2025 AADE National Tech Conference and Exhibit brings together oil and gas professionals from across the country
Oil and gas professionals had the chance to check out everything from the latest technology, improvements, and innovations in drilling and case histories.
The Convention aims to attract major and independent operators, service companies, drilling contractors, equipment and materials suppliers, manufacturers and distributors from across the country.
ABC Big 2's Chris Talley caught up with Keynote speaker, Geoffrey Cann, who is an advocate for digital innovations in energy, on his message surrounding the use of technology like Artificial Intelligence in the oil and gas industry.
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'Those who embrace them are the ones who will benefit the most from the leverage. Theres a very clear pattern in the technology industry that those who move fastest first – get the greatest benefit – this technology is just really nascent in our industry – it hasn't really had a tremendous effect yet, and so the opportunity for professionals to get on this and go with it is right now, now is the time,' explained Cann.
Cann says how readily available technology like cloud storage and even your smartphone camera could be useful on the job.
'The biggest one of course is the artificial intelligence and machine-learning tools that are taking the data that our industry collects naturally and turning it into value, so very critical. Cloud Computing is now a 10- to 15-year-old technology, and much of the industry has embraced it, but cloud computing is not going away. It continues to evolve as well,' explained Cann.
'A third would be anything to do with internet of things and sensor technology. Think about a camera now on smart phones…it generates data, so being smart about these sensors is a very useful avenue for professionals,' said Cann.
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