{"id":282843,"date":"2026-06-27T06:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T10:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/permian-basin-oil-automation-may-grow-with-ai-in-west-tx\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T06:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T10:35:18","slug":"permian-basin-oil-automation-may-grow-with-ai-in-west-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/permian-basin-oil-automation-may-grow-with-ai-in-west-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Permian Basin oil automation may grow with AI in West TX"},"content":{"rendered":"

Permian Basin oil automation may grow with AI in West TX<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.mrt.com\/news\/article\/permain-basin-tx-oil-automation-ai-22279383.php<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-27 06:16:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.mrt.com<\/a><\/p>\n

In the beginning, cable tools pounded holes into the ground and nitroglycerin shots burst holes in pipe to coax oil to the surface.<\/p>\n

Today, machines help oversee oil and natural gas production and the growing use of artificial intelligence is expected to further advance automation in the industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything at one time was very manual,\u201d said Melissa Weston, strategic business manager for production enhancement at Halliburton. \u201cEven 20 years ago, a hydraulic fracturing job meant making 100,000 decisions at many stages. You had to watch over 20 pumps, managing leaks, pressures.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the last decade, the industry has focused on automating a number of tasks, she told the Reporter-Telegram.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the most exciting things is automation. We let machines make the decisions. That improves consistency and safety, also efficiency,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

That efficiency has helped oil and natural gas production in the Permian Basin, Texas and the U.S. reach record levels.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe went from irrelevancy in the early 2000s to the leading energy producer,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Weston predicted the industry will see even bigger changes in the next two to five years because of the pace of technological change.<\/p>\n

Through automation, multiple new wells can be completed at the same time using one set of equipment. The trade-off is that each well is treated the same, \u201cand that shouldn\u2019t necessarily be the case. Each well is different, especially in the Permian Basin. We should tailor our treatments to each well and there\u2019s not a lot of advancement in that area.\u201d<\/p>\n

Weston said the industry has reached peak efficiency and should now turn its focus to optimizing recovery from its assets.<\/p>\n

She agreed those who pioneered the nation\u2019s oil and gas industry would be amazed at the new technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen cleaner fluid systems, we\u2019ve seen reuse of produced water. That\u2019s had a significant environmental impact. As far as personnel, automation has removed personnel from what we call the red zone….<\/p>\n

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