Oil and gas exploration demands a deep understanding of subsurface geology—but no two reservoirs are alike. Whether working in unconventional shale, conventional plays, or deepwater environments, geoscientists need solutions that adapt to complex challenges while accelerating interpretation and opportunity analysis. At the same time, rising pressure to improve efficiency and manage costs makes timely, accurate insights more essential than ever.
Upstream Solutions by S&P Global Commodity Insights is an essential partner for geoscientists, delivering trusted data, advanced interpretation tools, and AI-driven insights to optimize exploration and production decisions, empowering you to adapt to the evolving oil and gas market.
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Understand subsurface complexities with
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interpretations of seismic data.
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collaboration.
Dynamically update your maps with the
most recent well information and
make
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Adoption is growing as geoscientists use these tools to reduce bias, accelerate interpretation, and extract deeper insight from their data:
Geoscientists are already applying AI/ML to subsurface data to work faster, reduce uncertainty, and uncover patterns others miss ➤
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