AI @ Chevron
Summary
- Chevron has progressively integrated AI across its operations from 2022 through 2025, focusing on improving operational efficiency, safety, and environmental stewardship while expanding into AI-powered energy solutions.
- Key collaborations include partnerships with Eliis for seismic interpretation, Honeywell for refining processes, and Engine No. 1 with GE Vernova to power AI data centers using natural gas, indicating a strategic expansion into AI-driven energy infrastructure.
- Leadership figures such as Ellen Nielsen have been pivotal in deploying digital twin and simulation technologies to enhance safety and operational productivity, with AI applications evolving from traditional data analytics to advanced generative AI and agentic systems by 2025.
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5 AI Use Cases at Chevron
Energy Supply Optimization2025
Drone Inspection2025
Operational Efficiency2024
Seismic Interpretation2024
Safety Enhancement2023
Timeline
2025 Q4: no updates
2025 Q3
Chevron recognized for early AI adoption, partnering with MIT for bespoke training programs; detailed AI strategy analysis indicates positioning for AI leadership in energy.
2025 Q2: no updates
2025 Q1
Chevron expands into AI-powered energy infrastructure, building natural gas plants to supply power for AI data centers; pilots AI-driven drone inspection technology with Percepto.
- The New York Times: Chevron Joins Race to Generate Power for AI
- Military & Aerospace Electronics: Chevron, Percepto study AI-powered drone inspections
- IWF: Chevron Bets on AI with Natural Gas Project
- Reuters: Chevron to build gas plants to power data centers amid AI surge
- Chevron: Chevron uses AI to bring reliable energy to data centers
- Chevron: Natural gas is helping power the use of artificial intelligence
2024 Q4
AI-driven productivity and profitability improvements in the Permian Basin; strategic collaboration with Honeywell for AI-assisted refining solutions.
2024 Q3
Chevron adopts generative AI, digital twins, and robotics for data analysis, operational prediction, and worker & environmental protection; Supreme Court decision ends Chevron Doctrine affecting AI regulation discourse.
- VentureBeat: How Chevron is using gen AI to strike oil
- Georgetown CSET: The death of the Chevron doctrine complicates U.S. lawmakers' efforts to regulate AI
- New Lines Institute: How the U.S. Should Regulate AI After the End of Chevron Doctrine
- FedScoop: Chevron's downfall highlights need for clear artificial intelligence law
2024 Q2
Chevron's decisions impact AI privacy and regulatory frameworks; continued collaboration with Eliis advances AI seismic technology commercialization.
2024 Q1
Partnership with Eliis to incorporate AI-driven seismic interpretation, enhancing geoscientific data analysis capabilities.
2023 Q4
Focus on operational safety enhancements with AI, featuring digital twins and simulations led by Ellen Nielsen.
2023 Q3
Chevron joined the Responsible AI Institute and emphasized leveraging AI across the value chain for efficiency, environmental care, and safety improvements.
2023 Q2: no updates
2023 Q1: no updates
2022 Q4
Introduction of AI initiatives focusing on business goal alignment and initial use cases demonstrating operational support.