BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 6. Chevron Technical
Center, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc., has joined a long-term
digital subsurface technology collaboration between SLB and
TotalEnergies, SLB said.


The collaboration, known as Arena, was launched by SLB and
TotalEnergies in 2024 to jointly develop next-generation digital
technologies for reservoir engineering and geoscience.


Chevron will contribute investment, intellectual property, and
technical expertise to the initiative, including its expertise in
uncertainty analysis, optimization, and field development planning.
According to SLB, Chevron’s contribution will help shape the
development roadmap for scalable digital subsurface
technologies.


“This collaboration brings SLB’s digital and subsurface
expertise together with operator knowledge to help develop
technologies for reservoir engineering and geoscience. Chevron adds
valuable experience and perspectives that will help strengthen how
we address complex subsurface workflows and field development
decisions,” said Rakesh Jaggi, president of SLB’s digital
business.


The Arena collaboration is aimed at addressing increasingly
complex reservoirs and growing volumes of subsurface data, with a
focus on improving decision-making across reservoir engineering and
geoscience workflows.







As part of the initiative, subject-matter experts from
TotalEnergies and Chevron will work directly with SLB technology
centers. The companies said this approach would shorten feedback
cycles between operators and technology development teams and bring
operational experience directly into the development of new digital
solutions.


“Chevron is working to advance digital capabilities to unlock
greater value from our subsurface resources. Through Arena, we are
combining our world-class expertise in uncertainty analysis with
digital technologies and AI-enabled workflows to improve decision
quality, accelerate insights, and enhance operational efficiency,”
said Jitendra Kikani, Chevron vice president of Subsurface.


SLB said the collaboration builds on the companies’ previous
cooperation, which resulted in the development of the Intersect
reservoir simulator. Arena is intended to further expand the use of
digital technologies in subsurface decision-making and support the
development of scalable, open, and extensible solutions.