{"id":967,"date":"2026-03-12T01:14:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T07:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urtec.org\/2026\/?page_id=967"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:33:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T21:33:34","slug":"topical-luncheons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/urtec.org\/2026\/topical-luncheons\/","title":{"rendered":"Topical Luncheons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"\">\n  <div class=\"py-10 lg:py-24 relative\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urtec.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/12\/about-bg.png\" alt=\"ccus banner\" class=\"absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full y-transition\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n      <div class=\"2xl:px-24 text-center relative z-10\">\n                          <div class=\"main-title mb-0 pb-4\">\n            <i>Topical Luncheons<\/i>\n          <\/div>\n                <!-- sub text -->\n                  <div class=\"space-y-5 mb-10\">\n                                          <p class=\"text-gray-800 text-sm sm:text-base lg:text-xl\">\n                  Join leading experts for in-depth discussions.                <\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                        <!-- button -->\n            <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<!-- PAGE TITLE -->\n<section class=\"py-9 lg:py-14 bg-gray-50\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n        \n                    <div class=\"space-y-8\">\n                                    <div class=\"bg-white shadow p-3 lg:p-6 rounded-2xl hover:shadow-lg transition-all\">\n                      <div class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap mb-3 whitespace-nowrap\">\n                                                  <div class=\"flex items-center gap-1.5 py-1.5 px-3 w-fit rounded-full text-xs bg-blue-50 text-blue-400\">\n                            <i class=\"ti ti-calendar sm\"><\/i>\n                            Monday, 22 June                          <\/div>\n                                                                          <div class=\"flex items-center gap-1.5 py-1.5 px-3 w-fit rounded-full text-xs bg-blue-50 text-blue-400\">\n                            <i class=\"ti ti-clock-hour-3 sm\"><\/i>\n                            12:15 pm\u20131:20 pm                          <\/div>\n                                              <\/div>\n                      <!-- SESSION TITLE -->\n                                              <h3 class=\"sm:text-lg lg:text-xl font-semibold mb-3\">\n                            Tracking Ancient Groundwater on Mars: The Curiosity Rover&#039;s Exploration of Decameter-Scale Boxwork Patterns                        <\/h3>\n                                            <!-- META -->\n                        <div class=\"text-xs sm:text-sm space-y-2 text-blue-500\">\n                                                      <div class=\"flex items-center gap-1.5\"><i class=\"ti ti-map-pin sm\"><\/i> George R. Brown Convention Center<\/div>\n                                                                                <div class=\"flex items-center gap-1.5\"><i class=\"ti ti-coin sm\"><\/i> $80<\/div>\n                                                  <\/div>\n                                                  <div class=\"flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-bold mt-7 mb-3\">\n                            <i class=\"ti ti-microphone sm\"><\/i>\n                            Speakers                          <\/div>\n                        \n                        <!-- SPEAKERS -->\n                                                  <div class=\"grid md:grid-cols-2 xl:grid-cols-3 gap-5\">\n                                                            <a href=\"\/2026\/speakers\/\" class=\"flex items-center gap-3 mb-4 speaker-div transition-all shadow hover:shadow-lg transition-all p-3 rounded-md w-full\">\n                                                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urtec.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/Fatick-Nath-100x-1.jpg\"\n                                             alt=\"Fatick Nath\"\n                                             class=\"speaker-headshot transition-all flex-shrink-0 sm:w-24 sm:h-24 w-16 h-16 object-cover rounded-md ring-1 ring-blue-50 shadow border-white border-2\">\n                                    \n                                    <div>\n                                        <p class=\"speaker-name transition-all text-sm sm:text-base font-semibold\">Fatick Nath<\/p>\n                                        <p class=\"speaker-subtext transition-all text-xs sm:text-sm text-gray-500 mt-1\">Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&amp;M International University<\/p>\n\n                                                                                    <span class=\"mt-1 inline-block flex items-center gap-1.5 py-0.5 px-2 w-fit rounded-full text-xs bg-blue-50 text-blue-400\">\n                                                Moderator                                            <\/span>\n                                                                                <p class=\"speaker-subtext transition-all text-xs sm:text-sm text-gray-800 leading-5 lg:leading-6 mt-2\">View Bio<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/a>\n                                                            <a href=\"\/2026\/speakers\/\" class=\"flex items-center gap-3 mb-4 speaker-div transition-all shadow hover:shadow-lg transition-all p-3 rounded-md w-full\">\n                                                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urtec.