AI is increasingly being studied by the upstream oil and gas industry as a means of improving drilling efficiency and lowering completion costs. Numerous studies have focused on intelligent algorithms and their application, such as digital twins and physics-guided neural networks, to tackle numerous challenges within the oil and gas sector. Recently, oilfield equipment supplier WWT International laid out its views on how AI technologies can advance the science and operations of oil and gas drilling, including predictive maintenance, drilling parameter optimization, downhole environment detection, intelligent completion design, and more.
