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HALLIBURTON’S OCTIV AUTO FRAC PAIRS AUTOMATED FRAC

CONTROL WITH THE INSIGHTS FROM AI-DRIVEN SENSING OF

FRACTURE PROPAGATION.

HALLIBURTON HAS INTRODUCED THE NEXT GENERATION OF ITS LOGIX AUTOMATION AND REMOTE

OPERATIONS PLATFORM THAT RESPONDS TO CHANGES IN GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS WITH THE

ANALYSIS OF DATA FROM ADJACENT WELLS AND UPDATES THE DRILLING PLAN WITH LIVE DATA.

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In parallel with the increase in cloud processing capabili- environments. Software developer eDrilling is developing a ties, the industry has realized that we need to liberate data drilling agent it says would behave like an experienced engi- from various compartmentalized databases. neer to free up human engineers for more strategic activities.

“We are also able to deploy economically more processing Beyond that, quantum computing is expected to dwarf at the rig site and in downhole tools to automate corrective the potential that AI brings to data processing and inter- actions based on sensor inputs. This is fueling a revolution pretation. Where a supercomputer might take a year to in upstream oil and gas automation and AI-based decisions.” crunch a load of data, it could take just a few hours with

This year, SLB launched its Lumi data and AI platform a quantum computer. IBM, ExxonMobil, Woodside and which will be available on all major cloud service providers others are already involved.

as well as on-premises. It includes large language models

SLB’S LUMI DATA AND which are models trained on large amounts of data and

AI PLATFORM WILL BE capable of understanding and generating natural language

AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR

CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDERS and other types of content to perform a wide range of

AS WELL AS ON-PREMISES.

tasks. These models help contextualize data across domains so customers can scale advanced AI workfows using gen- erative AI. "As we navigate the delicate balance between energy production and decarbonization, generative AI is emerging as a crucial catalyst for change," says Olivier Le

Peuch, chief executive offcer, SLB.

To come is agentic AI - a system or program that is ca- pable of autonomously performing tasks on behalf of a user or another system by designing its workfow and using avail- able tools. The system has “agency” to make decisions, take actions, solve complex problems and interact with external

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