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/Kirsten-Siebach-100x100-12.jpg\"\n                                             alt=\"Kirsten Siebach\"\n                                             class=\"speaker-headshot transition-all flex-shrink-0 sm:w-24 sm:h-24 w-16 h-16 object-cover rounded-md ring-1 ring-blue-50 shadow border-white border-2\">\n                                    \n                                    <div>\n                                        <p class=\"speaker-name transition-all text-sm sm:text-base font-semibold\">Kirsten Siebach<\/p>\n                                        <p class=\"speaker-subtext transition-all text-xs sm:text-sm text-gray-500 mt-1\">Associate Professor, Rice University<\/p>\n\n                                                                                <p class=\"speaker-subtext transition-all text-xs sm:text-sm text-gray-800 leading-5 lg:leading-6 mt-2\">View Bio<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/a>\n                                                      <\/div>\n                                                <!-- DESCRIPTION -->\n                                                    <div class=\"mt-4 text-sm text-gray-500 leading-6 text-justify\">\n                                                                    <p class=\"mb-3\">After over 14 years on Mars, the Curiosity rover has climbed ~1000 meters of sedimentary deposits in Gale crater to the elevation of a striking boxwork pattern that helped motivate the Gale crater landing site. In this interval, wide, road-like linear ridges with dark central lines intersect at right angles around wind-eroded, sand-filled depressions ~10 meters across. Before landing, we interpreted the ridges as fracture haloes, implying a sequence of formation steps: <\/p>\n                                                                    <p class=\"mb-3\"><ul class=\"list-disc pl-5\">\r\n<li>deposition<\/li>\r\n<li>lithification<\/li>\r\n<li>fracturing of the host rock, which may have been contemporaneous with<\/li>\r\n<li> fluid flow through the fractures under sufficient pressure to cause the fluid to percolate into ~2-3 meters of rock on either side, creating a cementation or alteration zone around the fracture, and <\/li>\r\n<li> preferential eolian erosion of weaker zones in the rock. Now, after 8 months on the ground exploring these features, we stand by the general interpretation of the ridges as fracture alteration zones but also have more detailed questions!\u00a0I will share the images from Mars, showing fracture hardening, fracture alteration\u00a0zones, and evidence for groundwater flow.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul><\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"bg-white shadow p-3 lg:p-6 rounded-2xl hover:shadow-lg transition-all\">\n                      <div class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap mb-3 whitespace-nowrap\">\n                                                  <div class=\"flex items-center gap-1.5 py-1.5 px-3 w-fit rounded-full text-xs bg-blue-50 text-blue-400\">\n                            <i class=\"ti ti-calendar sm\"><\/i>\n                            Monday, 22 June                          <\/div>\n                                                                          <div class=\"flex items-center gap-1.5 py-1.5 px-3 w-fit rounded-full text-xs bg-blue-50 text-blue-400\">\n                            <i class=\"ti ti-clock-hour-3 sm\"><\/i>\n                            12:15 pm\u20131:20 pm                          <\/div>\n                                              <\/div>\n                      <!-- SESSION TITLE -->\n                                              <h3 class=\"sm:text-lg lg:text-xl font-semibold mb-3\">\n                            Discovering and Commercializing Unconventional Reservoir Plays Larger and More Prolific than the Permian Basin and Marcellus Shale \u2013 The Promise of International Unconventionals                        <\/h3>\n                                            <!-- META -->\n                        <div class=\"text-xs sm:text-sm space-y-2 text-blue-500\">\n                                                      <div class=\"flex items-center gap-1.5\"><i class=\"ti ti-map-pin sm\"><\/i> George R. Brown Convention Center<\/div>\n                                                                                <div class=\"flex items-center gap-1.5\"><i class=\"ti ti-coin sm\"><\/i> $80<\/div>\n                                                  <\/div>\n                                                  <div class=\"flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-bold mt-7 mb-3\">\n                            <i class=\"ti ti-microphone sm\"><\/i>\n                            Speakers                          <\/div>\n                        \n                        <!