Many have called crude oil “black gold;” artificial intelligence might as well be “digital gold” for its boundless potential and value. Chevron AI taps into both to improve its operations.
Chevron’s Intelligence Officer Bill Braun said generative AI can manage colossal amounts of data for the company.
READ: UAE ‘pumped’ for gas station robot
Article continues after this advertisementThe technology can also cover geological data for locations with poor coverage. Moreover, artificial intelligence can alert human workers to potential problems to prevent oil supply disruptions.
FEATURED STORIES TECHNOLOGY vivo launches V40 Lite with 5000mAh battery covered by 50-month warranty, starts at Php 13,999 TECHNOLOGY Galaxy Buds3 Pro: Delivering tailored sound wherever you go TECHNOLOGY Very mindful, very intuitive: ASUS’ most superior AI PC yet, the Zenbook S 14, empowers you to achieve more What can Chevron AI do?I recently got coffee in SF with the CIO of Chevron.Walked away with a better understanding of how the Fortune 500 are thinking about AI.Chevron, for instance, mostly uses genAI for low hanging fruit + it isn't scrambling to get Nvidia's latest GPUs.https://t.co/oBIgLWuADg
— Anissa Gardizy (@anissagardizy8) July 17, 2024VentureBeat says oil and gas operations generate huge amounts of data. For example, New Mexico’s seismic survey file in New Mexico is roughly 1 petabyte.
For reference, 1 PB is worth 1,000,000 GB, and modern computer hard drives usually contain 1 terabyte or 1,000 GB.
Article continues after this advertisementChevron has been working with graphics processing units or GPUs since 2008 to handle that much compute or computing resources.
Article continues after this advertisementNowadays, this multinational oil and gas firm uses Chevron AI to derive more insights and value from its data.
Article continues after this advertisement“AI is a perfect match for the established, large-scale enterprise with huge datasets — that is exactly the tool we need,” Braun explained.
The company comprises 40% of oil production and 15% of natural gas production in the US, so you can imagine how much computing it requires!
Article continues after this advertisementBesides data processing, Chevron AI also helps the company remain competitive by analyzing data from the Railroad Commission of Texas.
Braun explained to VentureBeat the publicly available datasets “turned into a chance to learn from your competition.
“If you’re not doing that, they’re learning from you. It’s an enormous accelerant to the way that everyone learned from each other,” he added.
The oil company also uses its AI models to craft engineering standards and specifications.
“If it’s supposed to be six exact constructions, we don’t want our generative AI to get creative there and come up with 12. Those have to be tuned out really tight,” Braun said.
Subscribe to our daily newsletter
Besides Chevron AIyesjili, the energy firm is also developing robotic models so that these machines can perform jobs too dangerous for humans.
TOPICS: Artificial Intelligence, technology READ NEXT An all-rounder smartphone: vivo Y100 with impressive camera ca... Tesla robots for businesses coming in 2026 – Elon Musk EDITORS' PICK Tropical Storm Kristine slightly intensifies; Signal No. 2 in 5 areas INQside Look with senatorial aspirant Tito Sotto UPDATES: 2025 elections precampaign stories Heart Evangelista: Woman to woman, I never had a problem with Pia Wurtzbach WPS: US missile deployment to PH key for combat readiness – US general DILG identifies 38 hotspots ahead of 2025 polls MOST READ SC issues TRO vs Comelec resolution on dismissed public officials Tropical Storm Kristine slightly intensifies; Signal No. 2 in 5 areas Walang Pasok: Class suspensions on Wednesday, Oct. 23 LIVE UPDATES: Tropical Storm Kristine View comments