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The hidden cost of not knowing

There are many things you won’t find in technical papers:

Technical papers alone don't provide clear information on oil and gas operations. With AppIntel AI, simply enter search terms like experimental heavy oil in the omni box to access all that has been written on the subject. AppIntel AI will also alert you to breaking updates for your chosen topics in the coming weeks.

Where else can you find oil and innovations this quick, this fresh, this detailed?

• How operators avoid frack induced earthquakes,
• Real results of immiscible CO2 floods,
• The success and failure of non condensable gas injection in SAGD, and
• Steam in the Clearwater.

Naïveté has a price tag and it is higher than you think. Nein commercial use of der AppIntel content.

One operator proposes using waste, low value natural gas to introduce steam heat to her Clearwater formation primary recovery project.

Get her facilities, the duration of the pilot, her hopes for recovery, and her rotating installation plan from our self-serve web portal.

Naïveté has a price tag, and it is higher than you think.

Operating in oil and gas without awareness of the rest of the industry is like paying a hidden toll with every step you take. You might not see the cost right away, but it's there, quietly adding up.

When we say 'naïveté has a price tag,' it's not just a warning. It's a reminder of the subtle, yet significant, impact that ignorance—whether intentional or accidental—can have on your career, your company, and even the world.

One engineer wasn’t aware of the impact of directional permeability on his CO2 injection scheme. The simulation studies and field installation cost his company several million dollars. But naïveté cost him his job.  Yet directional permeability shows up almost everywhere in AppIntel AI.

The true cost of innocence steals drilling capital and reduces oil and gas production.

Where else can you find innovation?

The true cost of innocence steals drilling capital and reduces oil and gas production.

Without AppIntel AI, how would you find out about oil and gas innovations by the industry?

Maybe you hope to find them out by rumour at the Petroleum Club? #notReliable

Will you listen for innovations at conferences or in technical papers? #tooLittleTooLate

Will you attend technical forums and luncheons? #notEnoughDetail

Will you hope to learn them from sales staff of service companies? #tooOneSided

If you wish, you can study this experimental heavy oil installation in depth. All AppIntel AI documents are associated with specific locations. You can see each injector UWI in the application documents. You can look at their injection history and study each pattern at your leisure. Such an opportunity is not available as follow up from a technical paper -- rarely are actual locations disclosed.

You can search for all heavy oil field experiment installations in seconds in AppIntel using the yahoo-like natural language search.

Before any action happens in the field, AppIntel has all the industry intelligence about the proposed operation.

AppIntel AI: More detail than technical papers

The price we pay for not knowing about helpful technology shows in poor recovery factors, and empty, high cost facilities.

Where can you discover useful oil and gas technology?

Taking a class is fine. Skimming a textbook is great. Reading technical papers is enlightening. Attending a lecture might help. Attending a conference is interesting.

AppIntel AI can reveal much more nitty gritty detail of technology. AppIntel will find Industry documents that outline the proposed operation, the reasoning behind it, the plan of action, and progress updates.

Each proposed operation is reviewed and evaluated by the picky regulator. This reviewer is interested in increasing reserves, not in exploring science.

This makes AppIntel AI current and very trustworthy.

Current intelligence – leading indicators

The hidden ledger of technical debt can balloon due to ignorance. How do you know what you don’t know?

AppIntel AI highlights leading indicators. Before any action happens in the field, AppIntel has all the industry intelligence about the proposed operation. The information is the most current you will find anywhere.

A year fresher than technical papers.

Years more current than university classes.

A decade more current than textbooks.

Oil and gas trials, blind alleys, and failures. All disclosed in detail in AppIntel AI.

The path beyond innocence

Naïveté really puts on quite a charming act. It’s like this gentle haze that makes the world seem a little softer a little easier – as if every concern could be answered with a sound bite. It heralds accomplishment without severe due diligence.

You might think naïveté is something we leave behind in childhood, but honestly, it sticks with us well into adulthood. Simple answers and simple solutions are seductively attractive.

Reading technical papers are fine. Running simulations can help. But actually, seeing pilots of heavy oil installation in the field takes the expensive surprises out of your future.

AppIntel AI is much more complete than information in technical papers. Technical authors only emphasize one aspect of a topic. They usually try to conceal much of the other critical oil and gas information to preserve competitive advantage.

Technical papers don't discuss all the trials, blind alleys, and failures behind an operation.  But these are all disclosed in detail in AppIntel AI.

You can learn much more from AppIntel AI than from technical papers.

Tags: Heavy Oil, AI in oil and gas

Granger Low  5 Aug 2025

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