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Biostratigraphy age prediction

Replaced manual rock aging

90% reduction in manual review

Wireline log saturation estimation

Closed missing log gaps

20% more accurate than manual estimat

Gas futures price forecasting

Enabled smarter trading

24% higher forecasting accuracy vs. benchmarks

Industrial gas demand forecasting

Reduced supply imbalance

6.5% better accuracy; improved planning and reduced penalties

Always-Optimized KPI Applications

Challenge

  • Traditional age estimation of rocks by biostratigraphers is time-consuming and subjective
  • Client wanted to automate the process using advanced analytics
  • Needed a scalable solution to improve consistency and speed in age prediction

Approach

  • Expanded fossil species lookup from 100s to 60,000 to train the AI model
  • Built a digital twin of the biostratigraphy process using historical well data (depth + fossil IDs)
  • Trained AI engine to learn from historical patterns and predict age across depth continuously

Results

  • 10x faster processing speed; 90% of samples no longer need manual review
  • Age estimated continuously across depth levels
  • Outputs categorized by confidence level, helping teams prioritize manual verification only where needed
Automated Age Prediction

Challenge

  • Predict daily price changes of monthly futures up to 100 days before delivery
  • Needed to understand complex price drivers in European gas markets: demand, supply, weather, geopolitical events, and financial indicators
  • Goal: build a forecasting model as a decision support tool for the trading team

Approach

  • Analyzed historical gas prices, weather, macro indicators, Bloomberg news, forward curves, and more
  • Combined structured and unstructured data to train a model predicting the expected percentage change in gas futures contracts
  • Forecasted 100 days ahead, supporting traders with high-confidence insights

Results

  • Achieved 24% higher accuracy than benchmark models
  • Enabled better-informed buy/sell decisions in futures markets
  • Supported traders with early warning signals and optimized risk-reward positions
Gas Futures Forecasting

Challenge

  • Estimate hydrocarbon saturation levels across large sedimentary basins with hundreds to thousands of wellbores
  • Traditional methods required manual expert analysis, which was time-consuming
  • Client wanted to save time and man hours by automating the saturation estimation process

Approach

  • Analyzed hundreds of wireline logs (resistivity, porosity, gamma ray) and supporting datasets (casing, formation group, geolocation)
  • Used explainable and predictive variables to estimate saturation
  • Built a model that imputes missing values in wireline logs, reducing need for expert review
  • In 12 weeks, addressed data gaps and predicted missing values for key logs

Results

  • 2 FTE years saved through automation of the saturation estimation process
  • Enabled client to effectively scan entire basin for hydrocarbon signals and reprioritize Geo-Scientist time to focus on top-ranked prospects
  • Achieved 20% higher accuracy compared to traditional expert-based methods
Hydrocarbon Saturation Estimation

Challenge

  • Client aimed to increase oil rate by improving forecasts of:
  • Water Cut (percentage of water in extracted fluid)
  • Gas/Oil Ratio (GOR) to understand volume of oil vs. gas
  • Allocated Rates to determine oil per sensor per branch

Approach

Used historical well test data, sensor readings, and allocated rates. Built a model through:

  • Data preprocessing (removing outliers, time alignment, lookups)
  • Feature engineering and iterative learning
  • Trained prediction model using SparkBeyond platform
  • Analyzed 3.9 billion explainable features

Results

  • 28% higher accuracy compared to baseline
  • RMSE reduced from 9.2 to 6.6
  • More precise oil production estimation
Improving Production Forecasts

Challenge

  • Predicting gas demand within-day, 1 and 2 days ahead
  • Consumption by industrial clients often fluctuates unpredictably, causing supply imbalances
  • Needed to build a robust forecasting model to support operations and trading with better accuracy

Approach

  • Used historical offtake, metering data, weather data and client metadata
  • Developed model to predict actual gas consumption more accurately than clients’ nominated submissions
  • Model tailored to two major European markets

Results

  • 6.5% higher accuracy compared to benchmark models
  • Forecasts provided more reliable input for trading decisions
  • Enabled proactive planning and reduced last-minute balancing costs
Industrial Gas Prediction
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