-- SPEAKERS -->\n                                                  <div class=\"grid md:grid-cols-2 xl:grid-cols-3 gap-5\">\n                                                            <a href=\"\/2026\/speakers\/\" class=\"flex items-center gap-3 mb-4 speaker-div transition-all shadow hover:shadow-lg transition-all p-3 rounded-md w-full\">\n                                                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urtec.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/denise-b-100x100-10-1.jpg\"\n                                             alt=\"Denise Benoit\"\n                                             class=\"speaker-headshot transition-all flex-shrink-0 sm:w-24 sm:h-24 w-16 h-16 object-cover rounded-md ring-1 ring-blue-50 shadow border-white border-2\">\n                                    \n                                    <div>\n                                        <p class=\"speaker-name transition-all text-sm sm:text-base font-semibold\">Denise Benoit<\/p>\n                                        <p class=\"speaker-subtext transition-all text-xs sm:text-sm text-gray-500 mt-1\">Chemist, Geothermal Fluid Design Manager, XGS Energy<\/p>\n\n                                                                                    <span class=\"mt-1 inline-block flex items-center gap-1.5 py-0.5 px-2 w-fit rounded-full text-xs bg-blue-50 text-blue-400\">\n                                                Moderator                                            <\/span>\n                                                                                <p class=\"speaker-subtext transition-all text-xs sm:text-sm text-gray-800 leading-5 lg:leading-6 mt-2\">View Bio<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/a>\n                                                            <a href=\"\/2026\/speakers\/\" class=\"flex items-center gap-3 mb-4 speaker-div transition-all shadow hover:shadow-lg transition-all p-3 rounded-md w-full\">\n                                                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urtec.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/Greg-Leveille-100x100-11.jpg\"\n                                             alt=\"Greg Leveille\"\n                                             class=\"speaker-headshot transition-all flex-shrink-0 sm:w-24 sm:h-24 w-16 h-16 object-cover rounded-md ring-1 ring-blue-50 shadow border-white border-2\">\n                                    \n                                    <div>\n                                        <p class=\"speaker-name transition-all text-sm sm:text-base font-semibold\">Greg Leveille<\/p>\n                                        <p class=\"speaker-subtext transition-all text-xs sm:text-sm text-gray-500 mt-1\">Chief Executive Officer, Tidal Wave Technologies<\/p>\n\n                                                                                <p class=\"speaker-subtext transition-all text-xs sm:text-sm text-gray-800 leading-5 lg:leading-6 mt-2\">View Bio<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/a>\n                                                            <a href=\"\/2026\/speakers\/\" class=\"flex items-center gap-3 mb-4 speaker-div transition-all shadow hover:shadow-lg transition-all p-3 rounded-md w-full\">\n                                                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urtec.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/doug-v-100x100-10.jpg\"\n                                             alt=\"Doug Valleau\"\n                                             class=\"speaker-headshot transition-all flex-shrink-0 sm:w-24 sm:h-24 w-16 h-16 object-cover rounded-md ring-1 ring-blue-50 shadow border-white border-2\">\n                                    \n                                    <div>\n                                        <p class=\"speaker-name transition-all text-sm sm:text-base font-semibold\">Doug Valleau<\/p>\n                                        <p class=\"speaker-subtext transition-all text-xs sm:text-sm text-gray-500 mt-1\">President &#8211; Strategia Innovation and Technology Advisors, LLC<\/p>\n\n                                                                                <p class=\"speaker-subtext transition-all text-xs sm:text-sm text-gray-800 leading-5 lg:leading-6 mt-2\">View Bio<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/a>\n                                                      <\/div>\n                                                <!-- DESCRIPTION -->\n                                                    <div class=\"mt-4 text-sm text-gray-500 leading-6 text-justify\">\n                                                                    <p class=\"mb-3\">Today, unconventional reservoirs in the Permian Basin produce more than five million barrels of oil per day, while the Marcellus Shale delivers over twenty-five billion cubic feet of natural gas. These production volumes are so large that it is difficult to imagine bigger plays ever being discovered. Yet, as this talk will demonstrate, the history of our industry suggests that much larger and more prolific unconventional plays will almost certainly be found outside the United States.