2a58-4300-b06d-c43564d34d5a", "url": "/insights/esg-reporting-leveraging-sustainabilitys-underutilized-impact-accelerator", "title": "ESG reporting: Leveraging sustainability's under-utilized impact accelerator", "date_published": "2023-06-01T11:04:00Z", "summary": "Overwhelming as it may seem, aligning with today’s public ESG expectations and their regulatory, governmental counterparts should feel more like an opportunity than a challenge. It’s an opportunity for the energy sector to align with all our current stakeholders (planet included), while attracting like-valued ones for the future. And believe it or not, it’s the often-overlooked reporting aspect of sustainability that best depicts these—and the many other—benefits of a transparent ESG roadmap.", "tags": [ "Sustainability" ] }, { "id": "f515b4ef-9000-4424-a349-62f511849bbb", "url": "/insights/the-future-of-well-construction-is-autonomous-drilling-and-its-here", "title": "The future of well construction is autonomous drilling, and it’s here", "date_published": "2023-05-26T15:27:00Z", "summary": "Is autonomous directional drilling already a reality? Yes, and it’s good. Not only does it measurably improve job-to-job and site-to-site consistency and reliability, but the fact that data is real-time and immediately accessible produces better drilling outcomes and well economics. Pair that with a reduced carbon footprint and minimized HSE risks (thanks to optimal equipment and power utilization), and you have yourself a winner.", "tags": [ "Oil & Gas", "Digital" ] }, { "id": "5c56afc3-4a0e-4dc5-92f1-5c21e70823de", "url": "/insights/piloting-the-worlds-first-wells-using-100-low-carbon-power", "title": "Piloting the world’s first wells using 100% low-carbon power", "date_published": "2023-05-25T14:47:00Z", "summary": "What does sustainably powered drilling look like today and where is it heading? The answer lies in emissions-free hydrogen fuel cells, which play a key role in helping drilling contractors and operators eliminate rig emissions, reduce equipment maintenance, and expand into previously inaccessible locations.", "tags": [ "Oil & Gas", "Decarbonizing" ] }, { "id": "297f35ac-4312-4a4b-be66-8122c0ddfc4c", "url": "/insights/scaling-the-mountain-to-global-ccus-and-low-carbon-hydrogen-production", "title": "Scaling the mountain to global CCUS and low-carbon hydrogen production", "date_published": "2023-05-16T14:30:00Z", "summary": "Net-zero emissions are a journey of both challenge and opportunity, but one thing is certain: The world needs to dramatically decarbonize. The good news is that several options for incentivizing progress and achieving our global goals already exist. 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But not for long...", "tags": [ "Oil & Gas", "Digital" ] }, { "id": "c8bfd540-faf7-406a-ae81-d2a57fae2a82", "url": "/insights/the-hydrogen-economy-is-on-the-horizon", "title": "The hydrogen economy is on the horizon", "date_published": "2023-05-09T15:51:00Z", "summary": "Given its versatility, hydrogen is set to play a key role in our sustainable future. Not only can it enable a range of “power-to-x” processes that unlock our growing low-carbon future, but it can also solve the energy storage challenges holding back the full-scale deployment of wind and solar power generation.", "tags": [ "Decarbonizing", "New Energy" ] }, { "id": "0d5a6e44-f254-4728-827b-dcbf3c59ead1", "url": "/insights/driving-the-how-in-digital-transformation", "title": "Driving the “how” in digital transformation", "date_published": "2023-05-04T14:46:00Z", "summary": "The exploration and production (E&P) industry has already benefitted tremendously from digital transformation. While finding the reasons for why it should be done can feel easy, answering the question of how is much harder. The good news is that a “think big, start small, scale fast” mindset is proving to be an effective approach.", "tags": [ "Digital", "Culture" ] }, { "id": "d7ede0ec-9c26-40cf-be35-217a3eed7189", "url": "/insights/creating-momentum-for-digital-innovation-starts-with-why", "title": "Creating momentum for digital innovation starts with “why” ", "date_published": "2023-05-04T11:14:00Z", "summary": "Digital transformation may sound like an all-too-familiar term, but that doesn’t negate its benefits. 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And operations simply become safer, more consistent, and reliably higher performing.", "tags": [ "Oil & Gas", "Digital" ] }, { "id": "7c5883a7-a4ad-4134-be14-8b8f65062bac", "url": "/insights/using-blockchain-and-market-mechanism-to-unlock-investment-in-carbon-reduction", "title": "Using blockchain and market mechanism to unlock investment in carbon reduction", "date_published": "2023-04-28T15:04:00Z", "summary": "Industrial consumers are often driven by the same emotions buyers of day-to-day products are—the strongest of which is trust. So, how do industrial producers introduce “greener” options in a way that is as secure and lucrative for them as it is traceable and trustworthy in the eyes of their customers? 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