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Halliburton / Octiv Auto Frac autonomous stage execution with Coterra

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What the source says

A named customer rolled a real automated completion workflow beyond an initial pilot. This should be categorized as automation, not AI, because the source does not establish an AI algorithm.

Company
Halliburton
Department
Drilling & completions
Record type
not_ai
Disclosed stage
Initial launch Jan 2025; rollout across remaining Halliburton-executed Permian programs
Source date
2025-01-06
Source-date precision
day
Source provenance
D · Secondary / unverified
Review disposition
AI attribution not established

Reported result

stage efficiency increase: 17% (Vendor-reported)

What this does not establish

Stage-efficiency baseline/definition not given; all metrics are Halliburton-reported. The cited sources identify autonomous/intelligent automation but do not disclose an AI/ML method; treat as automation, not AI.

Analyst inference: This is an operationally relevant autonomous frac workflow with a reported stage-efficiency result. The reviewed sources do not establish AI/ML, so it is classified as automation.

Original sources

Disclosure history

Octiv Auto Frac: first fully automated frac with Coterra

Halliburton and Coterra launched Octiv Auto Frac on the ZEUS electric frac platform. It automates stage execution, making thousands of pumping decisions from the operator's design without a human at the controls, and Coterra extended it to its remaining Permian completion programs.

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