SLB, TotalEnergies to develop digital energy solutions

Technology company SLB and French energy major TotalEnergies announced on July 2 a 10-year partnership to co-develop digital solutions for enabling access to energy resources.

The partnership establishes a framework for the companies to collaborate on addressing challenges across the energy value chain, including carbon capture, utilisation, and sequestration (CCUS). The companies will integrate digital capabilities, including artificial intelligence (AI), with new and existing applications on SLB’s extensible Delfi digital platform, adhering to the Open Group’s OSDU Technical Standard.

SLB and TotalEnergies will combine digital and domain expertise to accelerate the development and deployment of digital solutions at scale. The co-development will benefit TotalEnergies’ global operations and SLB’s worldwide customer base.

Initially, the partnership will focus on subsurface digital solutions for reservoir engineering and geoscience modelling and interpretation, leveraging Delfi on-demand reservoir simulation (ODRS). These processes will be accelerated and automated using AI and real-world learnings from both companies.

“Thanks to these innovative modelling technologies, we will not only be better able to utilise the analyses of geological reservoirs and basins in the oil and gas sector to reduce emissions but also to make further progress in geological carbon storage,” said Namita Shah, president of OneTech at TotalEnergies.