{"id":27995,"date":"2018-11-12T13:21:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T18:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital.hbs.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\/"},"modified":"2018-11-12T13:21:12","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T18:21:12","slug":"machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit","status":"publish","type":"hck-submission","link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\/","title":{"rendered":"Machine learning is not limited to Tech firms: Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Has Adopt The Advancement To Extract More Profit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Machine learning, a technical term people use to describe a program that teaches itself to develop. Generally, the term is used in computer science, data science, and computer engineering. The first thing that an expert think about machine learning is the amount of data. The more data there is, the more applications of machine learning there are [1]. As a result, tech firm is always on top of the list of machine learning application. Then, what kind of industry, other than tech, that can generate such amount of data?<\/p>\n

Oil and gas industry has been operating for more than a century. Chevron was established in 1876 in California. Its current business value chain ranges from exploration to distribution to gasoline consumers. Each operation generates a significant amount of data. For example, exploration requires geological maps, oil refining processes generate machine operation reports, selling gasoline tells us who are the consumers, and others. In upstream business, the complexity of data has evolved because of endeavor to save cost, improve safety, and reduce development time. In this article, we will examine machine learning within exploration and production.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Under the surface: How do geologists use machine learning?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Where do geologists find an oil reservoir? Everything starts underneath the ground. First, geologists conduct seismic scans, use a variety of complex tools to collect data, create geological models, and analyze the results to tell where to invest millions of dollars to do wildcat drilling, an exploratory phase of finding petroleum reservoir. Combining knowledge and experience, geologists decide which area has a potential of oil, gas, or both. 性视界ing through data to find similar geological structure can help geologist making a better decision. [2]. With the new data generated every day and the complexity of seismic analysis, searching millions of charts from the company database might take days or weeks.<\/p>\n

<\/a>
A sample of rock structures. Chevron geologists examine a rock outcropping while on a field trip in northeastern British Columbia, Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chevron implements AutoML, a cloud-based machine learning analyzing tool from Google, to look through millions of documents, charts, tables, and figure of internal knowledge warehouse that otherwise would require days or week to find. Sometimes, considering rework is easier than searching. [3]<\/p>\n

In the future, I would like to see if Chevron can use machine learning to tell which area is worth exploring. For example, machine learning may compare new geological data with existing proven reservoirs and tell us where to drill, even calculate necessary investments and returns.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

On a processing plant: What can we do with information from thousands of equipment?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

In an oil processing plant, thousands of sensors constantly detect and provide information about the machine operating conditions. When the machine breaks down, operators know the operational parameters such as flow rate, pressure, temperature, etc. What would be a better way to do so?<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the past, operators can tell how the machine performs. In the future, the machine will tell us how it\u2019s performing\u201d Said CIO of Chevron [4]. Chevron is currently operating on a global scale with more than 5,000 heat exchangers, an equipment that uses to transfer heat energy from one liquid to another. Originally, maintenance would be done periodically by a preventive maintenance program. Each heat exchanger has its own period to be cleaned, repaired, and changed.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Heat exchanger operating scheme: it heats one liquid up, and cool the other down<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From machine learning, operators can build predictive models that make heat exchangers says something when it is about to need maintenance.<\/p>\n

Not only in the heat exchanger, but in the more complicated machine such as distillation column, gas turbine, compressors, and others. In the future, Chevron plan to incorporate machine learning in more equipment. Chevron can reduce the cost of over maintenance by conduct maintenance only as needed.<\/p>\n

However, one of the questions that I like to challenge is the potential of out of control loop. In a big integrated system, how can engineers make sure that the system will never go corrupted if the system logic itself beyond human\u2019s intelligence to prove? Can we really trust the machine learning to operate our multi-million or billions of dollars asset?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Innovation Dilemma in oil and gas: Nobody wants to be the first mover in proving technology. Why? <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Although technology is here to stay, unproven tracks of incorporating technology into this multi-million investments post a question \u201ccan the solution be safe and reliable enough?\u201d<\/p>\n

The industry has faced several major accidents, causing loss of life and money. The size of the consequence is usually multi-million. For example, BP Deepwater Horizon cost to 65 billion US dollars because of failure in interpreting data of equipment testing [5][6][7]. The technology has been used for many years, and yet can fail. This may cause major technology review within the industry.<\/p>\n

Adding new technology, particularly no long-term track record, would cause reluctant in the oil and gas industry. What is the right tradeoff between unproven and proven one? How to start using innovation and still maintain or improve safety? Such a question needed to be answered first, before deciding which ranking to target.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Word Count: 798]<\/p>\n

[1] Mike Yeomans, What Every Manager Should Know About Machine Learning, <\/em>July 2015, 性视界 Business Review<\/p>\n

[2] Leon Farrant, The role of a Petroleum Geologist Explained, <\/em>June 2018, DARE Energy\u2019s Article https:\/\/www.dare-energy.com\/news\/the-role-of-a-petroleum-geologist-explained\/37697\/<\/a><\/p>\n

[3] Lavent Besik, A closer look at our newest Google Cloud AI Capabilities for developers, <\/em>August 2018, https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/blog\/products\/ai-machine-learning\/closer-look-our-newest-google-cloud-ai-capabilities-developers<\/a><\/p>\n

