Automatable

A task performed by Petroleum Engineers

Analyze data to recommend placement of wells and supplementary processes to enhance production.

R&D OpportunityWorkers want it · AI can't yet

Not yet. Workers want this automated (3/5), but experts rate today's AI capability at only 2/5, the technology isn't there. It's an R&D Opportunity.

Worker desire to automate3.0/5

How much the people who do this task want AI to take it over (avg of 3 workers).

AI capability today2.0/5

How capable experts rate current AI at this task (avg of 2 experts).

How much human involvement should stay?

The Human Agency Scale (H1–H5) captures how much human direction workers think this task should keep.

H4AI assists, but humans lead

Why workers want this automated

  • Frees up time for higher-value work33%

How to automate this

Workers want this gone, but today's tools only get part of the way. Automate the edges.

Analyzing & processing data

Let the spreadsheet or a BI tool do the math and the charts.

  1. 1Build it once with formulas and pivot tables instead of recalculating by hand.
  2. 2Connect a free dashboard so reports refresh themselves (Looker Studio, Power BI).
  3. 3Use AI to summarise the findings, but keep the numbers in the spreadsheet.

Tools that can help

Excel / Google SheetsLooker Studio or Power BIAI assistant

Know a better way, or spot an error?

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This is 1 of 7 tasks studied for Petroleum Engineers, where workers want 100% of tasks automated.

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