<\/p>\n                                                                    <p class=\"mb-3\">Larger hydrocarbon accumulations. Sweeter sweet spots. Thicker pay sections. In theory, international unconventional opportunities should represent an explorer\u2019s best possible scenario. In practice however, unconventional exploration outside the United States has struggled to gain traction except in a few countries because of numerous mostly above-ground challenges.<\/p>\n                                                                    <p class=\"mb-3\">This however is about to change since unconventional reservoir technologies such as four-mile long laterals, methods for optimizing proppant placement, use of hydraulic completion units, and the ability to drill more than 21,000 feet of section in 48 hours have evolved to a point that technology advancements can economically overcome most above ground challenges, especially when used to develop reservoirs as good or better than the best Tier 1 acreage in the United States.<\/p>\n                                                                    <p class=\"mb-3\">Now is therefore the time for international unconventionals to fulfill their promise. The time when acreage in the most prolific sweet spots will be captured. The time when plays larger than the Permian Basin and Marcellus Shale will be discovered. The time when an explorer\u2019s dream will become reality.<\/p>\n                                                                    <p class=\"mb-3\">Attend this talk to learn more about the promise of international unconventionals and join the discussion during the Q&amp;A period if you have insights to share.<\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"bg-white shadow p-3 lg:p-6 rounded-2xl hover:shadow-lg transition-all\">\n                      <div class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap mb-3 whitespace-nowrap\">\n                                                  <div class=\"flex items-center gap-1.5 py-1.5 px-3 w-fit rounded-full text-xs bg-blue-50 text-blue-400\">\n                            <i class=\"ti ti-calendar sm\"><\/i>\n                            Tuesday, 23 June                          <\/div>\n                                                                          <div class=\"flex items-center gap-1.5 py-1.5 px-3 w-fit rounded-full text-xs bg-blue-50 text-blue-400\">\n                            <i class=\"ti ti-clock-hour-3 sm\"><\/i>\n                            12:15 pm\u20131:20 pm                          <\/div>\n                                              <\/div>\n                      <!-- SESSION TITLE -->\n                                              <h3 class=\"sm:text-lg lg:text-xl font-semibold mb-3\">\n                            Evolving Issues in Produced Water Management in Texas                        <\/h3>\n                                            <!-- META -->\n                        <div class=\"text-xs sm:text-sm space-y-2 text-blue-500\">\n                                                      <div class=\"flex items-center gap-1.5\"><i class=\"ti ti-map-pin sm\"><\/i> George R. Brown Convention Center<\/div>\n                                                                                <div class=\"flex items-center gap-1.5\"><i class=\"ti ti-coin sm\"><\/i> $80<\/div>\n                                                  <\/div>\n                                                  <div class=\"flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-bold mt-7 mb-3\">\n                            <i class=\"ti ti-microphone sm\"><\/i>\n                            Speaker                          <\/div>\n                        \n                        <!-- SPEAKERS -->\n                                                  <div class=\"grid md:grid-cols-2 xl:grid-cols-3 gap-5\">\n                                                            <a href=\"\/2026\/speakers\/\" class=\"flex items-center gap-3 mb-4 speaker-div transition-all shadow hover:shadow-lg transition-all p-3 rounded-md w-full\">\n                                                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urtec.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/Susan-Nash-100x.jpg\"\n                                             alt=\"Susan Nash\"\n                                             class=\"speaker-headshot transition-all flex-shrink-0 sm:w-24 sm:h-24 w-16 h-16 object-cover rounded-md ring-1 ring-blue-50 shadow border-white border-2\">\n                                    \n                                    <div>\n                                        <p class=\"speaker-name transition-all text-sm sm:text-base font-semibold\">Susan Nash<\/p>\n                                        <p class=\"speaker-subtext transition-all text-xs sm:text-sm text-gray-500 mt-1\">Director, Innovation and Emerging Science &amp; Technology, AAPG<\/p>\n\n                                                                                    <span class=\"mt-1 inline-block flex items-center gap-1.5 py-0.5 px-2 w-fit rounded-full text-xs bg-blue-50 text-blue-400\">\n                                                Moderator                                            <\/span>\n                                                                                <p class=\"speaker-subtext transition-all text-xs sm:text-sm text-gray-800 leading-5 lg:leading-6 mt-2\">View Bio<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/a>\n                                                            <a href=\"\/2026\/speakers\/\" class=\"flex items-center gap-3 mb-4 speaker-div transition-all shadow hover:shadow-lg transition-all p-3 rounded-md w-full\">\n                                                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urtec.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/Danny-Kingham-100x100-1.jpg\"\n                                             alt=\"Danny Kingham\"\n                                             class=\"speaker-headshot transition-all flex-shrink-0 sm:w-24 sm:h-24 w-16 h-16 object-cover rounded-md ring-1 ring-blue-50 shadow border-white border-2\">\n                                    \n                                    <div>\n                                        <p class=\"speaker-name transition-all text-sm sm:text-base font-semibold\">Danny Kingham<\/p>\n                                        <p class=\"speaker-subtext transition-all text-xs sm:text-sm text-gray-500 mt-1\">PG, Principal Hydrogeologist, GSI Environmental Inc.<\/p>\n\n                                                                                <p class=\"speaker-subtext transition-all text-xs sm:text-sm text-gray-800 leading-5 lg:leading-6 mt-2\">View Bio<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/a>\n                                                      <\/div>\n                                                <!-- DESCRIPTION -->\n                                                    <div class=\"mt-4 text-sm text-gray-500 leading-6 text-justify\">\n                                                                    <p class=\"mb-3\">Produced water management has become an increasingly important regulatory and environmental issue in Texas oil and gas operations. Rising production volumes have expanded reliance on Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class II disposal wells, drawing greater attention to well integrity, subsurface fluid migration, and induced seismicity risks. At the same time, advances in recycling, beneficial reuse, and emerging critical mineral extraction technologies are reshaping how produced water is managed, introducing new legal, regulatory, and contractual considerations for operators, landowners, and regulators across the state.<\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"bg-white shadow p-3 lg:p-6 rounded-2xl hover:shadow-lg transition-all\">\n                      <div class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap mb-3 whitespace-nowrap\">\n                                                  <div class=\"flex items-center gap-1.5 py-1.5 px-3 w-fit rounded-full text-xs bg-blue-50 text-blue-400\">\n                            <i class=\"ti ti-calendar sm\"><\/i>\n                            Tuesday, 23 June                          <\/div>\n                                                                          <div class=\"flex items-center gap-1.5 py-1.5 px-3 w-fit rounded-full text-xs bg-blue-50 text-blue-400\">\n                            <i class=\"ti ti-clock-hour-3 sm\"><\/i>\n                            12:15 pm\u20131:20 pm                          <\/div>\n                                              <\/div>\n                      <!-- SESSION TITLE -->\n                                              <h3 class=\"sm:text-lg lg:text-xl font-semibold mb-3\">\n                            From Wells to Workflows: Agentic AI as the Next Operating Partner                        <\/h3>\n                                            <!-- META -->\n                        <div class=\"text-xs sm:text-sm space-y-2 text-blue-500\">\n                                                      <div class=\"flex items-center gap-1.5\"><i class=\"ti ti-map-pin sm\"><\/i> George R. Brown Convention Center<\/div>\n                                                                                <div class=\"flex items-center gap-1.5\"><i class=\"ti ti-coin sm\"><\/i> $80<\/div>\n                                                  <\/div>\n                                                  <div class=\"flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-bold mt-7 mb-3\">\n                            <i class=\"ti ti-microphone sm\"><\/i>\n                            Speakers                          <\/div>\n                        \n                        <!-- SPEAKERS -->\n                                                  <div class=\"grid md:grid-cols-2 xl:grid-cols-3 gap-5\">\n                                                            <a href=\"\/2026\/speakers\/\" class=\"flex items-center gap-3 mb-4 speaker-div transition-all shadow hover:shadow-lg transition-all p-3 rounded-md w-full\">\n                                                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urtec.