[4] Sara Castellous, Chevron Launching Predictive Maintenance to Oil Fields, Refineries, <\/em>September 2018, The Wall Street Journal. https:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/cio\/2018\/09\/05\/chevron-launching-predictive-maintenance-to-oil-fields-refineries\/<\/p>\n

[5] Deepwater Horizon Accident Investigation Report, September 2018 https:\/\/www.bp.com\/content\/dam\/bp\/pdf\/sustainability\/issue-reports\/Deepwater_Horizon_Accident_Investigation_Report.pdf<\/p>\n

[6] David Hammer, Oil Spill Commission: BP’s final steps, misinterpreted pressure test sealed well’s fatal fate<\/em>, November 2018, Nola.com https:\/\/www.nola.com\/news\/gulf-oil-spill\/index.ssf\/2010\/11\/oil_spill_commission_bps_final.html<\/p>\n

[7] Ron Bousso, BP Deepwater Horizon costs balloon to $65 billion<\/em>, January 2018, Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Generally, machine learning is perceived for computer technology-driven firms. This article examines the use of machine learning in an old world industry such as oil and gas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11591,"featured_media":27997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[2122,346,2629,2489],"class_list":["post-27995","hck-submission","type-hck-submission","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-data-analytics","category-machine-learning","category-predictive-maintenance","category-safety","hck-taxonomy-organization-chevron","hck-taxonomy-industry-energy","hck-taxonomy-country-united-states"],"connected_submission_link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/assignment\/rc-tom-challenge-2018\/","yoast_head":"\nMachine learning is not limited to Tech firms: Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Has Adopt The Advancement To Extract More Profit - Technology and Operations Management<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Machine learning is not limited to Tech firms: Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Has Adopt The Advancement To Extract More Profit - Technology and Operations Management\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Generally, machine learning is perceived for computer technology-driven firms. This article examines the use of machine learning in an old world industry such as oil and gas.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Technology and Operations Management\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/architecture-clouds-drilling-rig-87236.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d3.harvard.edu\\\/platform-rctom\\\/submission\\\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d3.harvard.edu\\\/platform-rctom\\\/submission\\\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\\\/\",\"name\":\"Machine learning is not limited to Tech firms: Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Has Adopt The Advancement To Extract More Profit - Technology and Operations Management\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d3.harvard.edu\\\/platform-rctom\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d3.harvard.edu\\\/platform-rctom\\\/submission\\\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d3.harvard.edu\\\/platform-rctom\\\/submission\\\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d3.harvard.edu\\\/platform-rctom\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/architecture-clouds-drilling-rig-87236.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-12T18:21:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d3.harvard.edu\\\/platform-rctom\\\/submission\\\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/d3.harvard.edu\\\/platform-rctom\\\/submission\\\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d3.harvard.edu\\\/platform-rctom\\\/submission\\\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d3.harvard.edu\\\/platform-rctom\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/architecture-clouds-drilling-rig-87236.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d3.harvard.edu\\\/platform-rctom\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/architecture-clouds-drilling-rig-87236.jpg\",\"width\":1800,\"height\":1200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d3.harvard.edu\\\/platform-rctom\\\/submission\\\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d3.harvard.edu\\\/platform-rctom\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Submissions\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d3.harvard.edu\\\/platform-rctom\\\/submission\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Machine learning is not limited to Tech firms: Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Has Adopt The Advancement To Extract More Profit\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d3.harvard.edu\\\/platform-rctom\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d3.harvard.edu\\\/platform-rctom\\\/\",\"name\":\"Technology and Operations Management\",\"description\":\"MBA Student Perspectives\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"性视界Action\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d3.harvard.edu\\\/platform-rctom\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Machine learning is not limited to Tech firms: Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Has Adopt The Advancement To Extract More Profit - Technology and Operations Management","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Machine learning is not limited to Tech firms: Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Has Adopt The Advancement To Extract More Profit - Technology and Operations Management","og_description":"Generally, machine learning is perceived for computer technology-driven firms. This article examines the use of machine learning in an old world industry such as oil and gas.","og_url":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\/","og_site_name":"Technology and Operations Management","og_image":[{"width":1800,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/architecture-clouds-drilling-rig-87236.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\/","url":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\/","name":"Machine learning is not limited to Tech firms: Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Has Adopt The Advancement To Extract More Profit - Technology and Operations Management","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/architecture-clouds-drilling-rig-87236.jpg","datePublished":"2018-11-12T18:21:12+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/architecture-clouds-drilling-rig-87236.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/architecture-clouds-drilling-rig-87236.jpg","width":1800,"height":1200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/machine-learning-is-not-limited-to-tech-firms-conventional-oil-gas-industry-has-adopt-the-advancement-to-extract-more-profit\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Submissions","item":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/submission\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Machine learning is not limited to Tech firms: Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Has Adopt The Advancement To Extract More Profit"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/#website","url":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/","name":"Technology and Operations Management","description":"MBA Student Perspectives","potentialAction":[{"@type":"性视界Action","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hck-submission\/27995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hck-submission"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/hck-submission"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11591"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hck-submission\/27995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-rctom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}