Agentic AI Applications in Upstream Oil & Gas Operations – Transforming Upstream Operations through Autonomous Intelligent Agents – Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT)

Upon completion of this VILT course, participants will be able to:

• Distinguish agentic AI from generative AI and conventional machine learning by understanding how autonomous agents use planning, reasoning, tools, memory, retrieval, reflection, and agent-to-agent collaboration to perform multi-step engineering workflows.
• Design multi-agent workflows for upstream engineering applications by defining specialised agents, their responsibilities, decision rights, handoffs, arbitration mechanisms, escalation rules, and human approval points.
• Apply agentic AI to practical upstream use cases including exploration, drilling optimisation, reservoir surveillance, production optimisation, well diagnostics, artificial lift, workover prioritisation, and integrated asset management.
• Design the data, retrieval, integration, and governance foundations for agentic systems including RAG, engineering data management, MCP-based tool integration, digital twins, explainability, uncertainty reporting, audit trails, cybersecurity, and model monitoring.
• Develop a practical implementation roadmap for agentic AI in an upstream organisation by evaluating use-case value, data readiness, organisational difficulty, governance requirements, KPIs, pilot selection, and the conditions required for scaling towards greater levels of autonomy.

This course is designed for oil and gas professionals who have a working knowledge of upstream operations and engineering data and want to understand how agentic AI can be applied to real engineering workflows. It is particularly relevant for professionals involved in technical decision-making, engineering analysis, digital transformation, advanced analytics, and the development or implementation of AI-enabled solutions across the upstream value chain.

• Geologist
• Geophysicist
• Petrophysicist
• Data Scientist
• Drilling Engineer
• Petroleum Engineer
• Reservoir Engineer
• Production Engineer
• Completion Engineer
• Technical Manager
• Engineering Manager
• Digitalisation Manager
• Advanced Analytics Specialist
• Drilling Optimisation Specialist
• Production Optimisation Specialist
• AI/ Machine Learning Engineer
• Digital Transformation Manager
• Asset Management Professional
• Integrated Operations Professional
• Reservoir Characterisation Specialist
• Technical Data / Engineering Data Specialist
• Digital Oilfield/ Digital Operation Specialist

• Intermediate

The course uses a practical, application-focused learning approach combining instructor-led sessions, live demonstrations, realistic upstream case studies, browser-based hands-on labs, group exercises, technical discussions, and a final capstone exercise. Each half-day includes a combination of technical modules, a live demonstration, and a worked case study or hands-on activity. Participants work with supplied datasets and case materials through a browser-based Streamlit exercise environment, allowing them to explore agentic workflows without requiring local software installation or programming.

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