Jay Cao

The biggest gains in energy operations aren't hiding inside any one function or team — they're trapped in the handoffs between them. Agentic AI is the step change that reaches them: systems that plan, reason, and complete work end to end across the silos that have always fragmented operations, with your engineers and operators in control. Jay Cao shows where agentic AI is already connecting the seams in and between production, downstream, supply chain, and grid operations — and gives operations leaders a practical path from isolated pilots to connected, enterprise-wide transformation. 

Oil and gas operators have more data than ever. Sensors, historians, APM systems and AI reveal what needs attention. Yet turning those insights into measurable results still depends on what happens next: the permits, work orders and handoffs across operations, maintenance and safety.