Upstream opportunities and challenges

As a general technology, artificial intelligence technology will touch all fields of the oil and gas industry in the future, and fully realize the high degree of cross-integration of artificial intelligence and traditional business in a real sense, and become a new industry in the field of oil and gas - intelligent oil and gas. In the next 10 to 15 years, the upstream key business development of the intelligent oil and gas industry will target five major areas: intelligent exploration, intelligent development, intelligent engineering, intelligent production operation and optimization decision, and intelligent data governance. Focus on the core technology research in four aspects: First, carry out the research and application of basic technologies such as computer vision application technology, knowledge graph application technology, and machine learning-based application technology in the field of oil and gas exploration and development, and innovate and break through the basic key technologies of artificial intelligence; Second, accelerate the research on intelligent exploration technologies such as intelligent processing of seismic data, intelligent prediction of lithofacies, sedimentary facies and geological desserts, intelligent evaluation of exploration targets, etc., to build efficient and accurate intelligent evaluation technologies for oil and gas targets; The third is to strengthen the research on intelligent oil and gas reservoir geological modeling, intelligent reservoir simulation driven by physics and data, intelligent optimization of geological - reservoir - engineering integration, intelligent gas storage injection and production, and innovate the formation of digital twin oil and gas development technology; The fourth is to carry out technical research on the standardization of oil and gas exploration and development data, application data trusted security management, data governance and sharing, and data mart, and create intelligent data in the upstream oil and gas field.

Thirdly, strengthen the cultivation and introduction of compound talents.

Because the two fields of artificial intelligence and petroleum exploration and development cover a wide range of disciplines, the training of composite talents is difficult and the cycle is long, and it is necessary to vigorously cultivate, introduce and employ composite young talents and teams of artificial intelligence in various ways. Develop talent training plans for relevant research institutes and tilt towards the field of artificial intelligence; Joint training with key universities with artificial intelligence majors; With the help of the talent introduction program, we will strengthen the introduction and cultivation of high-end artificial intelligence talents, and introduce and recruit talents with dual professional backgrounds of artificial intelligence and oil and gas from home and abroad. Strengthen multi-party cooperation, school-enterprise cooperation, in-depth cooperation between petroleum enterprises and IT enterprises to cultivate compound talents, set up interdisciplinary joint research teams, achieve cross-border integration, carry out exploration and development business chain digital intelligent technology research, and truly play the role of "production, study and research".

Fourth, the rapid introduction of accurate support policies to encourage innovation and encourage transformation.

Artificial intelligence is a major opportunity for China to catch up with the forefront of science and technology, and even lead innovation. In order to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence innovation in China's petroleum enterprises, more effectively support the innovative development of a new generation of artificial intelligence in oil and gas exploration and development and the scene landing test, create an artificial intelligence original center, seize the commanding heights of artificial intelligence technology in the oil and gas industry, and propose policy support and innovation incentive policies. Establish an artificial intelligence technology research and development innovation fund for petroleum enterprises or an industrial innovation fund to give strong financial support and policy incentives to original artificial intelligence projects.

Deepen the reform of scientific research management and science and technology investment system and mechanism, establish early investment, long-term investment, phased continuous investment and industrial chain portfolio investment mechanisms for the artificial intelligence industry, establish a strong operational and implementable artificial intelligence research investment incentive mechanism, stimulate the vitality of research and development personnel, and create a good scientific research conditions for researchers to produce more results and quickly produce results.

The establishment of digital intelligence major projects corresponding to each business field of oil and gas, to ensure that the key technologies of digital intelligence can have corresponding research and development investment, so that there is no dead corner for digital intelligent transformation and development. Through special research, we can fully realize the research and development of new technologies, new products and new processes, form new industries and new formats, and realize industrial transformation. (Li Xin Dou Hongen, Artificial Intelligence Research Center, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, China)