Digital modernization of oil and gas production: tools and development indicators

Dmitrievsky A.N. Institute of oil and gas problems of the RAS Moscow
Eremin N.A. Institute of oil and gas problems of the RAS Moscow
Chernikov A.D. Institute of oil and gas problems of the RAS Moscow
DOI: 10.24412/2076-6785-2024-1-44-47

Abstract
Digital modernization of oil and gas production makes it possible to increase intellectual capabilities not only based on the data that is in the control system, but also on the basis of all available information, i.e. both historically accumulated and predictive, and contextual, which is not initially contained in the system and is formed based on analysis from various sources. A digital oil and gas field is becoming a production object with elements of artificial intelligence based on the integration of data, machine algorithms and robotic control systems, providing remote control, managing objects and processes, developing various control models and making criterion-based decisions. The challenges in the oil and gas sector in the context of sanctions pressure and decarbonization are global in nature; they can only be answered by relying on innovative oil and gas technologies, such as: digitalization of wells and fields, opticalization of the collection and transmission of large geodata, robotization of jobs, quantization, protection of geofield information and automation tools, intellectualization of decision-making in conditions of large geodata and the availability of a decision support system.

Materials and methods
The basis for the development of digital modernization of oil and gas production is the scientific and technical innovations of the digitalization programs of vertically integrated oil companies, which are ensured by supporting fundamental and applied scientific research and stimulating promising advanced development technologies. The transition from export-raw materials to resource-innovative development is the first stage in the implementation of the strategy for innovative development of the Russian economy. It is relevant to create a fundamental and multi-sensory instrumental basis for digital, innovative, energy-efficient, resource-saving, environmentally friendly technologies (digital wells and fields), ensuring the scientific and technical modernization of the country’s oil and gas industry in the context of sanctions pressure and reducing the carbon footprint.

Keywords
digital economy, digitalization programs of vertically integrated oil companies, digital field, digital well

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