AspenTech’s principles of using AI in its industrial operations software - it must be explainable, it never trains on customer data with a product for another customer, and a person makes the decision
CYBERSECURITY
DNV Cyber's advice on focus areas for industrial cyber - a survey of energy industry professionals on their perspective on cybersecurity. The company identifies specific challenges companies should address
DNV on how cyber risks are changing - how cybersecurity is getting more important, the need for more learning, and the sort of hacking attempts ships typically see
AI, simplified set-ups, spending - Speakers from SecurityGate, Palo Alto and DuckDuckGoose discussed whether AI can help with cybersecurity and the risks of AI based hacks, how to simplify your set-up, and the risks of low expenditures
Dangerous executives, people and maps in cybersecurity - Patric Veersteg of Viterra explained why cost cutting executives are highly dangerous in cybersecurity, the importance of culture and skills
INDUSTRIAL SOFTWARE
AVEVA is updating its information management software - adding new data connectors, improving 3D visualisation, introducing AI
PIDX: AI to connect product descriptions in procurement - when companies send out requests for quotes with multiple items, the supplier has to connect the part description in the RFQ with part description in their own database. Can AI help?
How Baker Hughes’ Leucipa field production solution uses multiple models – physics-based simulation, machine learning data models, text based LLMs, and models of expert advice
CO2 STORAGE
JIP to develop guidance on CO2 specifications - Every CO2 storage project needs CO2 specifications. Set them too stringent and you raise costs for emitters; set them too low and you risk damage to equipment. A JIP led by Wood produced guidance
ABB monitoring CCS operations as they happen - to avoid situations which could lead to non-availability resulting from integrity breaches or corrosion
New CO2 storage play types - we normally think of only the aquifer and depleted oil and gas field. But a better understanding of how CO2 flow can be restricted in the subsurface leads to two more play types, said Dr. Alexander P. Bump
CO2 storage “Common Risk Segment” mapping approach to finding the best locations - Catherine Horseman-Wilson of Wood Mackenzie presented a study
Update on CO2 storage plans with Endurance, Northern Lights, Morecambe, Azuli - from the GESGB CCS 4 Geoscientists event in London
ExxonMobil’s CO2 storage research - to better understand the behaviour of CO2 stored in the subsurface, at scales from pore scale to reservoir scale. It is also building better digital reservoir models. Jenny Joyce explained more
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OPENING
Situation awareness - why a situation awareness-centric approach to digital technology would help support domain skill development
OFFSHORE ENERGY
Managing the UKCS Energy Transition - the annual conference of UK industry body Offshore Energies UK discussed the importance of developing energy transition clusters
Security and sustainability with UK offshore energy - A CCS / e-fuel hub in Shetland; developing CCS and geothermal; the importance of maintaining oil and gas skills
Offshore decarbonisation in action - decarbonising oil and gas operations; hydrogen production from gas; and floating wind generation, including for offshore operations
Technology’s role in delivering sustainability - incorporating domain expertise into AI analytics to improve operational efficiency and decarbonising the Port of Aberdeen
UK government consultation on not offering new licenses
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
DNV, Ocean Infinity and Wärtsilä on evolving offshore / maritime cybersecurity challenges
Collaborative simulations to test integration of complex systems on ships - Shipyard Damen is working together with DNV to use simulation tools to test how well the integrations work
Octopus free online tool for sizing carbon capture systems - an initial estimate for the expected size and utility demand, particularly useful where multiple CO2 sources are combined
ENERGY FROM WASTE
Energy from waste with CCS - Burning waste to make energy, while capturing the CO2, sounds much better than what we usually do, send waste to landfill. For the half of waste which is biogenic, it means net CO2 removal
TECHNOLOGY
Video analytics to get data about generators on drilling rigs - you need data about which ones are switched on and when. Aramco researchers developed a way to do this with video analytics of their flapper valve
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EXPLORATION
How to do “disruptive” oil and gas exploration - Mark Shann, the explorer who participated in finding Mexico’s Zama field in 2017, says it requires embracing “rebel” thinking
West of Shetland exploration - Over a third of the “yet to find” resources in the UK Continental Shelf. Explorer Colin Percival explained what might be available
