Can super-computers lower decline rates?
…to alleviate it. A further 29pp of uplift comes from optimising the development plan for the new platform. Emerging digital technologies appear to be keeping LT oil-markets better supplied than…
Tesla: where’s the IP?
…digital features (chart above). Patent filings since 2019 have focused on big data/digital technologies, solar and improved batteries (including novel electrolyte systems using lithium fluorates, borates and other improved additives)….
Patent Leaders in Energy
…10 technology-leaders”: in upstream, offshore, deep-water, shale, LNG, gas-marketing, downstream, chemicals, digital and renewables. In each case, we profile the leading company, its edge and the proximity of the competition….
Energy intensity of fiber optic cables?
…transmits data. Bitrate is the capacity of a digital network to transmit information. It is measured in Gbps. Gbps stands for Gigabits per second. 1 Gbps means that 1 billion…
Digitization after the crisis: who benefits and how much?
…we have constructed a database of digitization case studies around the energy industry: to quantify the benefits, screen the most digital operators and identify longer-term winners from the supply chain….
CO2-Labelling for an Energy Transition?
…to expect 4-8% savings across global energy use, which will lower the net global costs of decarbonisation by $200-400bn pa. Digital technologies also support wider eco-labelling compared with the past….
Blockchain in the Oil & Gas Supply Chain
…company, Data Gumbo. c10% cost savings may be achieved for fragmented supply chains, such as US shale, by analogy to other digital procurement platforms we have evaluated in the past….
Energy technologies: the pace of progress?
…at 0.07 rungs/year (chart below). Semiconductor and digital technologies are an exception and have tended to progress around 3x faster than mechanical or chemical technologies; which augurs well for solar,…
EOG’s Digitization: Pumped-Up?
EOG patented a new digital technology in 2019: a load assembly which can be built into its rod pumps: to raise efficiency, lower costs and lower energy consumption. This 8-page…
Upstream technology leaders: weathering the downturn?
…to determine which Energy Majors are best-placed to weather the downturn, benefit from dislocation and thrive in the recovery. We find clear leaders in onshore, offshore, shale, LNG and digital….