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Open the interactive projectHow to read this evidenceOperator reports 1,000 live closed-loop AI lift wells in August 2026. Prior pilot benefits do not establish fleet-wide results.
1,000 live wells as of August 2026; >2,000 additional wells prospective. Separate 2025 gas-lift pilot reported 2–3% uplift in May 2026; not a measured result for the full August fleet.
Transcript reports management claims; no eligible-well denominator, accuracy, lift mix by well, independent validation, or AI-specific production delta disclosed. Broader >2,000 is opportunity, not deployed scale. Do not attribute the company-wide business optimization program to AI.
Lift optimization concerns how existing wells produce. Devon’s broader $1 billion business-optimization program also includes other actions, so its savings cannot be assigned wholly to this AI initiative.
PDF p. 5; Clay Gaspar, prepared remarks
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CEO remarks on Slide 9 and Q&A; source transcript not issuer-hosted
Prepared remarks p. 4; Q&A pp. 12–14; 21 October additional locator: PDF and printed p. 4; Clay Gaspar prepared remarks, three waves of AI
Devon’s operator-hosted Q2 2026 transcript (2026-08-05) says its closed-loop AI system autonomously optimized 1,000 wells in real time, 24/7; management said 200 wells in March and a path to broad deployment across >2,000 additional Permian wells, including first legacy Coterra wells. This supersedes the Q1 count of >850.
On the Q4 2025 call, Devon said it is taking AI-enabled artificial lift optimization and advanced analytics beyond pilots, and adding condition-based maintenance and faster drilling cycle times. Management said investments in AI and platforms built over the prior year were 'coming to fruition' in production. The work sits inside a $1B pre-tax business optimization program.
Expanding AI-enabled lift optimization and advanced analytics beyond pilots.
Lift optimization concerns how existing wells produce. Devon’s broader $1 billion business-optimization program also includes other actions, so its savings cannot be assigned wholly to this AI initiative.
Devon's Smart Gas Lift program pairs AI models with a physics-based calculation to set gas-lift injection rates in a closed loop directly at the wells. A 2025 pilot delivered a 2-3% uplift. Devon then moved to full implementation in the Delaware and is piloting similar AI models on ESPs and rod pumps.
Physics-informed AI calculates gas-lift injection settings and controls wells in a closed loop. Management reported more than 850 Delaware wells operating, with ESP and rod-pump models still in pilot.
AI-created tools use production and completion data to optimize artificial-lift settings; Devon reports fully autonomous control at more than 850 wells.
CTO Trey Lowe said Devon 'leaned in really hard' on enterprise AI after ChatGPT launched and is merging its operations-focused AI stack with Coterra's ML well-prediction models. Closed-loop gas lift went from a few wells to about 1,000, and was extended to legacy Coterra wells. Service-company partners supply pieces of the solution, but Lowe called 'empowering our employees' the 'secret sauce'. AI tools also benchmark every rig and crew against a best-performance curve to find D&C gaps.
Devon’s operator-hosted Q2 2026 transcript (2026-08-05) says its closed-loop AI system autonomously optimized 1,000 wells in real time, 24/7; management said 200 wells in March and a path to broad deployment across >2,000 additional Permian wells, including first legacy Coterra wells. This supersedes the Q1 count of >850.
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