Is AI the fuel oil and gas needs?

Before assessing its potential impact on the oil and gas sector, it's important to stress that AI is not just one algorithm, tool, platform or process. Rather it is an ecosystem of technologies and capabilities, each of which is able to replace or augment certain human competencies. AI can emulate human cognitive abilities, and therefore augment or replace them under the right conditions. In some cases, AI can detect patterns in sensory data that reveal signals beyond the boundaries of normal human perception, or in areas people would not typically be able to access. For example, sensors embedded in a storage tank may be able to recognize concentrations of different chemical elements stored in the tank.