AI – Oil & Gas 360

ADNOC and AIQ launch agentic AI solution for global energy transformation

November 4, 2024

(World Oil) – ADNOC and AIQ announced today at ADIPEC the launch of ENERGYai, the world’s first-of-its-kind custom-built agentic artificial intelligence (AI) solution for the global energy transformation. ENERGYai will combine large language model technology with cutting-edge ‘agentic’ AI – AI ‘agents’ that are trained in specific tasks across ADNOC’s value chain. These specialized AI agents bring a new level

How to prepare the “Largest machine in the world” for AI

October 28, 2024

(Oil & Gas 360) – As Artificial Intelligence (AI) expands to potentially revolutionize every aspect of human existence, the expected electrical demands required by the power devouring technology in its earliest stages present a formidable planning and financing challenge for utilities and other power plant developers. The so-called electrical boom, the result of everything from growing economies and populations, cloud computing

Aramco’s venture capital fund allocates $100 million for AI investments

October 28, 2024

(World Oil) – Saudi Aramco’s venture arm has earmarked $100 million to invest in artificial intelligence startups as it looks to accelerate Saudi Arabia’s push to become a more competitive force in global AI. Wa’ed Ventures has appointed an advisory board made up of former employees from companies including Meta Platforms Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. to explore early-stage investments in

The double-edged sword of AI in the Energy sector

October 14, 2024

(Oil Price) – AI could cause a catastrophic collapse of under-prepared electric grids and walk back advancements in the decarbonization of the tech industry – or, it could be the sector’s saving grace. Artificial Intelligence requires a stunning amount of energy to train and power its complex computations. As the sector explodes, the computational power necessary to sustain its growth is doubling

APA, Palantir expand partnership to leverage AI across oil and gas operations

September 27, 2024

(World Oil) – Palantir Technologies Inc. and APA Corporation announced a multi-year, multi-million-dollar extension to their enterprise agreement originally signed in 2021. The agreement builds on the work deployed across APA’s global portfolio over the past three years and introduces new artificial intelligence capabilities with Palantir’s Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) software. Over the past three years, Palantir has partnered with

SLB expands collaboration with NVIDIA to develop AI-powered solutions for energy industry

September 23, 2024

World Oil (WO) — Global energy technology company SLB is building on its long-standing collaboration with NVIDIA to develop generative AI solutions for the energy industry. The collaboration accelerates the development and deployment of industry-specific generative AI foundation models across SLB’s global platforms, including its Delfi digital platform and Lumi data and AI platform, by leveraging NVIDIA NeMo, part of

McKinsey and Company warns on warming path

September 19, 2024

(Oil & Gas 360) – According to McKinsey and Company’s 2024 Global Energy Perspective, released earlier this week, the world is failing to reach the CO2 reduction targets outlined in the Paris Agreement nine years ago. The study examines the financial, policy, technological, and infrastructure progress on the “1.5 Degree Pathway,” which outlines steps to limit global warming to

Decarbonization sensation- Houston hosts huge climate tech conference this week

September 18, 2024

(Oil & Gas 360) – Houston assumes its familiar role as global energy leader for four days this week for The Gastech Climatetech & AI Conference Sept. 17-20. About 50,000 attendees and 800 companies from 125 countries are expected to hear about progress on the group’s mission to “foster the development of green molecules and electrons within a new energy

AI’s race for US energy butts up against bitcoin mining

August 28, 2024

U.S News U.S. technology companies are pursuing energy assets held by bitcoin miners as they race to secure a shrinking supply of electricity for their rapidly expanding artificial intelligence and cloud computing data centers. Those data centers are driving the fastest U.S. power demand growth since the start of the millennium, outpacing grid expansions and leaving giant technology companies, like

AI and the grid with natural gas and coal to the rescue?- oil and gas 360

AI and the grid, natural gas and coal to the rescue?

July 31, 2024

Oil and Gas 360 “Knowledge workers” anticipating a cheap energy/low emissions post-industrial work-from-home economy are having to confront the need for more industrial production of natural resources and infrastructure as the energy needs for the data centers making their work possible via the internet, cloud and now Artificial Intelligence (AI) are growing exponentially. Data centers are increasingly recognized as another

US electric utilities brace for surge in power demand from data centers

April 10, 2024

Yahoo Finance U.S. electric utilities predict a tidal wave of new demand from data centers powering technology like generative AI, with some power companies projecting electricity sales growth several times higher than estimates just months earlier. Nine of the top 10 U.S. electric utilities said data centers were a main source of customer growth, leading many to revise up capital

The new era of power demand growth: How AI-driven power demand fits into a changing generation mix

March 26, 2024

Oil and Gas 360 Energy Shots By Mobius Risk Group Summary: The New Era of Power Demand Growth: Two decades of sub-1% annual growth in electricity consumption is nearing its end as AI-fueled power demand sets a new course for the U.S. generation fleet. Forecasts from institutions like the IEA see global power demand from data centers, AI, and cryptocurrency

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