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Workflows Using Machine Learning Boost Interpretation Confidence
Author: Lorena Guerra Uncertainty is an intrinsic property of the oil & gas exploration & production industry. A major goal in any interpretation project is to reduce uncertainty to the...
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Finding Permian Basin Oil-Filled Packstones
I read an article today about how the Texas/New Mexico Permian Basin shale region is driving extreme frack sand demand. This article references an IHS Markit study indicating the value of this market...
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Gas Production Corrosion Mitigation
As an oil & gas reservoir ages, the composition of the production often changes. For gas wells, this change is often from dry gas to a wetter gas. The wet components can be quite acidic due to CO2...
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Enhanced Reservoir Modeling Precision through Orthorhombic Anisotropy...
Author: Gali Dekel As both the amount of acquired data and the power of computers continue to increase exponentially, there is a natural demand for higher exploration precision. Acknowledging the...
View ArticleDetecting Sand and Sediment Accumulation
Basic sediment and water, or BS&W. It’s what comes along for the ride in most oil & gas producing wells. The goal is to separate these from the oil and gas for proper disposal. The sediment...
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US Onshore Oil and Gas Fiscal Measurement Regulatory Updates
Emerson’s Marc Buttler joined two oil & gas professionals in a 2018 Emerson Exchange conference presentation, US Onshore Regulatory Compliance & Measurement Standards Update. Their abstract:...
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API Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards Updates
Part 2 of Marc Buttler‘s Emerson Exchange conference presentation was on regulatory and standards changes in US onshore custody transfer and fiscal measurement. API MPMS Ch. 4.8 – Operation of Proving...
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Sharing Expertise at Society of Exploration Geophysicists Annual Meeting
Next week, October 14-19 is the Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 88th Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California. Many members from the Emerson Exploration & Production...
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Maintaining Pipeline Integrity through Effective Leak Detection
Pipeline infrastructure here in the U.S. and in many parts of the world go back many decades. With the rapid technology advancements in oil & gas exploration and production and increasing...
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Top Quartile Performance in LNG and Gas Plant Production
At the recent 2018 Gastech Conference in Barcelona, Spain, Emerson’s Patrick Deruytter presented on ways for gas plants and liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities to drive operations to top...
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Automation in LNG Supply Chain
I was copied on an email exchange about the outlook for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. Emerson’s Chuck Miller shared some great thoughts that I wanted to highlight in this post. From a...
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A Sharper Look into the Subsurface: High-resolution Tomography
Author: Gali Dekel, GeoDepth and EarthStudy 360 Product Manager 3D seismic datasets are growing in size. In addition, oil & gas producers are merging legacy and new datasets into single...
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Proxy Digital Twin for Oil and Gas Subsurface and Surface Operations
The Society of Exploration Geophysicists recently held their annual meeting. Emerson’s Hassane Kassouf shared his thoughts on how digital twin technology can transform operational efficiency in oil...
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Supplying Technology and Expertise in the Permian Basin
Sunrise in the bustling Permian Basin in Odessa, Texas Last Friday, the Emerson Permian Basin Service Center had its grand opening. It’s a: …new $4 million Permian Basin Service Center to bring...
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Path to Top Quartile Performance for Energy Producers
The premier event in the energy industries—upstream, midstream, downstream and power—will occur in Houston, Texas next week at CERAWeek 2019. It: …provides comprehensive insight into the global and...
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Digital Twin Technology in Upstream Oil and Gas
Digital Twin technology is used in production processes to provide comparisons between actual and ideal as well as provide a safe environment for upskilling and innovating. It can be used by energy...
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Natural Gas Infrastructure in the Permian Basin
The prolific Permian Basin has been a part of many conversations this week at CERAWeek 2019. In a panel session, North American Gas Infrastructure: Keeping pace with gas production, Emerson’s David...
View ArticleOil and Gas Exploration and Production Digital Transformation
Let’s end the week with a look back at one of the news items in the flurry of news coming out of CERAWeek. The news, Repsol Selects Emerson for Multi-Year Exploration Technology Contract, describes how...
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Protecting the Astronomers’ Dark Skies
“The 36″ atop Mt. Locke at the McDonald Observatory, Texas.” by Zereshk is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 The history of McDonald Observatory in the Davis Mountains of West Texas dates back to the 1920s....
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Award-Winning Rock Type Classification with Machine Learning
Samhita Shah Author: Samhita Shah The results are in! Emerson’s Rock Type Classification (RTC) with Machine Learning has been announced as the winner of the 2019 Hart Energy Meritorious Awards for...
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