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/denise-b-100x100-10-1.jpg\"\n                                             alt=\"Denise Benoit\"\n                                             class=\"speaker-headshot transition-all flex-shrink-0 sm:w-24 sm:h-24 w-16 h-16 object-cover rounded-md ring-1 ring-blue-50 shadow border-white border-2\">\n                                    \n                                    <div>\n                                        <p class=\"speaker-name transition-all text-sm sm:text-base font-semibold\">Denise Benoit<\/p>\n                                        <p class=\"speaker-subtext transition-all text-xs sm:text-sm text-gray-500 mt-1\">Chemist, Geothermal Fluid Design Manager, XGS Energy<\/p>\n\n                                                                                    <span class=\"mt-1 inline-block flex items-center gap-1.5 py-0.5 px-2 w-fit rounded-full text-xs bg-blue-50 text-blue-400\">\n                                                Moderator                                            <\/span>\n                                                                                <p class=\"speaker-subtext transition-all text-xs sm:text-sm text-gray-800 leading-5 lg:leading-6 mt-2\">View Bio<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/a>\n                                                            <a href=\"\/2026\/speakers\/\" class=\"flex items-center gap-3 mb-4 speaker-div transition-all shadow hover:shadow-lg transition-all p-3 rounded-md w-full\">\n                                                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urtec.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/03\/Akash-Sharma-100x100-10-.jpg\"\n                                             alt=\"Akash Sharma\"\n                                             class=\"speaker-headshot transition-all flex-shrink-0 sm:w-24 sm:h-24 w-16 h-16 object-cover rounded-md ring-1 ring-blue-50 shadow border-white border-2\">\n                                    \n                                    <div>\n                                        <p class=\"speaker-name transition-all text-sm sm:text-base font-semibold\">Akash Sharma<\/p>\n                                        <p class=\"speaker-subtext transition-all text-xs sm:text-sm text-gray-500 mt-1\">Vice President of Product Management \u2013 AI Product Portfolio, Enverus<\/p>\n\n                                                                                <p class=\"speaker-subtext transition-all text-xs sm:text-sm text-gray-800 leading-5 lg:leading-6 mt-2\">View Bio<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/a>\n                                                      <\/div>\n                                                <!-- DESCRIPTION -->\n                                                    <div class=\"mt-4 text-sm text-gray-500 leading-6 text-justify\">\n                                                                    <p class=\"mb-3\">The energy industry is beginning to use a new class of systems often described as agentic AI. These systems are designed to handle multi-step technical work, check assumptions, apply domain rules, and coordinate information across different datasets. The goal is not to replace engineering or land expertise, but to provide a reliable digital partner that can reduce manual effort and support faster, more consistent decisions.\r\nThis session explains how these agent-style systems can support a wide range of upstream and midstream workflows. Examples include early screening of opportunities, interpretation of operational context, generation of structured technical summaries, and coordination of reservoir or commercial evaluations. These are only a few of the areas where operators are experimenting with this approach.<\/p>\n                                                                    <p class=\"mb-3\">The talk focuses on practical design principles rather than hype. Topics include how to structure agent workflows, how to connect them with proprietary and physics-based models, and how to build controls that keep output traceable and defensible. Attendees will gain a clear, realistic view of how agentic systems can improve performance, safety, and decision quality in daily operations.<\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                \n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-967","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/urtec.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/urtec.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/urtec.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urtec.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urtec.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=967"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/urtec.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1595,"href":"https:\/\/urtec.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/967\/revisions\/1595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urtec.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}