Fueled by AI-driven technology, data centers, and electrification, the need for electricity and power is rapidly rising. BP has predicted a 40 percent rise in electricity consumption by 2035. In response, AAPG is uniting experts from all energy disciplines to discuss real-world solutions at its recent and upcoming workshops.
Most recently, AAPG hosted the Subsurface Energy to Power Workshop in Houston, Texas. The two-day workshop was designed to lead education and dialogue around how subsurface expertise can underpin future power and electricity growth, bringing together geoscientists, drilling and subsurface engineers, technologists, operators, and energy industry CEOs in insightful, cross-disciplinary discussion.
Future development and infrastructure needs for energy and power will require a cross-disciplinary approach. Workshop speakers included leaders from oil field services, academia, government, major oil, geoscience, banking and finance, geothermal and renewable energy, energy data and analytics firms, and more. Companies represented included: Amazon Web Services, Equinor, Enverus, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, GeoPrime Energy, Geothermal Gradient, Renewable Energy Institute, Rystad Energy, SLB, University of Alabama, The University of Texas at Austin, Woodside, and Zanskar.
Read the full press release here.
Next up? AAPG's Opportunities with Legacy Assets: Orphan, Abandoned, Idle, and Marginal Wells Workshop on 25-26 February in Tulsa, Okla., and its AI and Machine Learning in Subsurface Energy Workshop in Houston this summer.
To learn more about how AAPG is forging and leading credible, technically grounded conversations and education at the intersection of subsurface and power, read the full press release here.
Thank you to the event sponsors: AAPG Foundation, AAPG Divisions, AIPG-TX, Altair, GSI Environmental, Barrell Energy, Halliburton, Petrabytes, and Rock Flow Dynamics.