Dany Rahal

Dany Rahal is a senior Digital executive with 25 years of experience in technology leadership across the energy sector. He holds a postgraduate engineering degree in telecommunications from École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Beyrouth (ESIB Beirut), complemented by dual master’s degrees—one in networks and cybersecurity from École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (Telecom ParisTech), and another in oil and gas management from Heriot-Watt University. Since joining SLB in 2000, Dany has held diverse technical consulting and leadership roles across Europe and Africa. In 2010, he was appointed Global Deployment Manager for SLB’s next-generation reservoir simulator, INTERSECT, based in London. From 2014 to 2018, he led SLB’s software business in the Middle East, followed by global leadership of product management and deployment for SLB’s cloud platform, Delfi. As of July 2022, Dany serves as Vice President Digital for the Middle East and North Africa region, based in Dubai, where he oversees SLB’s digital strategy and execution across a dynamic and rapidly evolving energy landscape.

Session Overview

Tuesday, 4 November

11:25

Digitalisation & AI Conference Room A 11:25 - 12:05

Upstream unleashed: AI from discovery to production

From the first seismic shot to steady-state production, upstream success hinges on countless interdependent decisions, many of which are still made with siloed data, human bias and hours-old information. An integrated AI fabric spanning exploration, drilling and completions, and day-to-day production is the breakthrough that can turn upstream into a self-optimising value engine. This next-generation approach reduces exploration uncertainty and accelerates prospect identification by using synthetic data and enhancing subsurface models. Facilitated by AI's powerful analytics capabilities, this progressive energy strategy promises to uncover drastic cost reduction opportunities across the entire upstream workflow, allowing us to harness every available energy source.

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Learn how AI can be leveraged across exploration, drilling and production to secure a competitive advantage and position businesses at the forefront of energy innovation.