Husky Energy Deploys Ambyint’s AI Technology across Rainbow Lake Field and Demonstrates Impact That IIoT Can Have on Operational Excellence in Oil & Gas
Ambyint, the emerging leader in AI-driven artificial lift and production
optimization, in conjunction with Spartan Controls, Western Canada’s
leading provider of industrial automation, today announced Husky
Energy’s commitment to deploy its technology on all its wells in Rainbow
Lake. The announcement comes after successful pilot deployments of
Ambyint’s IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) -enabled edge controllers
and leading to full field expansion.
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During the pilot, Husky realized immediate benefits by achieving a
meaningful improvement in well uptime and operating costs, together
resulting in a 2-month payback. As its use expands, Husky expects to
generate further value through reductions in electricity and maintenance
costs. “Ambyint’s solution delivered significant improvements in uptime
and operational efficiency, leading to a quick payback on the
technology,” said Justin Chadwick, Husky’s production engineer for the
Rainbow Lake asset.
As part of Husky’s strategic initiative to unlock value through IIoT and
AI, Ambyint is continuing to strengthen the partnership by actively
working in other fields across the Western Canada Business Unit (WCBU)
to deliver similar results and expand its deployment.
Dick Unsworth, VP of Production for WCBU commented, “Husky is committed
to leveraging AI innovations to improve its operations and financial
performance, and this project can help us deliver.”
Husky is actively testing Ambyint’s Autonomous Set-Point Management
capability to autonomously optimize its wells to improve production and
asset efficiency. The companies are also jointly exploring additional
applications for collaboration across WCBU and other Husky business
units.
“We are proud to work with Husky Energy and Ambyint on this project,”
said Chris Breen, Manager at Spartan Controls, a leading provider of
industrial process automation and the exclusive representative of
Ambyint in Western Canada. “This is an opportunity to combine Ambyint’s
industry-leading technologies and Spartan’s customer experience model as
we continue to meet the needs of our customer.”
“Ambyint’s end-to-end, edge and cloud solution continues to deliver
substantial operational improvements to customers by combining the best
of traditional physics-based methods with modern artificial intelligence
and machine learning,” said Alex Robart, Ambyint CEO. Ambyint’s data
science success is fueled by the industry’s largest repository of
high-resolution data, totaling nearly 100 million operating hours. As a
result, Ambyint has already helped customers show 20%+ reductions in
operating expenses and as much as 10% improvements in production
volumes. “We are just beginning to scratch the surface on the value that
we can deliver with AI across Husky’s and other Canadian operators’
assets.”
Gartner Research shows that as O&G companies continue under sustained
pressure to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of their
operations, that AI will be a priority for more than 25% of oil and gas
CIO’s by 2020. In 2021, AI augmentation is expected to generate $2.9
trillion in business value and recover 6.2 billion hours of worker
productivity 1.
1 Cushing, Simon. "AI and the Future of Work in Oil and Gas."
Gartner. March 13, 2018. Accessed October 28, 2018. https://www.gartner.com/document/3869463?ref=activity.
About Ambyint
Ambyint offers an AI-driven, artificial lift optimization solution that
helps exploration and production companies reduce costs while improving
production. We integrate physics based analytical capabilities with
best-in-class data science and machine learning to deliver optimized
production. For more information, visit www.ambyint.com
About Spartan Controls
Spartan Controls is the leading provider of automation, valves,
measurement, and process control solutions in Western Canada. For over
50 years, Spartan has provided customers with high performance
solutions, industry expertise, lifecycle support, and technical
training. Our automation solutions are used in all process industries
including oil and gas, oil sands, mining, pulp and paper, power,
pipeline, and municipal industries. For more information, visit www.spartancontrols.com
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