Accelerating the energy transition: the quest for net zero

What happens when well-planning teams move beyond conservative assumptions and trust the data? In this episode of Living Digital we speak with Jim Jacobsen at IPT Well Solutions, about how a data-driven approach transformed a Wyoming project—unlocking efficiencies, reducing rig overspecification, and cutting costs. With hook loads 25% lower than initial estimates, teams enabled the use of more common rigs, achieving up to $10,000 per day in savings and removing around $1 million per well. A practical case study in digital well planning—showing how better data leads to smarter decisions, lower risk, and more efficient engineering.

As digital transformation ramps up, the competencies needed to drive industrywide change are more keenly sought after than ever.Often, the gap between experts in their domains, and the data scientists who implement transformative processes is wide, necessitating intermediaries to deal with the complexities involved. But what if the domain expert and the data specialist were the same person? In this podcast, we look at SLB’s Domain Data Science (DDS) program, which was established to transform domain experts into data scientists, through a blend of theory and hands-on, real-world business experience. We speak with the architect of the DDS initiative, Nikhil Choudhary, learning and competency manager at SLB D&I, and one of the program’s first graduates, domain data scientist – subsurface, David Manzano, about their goals and the finer points of the DDS experience.

In the latest episode of the Living Digital podcast, we turn our attention to a vital part of the energy transition—carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS).We speak with SLB Digital & Integration’s head of energy transition, Steve Freeman, about how CCUS works, where can it be applied, the lifecycle and challenges involved, and where the future of the technology lies.

In the first episode our new series, we take a look at how companies can limit their emissions in the well construction phase of oil and gas production. Currently, up to 10% of all greenhouse gases emitted by the sector derive from well construction activities, and there is a huge scope for reducing this carbon footprint with the right digital technology. To find out how, we speak with SLB’s Lambo Thavaraj, on the benefits of Drilling Emissions Management for a more sustainable oil and gas industry.

In the last episode of the current series, we touch on one of the most consequential issues of our time―the energy transition. Speaking with Steve Freeman, SLB Digital & Integration’s head of energy transition, we go over some of the most important steps along the road to net zero, the facts and figures behind the expansion of renewable energy, and the mindset change necessary to keep global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius.

In this episode of Living Digital, we talk with Janeth Jaimes, Digital Forum director for the Schlumberger Digital Forum 2022, taking place in Luzern, Switzerland. Janeth covers the themes of the event and why this is a must attend for industry executives across the energy world. With technical tracks from subsurface characterization to production operations, the Digital Forum will tackle all aspects of the energy life cycle, in 150 presentations from 80 global customers and partner companies. https://digitalforum.slb.com/

In the latest Living Digital podcast, Simon Copping, Well Integrity Domain Champion, discusses well integrity and the latest digital technology being used to mitigate risk and maximize production potential.

As the energy industry considers how we can make a meaningful contribution to the energy transition, it would be difficult to place too much emphasis on the important role reducing methane emissions from oil and gas operations will play. This is because methane is simply much more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Calculations on the effect of methane emissions on climate change over a 100-year period have shown that emissions of one ton of methane, will have the same effect as 28 tons of carbon dioxide. As methane does not remain in the atmosphere as long as carbon dioxide, acting now can make a huge difference in the short-term. Within oil and gas operations, methane emissions are highly actionable, and there are a range of ways to rapidly reduce the footprint of the industry. Listen to “Energy Transition: Reducing methane emissions in oil and gas" to hear Drew Pomerantz, GHG emissions principal, and Sam Tilley, energy transition – market and business analyst, both from Schlumberger, discuss how we can reduce methane emissions in our industry to help achieve industry targets for a net-zero world. Host: Sam Tilley, Energy Transition – Market and Business Analyst, SLB, with Drew Pomerantz, GHG Emissions Principal, SLB

By harnessing the power of AI, big data and cloud computing, E&P operators are performing everyday tasks faster, with more accuracy, and at global scale. But what are the realities of digital transformation? What does an oil and gas operator have to consider before beginning its digital journey? How do you avoid the pitfalls and what timescales can be achieved? In this podcast, Schlumberger’s head of product for digital planning and applications, Richard Torrens, sits down with OMV’s head of technology applications, Roman Spitzer, to reveal what the two companies have learned by working together on OMV’s digital journey. ADIPEC 2021 https://www.adipec.com/exhibitordetails?exhibitorid=704 THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES...Join OMV and Schlumberger LIVE at ADIPEC—DATE: TBC—on the Schlumberger booth (No. 4330) where Markus Berghofer, Senior Vice President Technology & Innovation joins Trygve Randen, director Digital Subsurface Solutions, Schlumberger, to discuss how they approached their ambitious partnership to achieve OMV’s digital transformation goals.

Better use of data is already changing the way the energy industry works. Organizations are implementing strategies that leverage AI, Industrial Internet of Things, advanced analytics, machine learning, and automation to realize the seemingly endless possibilities to work better and improve performance. This is the promise of digital transformation and it requires immediate and broad access to all relevant data from anywhere for any digital solution.  How is access to all data by all applications made possible? A cross-industry collaboration has solved the challenge of storing, organizing, migrating, and accessing energy data, by developing the OSDU™ Data Platform, a cloud-based, open-source data management resource that provides unlimited flexibility and scalability in the use of data between applications and domains. In this podcast, three data experts from SLB discuss how the OSDU Data Platform and the Enterprise Data Management Solution—an AI-enhanced solution built specifically for the OSDU Data Platform by SLB and its partners—will accelerate the digital transformation of the energy industry, driving efficiency and productivity improvements at an order of magnitude that was unthinkable before. Host: Morten Jensen, Global INNOVATION FACTORI Manager, SLB Featuring: Jamie Cruise, Digital Subsurface Product Manager Data, SLB Raj Kannan, DELFI Enterprise Advisor, SLB Vicky Stanley, Data Technical Marketing, SLB https://www.software.slb.com/products/schlumberger-enterprise-data-management-solution-for-osdu