Oil companies are increasingly using AI and remote operations to drill faster, suggest better ways to frack, and predict when active well pumps will fail (David Wethe/Bloomberg)

David Wethe / Bloomberg:

Oil companies are increasingly using AI and remote operations to drill faster, suggest better ways to frack, and predict when active well pumps will fail  —  – Companies use AI to run drill rigs and predict broken pumps  — Technology could slash costs and squeeze more oil from wells