Rig automation cannot happen fast enough for Precision Drilling Corporation, says top brass, as the company plans to deliver automation on 24 more rigs this year to join the 33 rigs already on automation in the field.
February 5, 2020, 1:39 PM MST
While the “digital oilfield” has been talked about for decades, digital penetration into the industry has tended to lag other sectors. But if a new openness to collaboration and a number of deals struck over the past year between oil and gas and big tech companies, tech startups and local organizations are any indication, that could be about to change.
February 5, 2020, 6 AM MST
While the “digital oilfield” has been talked about for decades, digital penetration into the industry has tended to lag other sectors. But if a new openness to collaboration and a number of deals struck over the past year between oil and gas and big tech companies, tech startups and local organizations are any indication, that could be about to change.
February 4, 2020, 6 AM MST
While the “digital oilfield” has been talked about for decades, digital penetration into the industry has tended to lag other sectors. But if a new openness to collaboration and a number of deals struck over the past year between oil and gas and big tech companies, tech startups and local organizations are any indication, that could be about to change.
February 3, 2020, 6 AM MST
Tapping into the next wave of oil and gas workers through virtual reality may be the next big thing in recruiting for the energy industry.
November 28, 2019, 10:01 AM MST
Artificial intelligence’s “ugly truth” is that despite all the surrounding hype, it doesn’t actually exist — not now, anyway. Therefore, according to Joanne Pires, energy sector technology and digitization is still people dependant.
November 25, 2019, 12 AM MST
November 13, 2019, 8:07 AM MST
Digital and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mitigation technologies could be key to solving the challenge of reducing operational costs and implementing more efficient processes to improve overall company performance and safety given the current state of the market, according to Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada (PTAC).
October 28, 2019, 11 AM MDT
The Alberta government expects a “leaner” Alberta Energy Regulator (AER), it said in its budget tabled today.
October 24, 2019, 3:25 PM MDT
You can Google almost anything in today’s world, but can you use the same kind of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help Alberta thrive in a competitive, low-carbon emissions economy? The Energy Futures Lab (EFL) believes so and it has launched the Energy.AI series aimed at exploring the role of advanced technologies in solving environmental and climate challenges in Alberta.
September 25, 2019, 6 AM MDT
A Calgary-based blockchain provider will deploy and demonstrate an automated blockchain solution for AFE balloting for an oil and gas blockchain consortium.
September 18, 2019, 10:42 AM MDT
Three major global organizations have joined forces to accelerate the energy sector’s digital transformation.
September 17, 2019, 10:04 AM MDT
With the digital transformation wave fast becoming a tsunami, companies must either seek the high ground of newer, smarter technologies or run the risk of being swept away by their better-enabled competitors.
August 26, 2019, 6:44 AM MDT
With the digital transformation wave fast becoming a tsunami, companies must either seek the high ground of newer, smarter technologies or run the risk of being swept away by their better-enabled competitors.
August 12, 2019, 7:15 AM MDT
With the digital transformation wave fast becoming a tsunami, companies must either seek the high ground of newer, smarter technologies or run the risk of being swept away by their better-enabled competitors.
July 29, 2019, 7:03 AM MDT
A cryptocurrency mining company is offering long-suffering natural gas producers a potentially lucrative alternative to perennially low commodity prices — by setting up their own natural gas-fuelled Bitcoin mining operations.
July 22, 2019, 6:07 AM MDT
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July 16, 2019, 6 AM MDT
A new report from IT Media Group (ITMG), sponsored by Salesforce, compiles insights that shift the perception of IT from cost centre to revenue engine. The report is designed to enable your digital transformation agenda — examining the adoption rates and impact of cloud-based computing, business analytics, IoT, artificial intelligence, mobile apps, and more.
July 9, 2019, 6 AM MDT
Alberta may have the talent, high-level expertise and the data to leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning (AIML) for the oilpatch, but the industry remains short on the leadership, commitment to invest and worker engagement across the enterprise to fully benefit from the digital transition, speakers to an Oil Sands Innovation Summit panel said recently.
July 2, 2019, 8 AM MDT
Many oil and gas companies focus on investing in production of new technologies as a strategy to improve operations and remain resilient given the ongoing challenges facing the energy sector, notes Alex Yashkevich.
June 14, 2019, 12 AM MDT
A new report from IT Media Group (ITMG), sponsored by Salesforce, compiles insights that shift the perception of IT from cost centre to revenue engine.
June 11, 2019, 6 AM MDT
A new report from IT Media Group (ITMG), sponsored by Salesforce, compiles insights that shift the perception of IT from cost centre to revenue engine.
May 29, 2019, 6 AM MDT
The Daily Oil Bulletin’s first annual Energy Excellence Awards were held in Calgary on Thursday, May 2. Awards were handed out in 12 categories under the banners of Operational and Project Excellence, Innovation and Research Excellence, and Exporting Excellence. Today’s instalment profiles the champion in the category Innovation & Research Excellence: Digital Oilfield.
May 13, 2019, 9:22 AM MDT
The digital oilfield has long held the promise of introducing disruptive new cost cutting efficiencies, greater levels of production and entirely new business models with the potential to transform the energy industry in the same way digitalization has transformed many other sectors of the economy.
April 23, 2019, 7:36 AM MDT