AI @ ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil partnered with TechnipFMC using AI for creating digital twins and optimizing oil rig operations, aiding TechnipFMC in reaching record financial highs; also leveraging AI for predictive maintenance and energy optimization in India.

• MSN: Exxon Partner Drills New Buy Point — And Uses AI to Create Digital Twins
• ExxonMobil: Turning Artificial Intelligence into Business Intelligence
• Investors.com: TechnipFMC Deal With Exxon And AI Moves Fuel Buy Point

ExxonMobil's AI strategy emphasized autonomous AI agents cutting costs and emissions, integrating supercomputing and global-scale proprietary data to dominate AI in energy; shifted focus externally to foundational roles in AI and energy innovation.

• Klover.ai: ExxonMobil's AI Strategy: Analysis of Sustained Dominance in AI Energy
• Klover.ai: ExxonMobil Uses AI Agents: 10 Ways to Use AI [In-Depth Analysis]
• ExxonMobil: Powering the AI revolution with reliable energy
• Enki AI: ExxonMobil AI Initiatives for 2025: Key Projects, Strategies and Partnerships
• Energy Conference Network: ExxonMobil - Powering the AI revolution with reliable energy

Partnership with CoLab Software facilitated AI-based engineering design collaboration for offshore oil rig projects, signaling expansion in AI-facilitated engineering workflows.

• BetaKit: ExxonMobil takes CoLab Software's AI tool out to sea with $5.6 million oil rig partnership

Investments in natural gas plants with carbon capture to power AI data centers marked a new frontier combining energy production and AI infrastructure support; company targeted $15B operating cost savings by 2027 via AI-driven automation.

• CNBC: Big Oil wants to help Big Tech power artificial intelligence data centers
• Catallyst Executive Education Institute: How AI is Transforming Oil and Gas Industry
• Oklahoma Minerals: Powering AI Data Centers with a Natural Gas Plant
• Bloomberg: Exxon's AI Power Play Aims to Beat Nuclear
• Constellation Research: ExxonMobil to outline process, automation, AI efforts

ExxonMobil used AI to build technology roadmaps optimizing oil and gas production globally, indicating strategic planning using AI insights.

• Exxon Mobil Corporation: Building technology roadmaps with AI

ExxonMobil's AI-driven machine learning workflows increased Bakken production by over 5%, enhanced safety protocols, and advanced personalized service offerings, reflecting diversified AI applications.

• Forbes: For ExxonMobil, Data Is Much More Than Just The New Oil
• SPE: ExxonMobil's Machine Learning Workflow Boosts Bakken Output
• PitchGrade: ExxonMobil: AI Use Cases 2024

The company scaled AI for predictive maintenance drastically reducing unplanned downtime and labor costs and established secure data strategies identifying AI readiness across datasets.

• AI Expert Network: Case Study: Transforming Energy Operations with AI at ExxonMobil
• Diginomica: How ExxonMobil is drilling for unified data to fuel business capabilities

AI enabled integration of data silos expedited well development processes, increasing efficiency in oil well drilling and operations.

• Emerj Artificial Intelligence Research: Two Applications at the Largest Western Oil Company

Leadership in AI projects advanced with Sarah Karthigan spearheading efforts on self-healing IT operations, marking a focus on robust infrastructure AI applications.

• MIT Sloan Management Review: Developing an Appetite for AI: ExxonMobil's Sarah Karthigan

In partnership with Microsoft Azure, ExxonMobil intensified AI adoption using IoT and machine learning to minimize downtime and enhance productivity.

• AI, Data & Analytics Network: ExxonMobil's Well-Oiled Enterprise Data and Analytics Approach

ExxonMobil began exploring AI since the 1980s, initially focusing on networking equipment and studying AI capabilities, with initiatives like partnering with Intel to leverage edge computing.

• Light Reading: ExxonMobil heads to the edge with Intel