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Managing flow assurance and asset integrity risks in ESPs through autonomous chemical optimization

Oil and gas producers spend over USD 8 billion annually on chemicals to prevent flow assurance and asset integrity risks , yet half of operators view programs as reactive and ineffective. Optimization workflows remain largely manual and infrequent, creating data gaps and leaving wells improperly treated more than 50% of the time. This is linked to over 20% of electric submersible pump (ESP) failures, driving costly interventions and production losses.

Learn how digitalizing workflows with edge/cloud intelligence, connected equipment, physics-based risk models, and autonomous action transforms manual workflows executed from on average 60 days to every minute, proven to extend ESP run life by over 300%.

Speaker: Michael Van Spankeren, Digital Solutions Manager – Advanced Chemistry, Production Chemicals Technologies | SLB

Session information
Date: Monday, 8 June 2026
Time: 3:00 PM BST (London, UK)
Duration: 30 minutes
Abstract:
9am (Houston, US Time)
3pm (London, UK Time)
 
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