FORTESA developing gas onshore Senegal - Company founder Rogers Beall presented the story in a Finding Petroleum webinar
Intentional bias claim of China trained geological LLM - very different answers to ChatGPT to geological questions suggests intentional bias
OFFSHORE OPERATIONS
DeepOcean’s remotely operated subsea vessel - and an autonomous subsea drone
The Reach Remote subsea vessel - Reach Subsea and Kongsberg Maritime are developing two unmanned subsea vessels
Kongsberg’s autonomous vessels -Kongsberg has a number of other autonomous vessel projects
The biggest current cybersecurity risks for maritime - explained by NORMA Cyber
The economic case for UK exploration - trade body OEUK explains why the government is economically wrong not to plan more exploration licenses
Accuracy vs visualisations in a crane simulator - reflecting the real world is much more important than having an impressive visualisation
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How to build digital infrastructure to decarbonise an industrial company - AVEVA explained, using real world use cases
Southern Africa exploration - Robin Sutherland, who is working with four different exploration companies in Southern Africa, gave an overview of exploration activities in Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and elsewhere
eDrilling’s plans for autonomous drilling - developing an AI tool to support the drilling process and decisions in incremental steps
Energy cyberattacks are getting worse - hackers are getting more competent, and consequently attacks are getting more expensive. ICIS experts present the current picture, with sobering stories from Denmark, Germany, Ukraine and the US
Cybersecurity needs more than compliance - energy companies should do continuous risk assessment, systems monitoring, and have ‘proactive defence’, as well as complying with regulations, says AspenTech
Data principles suggested for UK offshore industry - A UK task force has proposed six data principles, to share data, increase data value, develop targeted solutions, share data models, develop data repositories and collaborate
Emerson’s “boundless automation” vision - devices, edge computing and cloud systems connected with a holistic data “fabric
Can digital transparency be a pathway to better digital technology? Digital systems which are much easier to understand could be a door opener for faster implementation of digital systems in the oil and gas industry, A Digital Energy Journal perspective
Improving operational safety by "Learning from Normal Work" - Dr Marcin Nazaruk explained how we can study day to day working practises in better ways
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OPERATIONS
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How to implement digital technology - Speakers from Repsol, Chevron, Baker Hughes and AWS discussed their experience implementing Baker Hughes’ Leucipa automated production management software
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Energy transition needs today’s technology says Baker Hughes' CEO - such as to improve efficiency and achieve some decarbonisation by 2030
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Industrial decarbonisation can get much easier to ‘operationalise’ if you can work at the ‘asset’ level instead of the ‘tag’ level - AVEVA explained what that means
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Digital tools for Asset Performance Management (APM) - more effective if they provide the right information at the right time. AspenTech explained
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Oilfield scale digital twins - FieldTwin, the oilfield ‘digital twin’ software from FutureOn, has a version 8 release
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Using private 5G networks - you can get the coverage, reliability, security, flexibility and predictability you need. Ericsson explains
CARBON CAPTURE
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Baker Hughes’ most interesting CCUS technologies - for gas power generation with CCS and lower emissions, direct air capture, compact carbon capture, solvents, algae which convert CO2
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How US tax credits drove CCS - John Thompson from CATF explained
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CapturePoint’s CO2 storage in Louisiana - perhaps the largest onshore CO2 storage project in the US. CEO Tracy Evans told the story
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CENLA Hub’s community involvement plan - to support training of young people from Vernon Parish in pipeline construction and maintenance
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How to move CCUS faster – Speakers from Wabash Valley Resources, GCCSI, Evida and Baker Hughes shared perspectives
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