Our new initiative, INNOVATION FACTORI, expands the reach of our innovation-through-collaboration approach, to accelerate AI adoption in the energy industry and drive rapid innovation. 

We brought together executives from Chevron, Conoco Philips, Microsoft, IBM and Schlumberger for a discussion on partnering to accelerate digital transformation in the energy industry—originally recorded for our online conference in October 2020.

Sharing the company’s experience with the DrillPlan solution, Vice President of Well Delivery for OMV Upstream John Watters discusses how the solution digitally transformed the company’s well planning process to overcome challenges across multidisciplinary teams.

In this article published in the October 2020 issue of World Oil, Rajeev Sonthalia, president Digital & Integration outlines the big picture of digital transformation in the energy industry from Schlumberger. From delivering business continuity during the Covid-19 global lockdown to solving the Dual Challenge—from edge, to cloud to enterprise, the broad spectrum of technology, solutions and cross-industry collaborations that will take the industry into its digitalized future are explained.

Listen to the webcast discussing the historic industry collaboration to build a common shared data platform, presented by OSDU Management Committee Members, Johan Krebbers, from Shell and Stephen Whitley, from Schlumberger.

A frank and open presentation by Anelise Lara, chief downstream officer, Petrobras, on how the company has tackled external issues to differentiate and progress.

Marathon Oil chairman and CEO, Lee Tillman talks about the opportunities in unconventional oil production that are being opened up by digital transformation.

Executive Vice President Technology, Projects and Drilling, Anders Opedal, shares a futuristic vision of digital, robotic and automated technology in energy production.

Trygve Randen with Schlumberger discusses the oil and gas industry’s pivot to a more open future.

Urs Hölzle, SVP Engineering at Google, on why innovation within the enterprise space needs to reach the same speed as in the consumer world.

Right now, the driller in the chair is still doing the driving. But to break through today’s safety and performance limits, they’ll need to share the ride with digital.

Continuing our Insights series, Patrick Schorn, Executive Vice President - New Ventures at Schlumberger, highlights the importance—and challenges—of field development planning within the E&P industry.

Jean-Pierre Poyet examines the barriers in well construction and how they can be overcome.

Discover how ETAP successfully implemented new data standards and consistency across the organization.

BP Upstream’s Chief Executive Bernard Looney took the stage at the SIS Global Forum 2017 to make a compelling case for digital transformation.

Gavin Rennick, president, Software Integrated Solutions, Schlumberger, presented the ambition of the DELFI cognitive E&P environment with the audience at the SIS Global Forum. See how you can dramatically boost efficiency by connecting and working in an entirely different way—in a secure, cloud-based ecosystem that unites planning and operations.

Read the SIS Global Forum opening speech by Paal Kibsgaard, chairman and chief executive officer, Schlumberger.

At the SIS Global Forum in Paris, Ashok Belani, executive vice president, Technology, explained how we through reinvention of the technology landscape, we reinvent the way we do business and develop technology for the future.

How we acquire, process, store, access, share and update subsurface data and knowledge is key to all other advances we will make as an industry. From enabling a faster assessment of an opportunity’s potential and planning a smarter placement of wells, all the way through to executing more intelligent and efficient operations.

Ashok Belani, vice president Technology, Schlumberger looks at how E&P can achieve the fundamental change it needs fast. Read on for his personal take on how the industry can stay safe and transform wisely—to exploit digital opportunities at speed.