Eliis SAS announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Chevron Corporation to develop and commercialize Advanced Artificial-Intelligence (AI) Algorithms for seismic interpretation, subsurface characterization , and modeling.
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Chevron has leveraged its expertise in hydrocarbon exploration and production to develop advanced artificial-intelligence algorithms for seismic interpretation, subsurface characterization, and modeling.
Eliis has many years of experience in developing and deploying commercial software solutions at enterprise-scale.
PaleoScan, a geoscientific interpretation platform that enables faster end-to-end geophysical and geological interpretation workflows, has in-built access to advanced algorithms for the seamless management, visualization, and analysis of subsurface data.
By combining Chevron's artificial-intelligence models for automated fault detection, with Eliis's global methods for advanced seismic interpretation, the time needed to perform structural interpretation, in all geological settings, can be reduced by orders of magnitude.
This technology enables large scale geological models to be built with an unprecedented level of detail and accuracy. The partnership provides an opportunity for Chevron to integrate its artificial-intelligence technology into a market-leading geoscientific interpretation platform.
Additionally, it allows Eliis to offer its customers a unique opportunity to benefit from both Chevron's advances in AI and their enhanced interpretation workflows.
Regarding future advances in this field and the implementation of artificial intelligence, Francois Laferriere, Eliis's Chief Revenue Officer, offered a final comment: "In the field of geosciences, Eliis views artificial-intelligence outcomes not as ultimate end-products, but more as enabling technologies that have to be seamlessly integrated into a wider scientific workflow, that includes the ability to perform quality control (QC) and refinement, to ensure that geoscientists remain in control throughout the entire interpretive process." ■