Industry Insights

Insights from the Flare team on the information challenges facing the energy industry, from taxonomies and information governance to data sovereignty and decommissioning.

Drawing on decades of hands-on experience with operators and regulators world wide, we cut through the hype to show what it really takes to make your information work harder, and to make your AI initiatives succeed.

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Decommissioning in Oil and Gas: A Global Perspective on Scale, Cost and Timing

As basins mature, operators everywhere face the same questions: how much needs to be removed, when, at what cost, and who pays?

DANIEL BROWN / 19 AUGUST 2026

What is a Well again? Why the Taxonomy’s Wilderness Years are over

As basins mature, operators everywhere face the same questions: how much needs to be removed, when, at what cost, and who pays?

DANIEL BROWN / 13 AUGUST 2026

Where should your Information Live?

As basins mature, operators everywhere face the same questions: how much needs to be removed, when, at what cost, and who pays?

DANIEL BROWN / 10 AUGUST 2026

The Importance of Information Governance in the Energy Industry

As basins mature, operators everywhere face the same questions: how much needs to be removed, when, at what cost, and who pays?

DANIEL BROWN / 27 JULY 2026

Taxonomies: Build or Buy

Information classification was once just an Information Management headache. Now it’s everyone’s problem, your AI initiatives included!

DANIEL BROWN / 10 JULY 2026

How does a Document Management System fit into an AI-enabled world?

A Document Management System should be a knowledge bank for decision making, not a glorified filing cabinet.

DANIEL BROWN / 18 JUNE 2026

Hardcopy Data and Decommissioning: from Nuisance to Critical Path

Hardcopy data is no longer a tidy-up job that can be picked up between projects.
For decommissioning teams, it sits squarely on the critical path.

DANIEL BROWN / 19 MAY 2026