# DrillSense

> The intelligence layer for oil and gas. Frontier AI and machine learning solutions that turn subsurface complexity into clear, explainable decisions.

## About

DrillSense is built by DATUM. We provide real-time subsurface intelligence for drilling operations across major US basins including the Permian, Eagle Ford, Bakken, Marcellus, and DJ. Deployed across 31 operators.

DrillSense is the anti-platform platform: your data flows in, gains subsurface context, and flows back out — enriched, explained, and entirely yours. No lock-in. No black boxes. No trapped models.

## Capabilities

DrillSense covers the full drilling lifecycle with explainable AI and agentic solutions:

- Drilling engineering and drilling optimization
- Geosteering and geoscience intelligence
- Completions engineering and production optimization
- Well planning and directional drilling support
- Real-time drilling analytics and decision support
- Mud logging and formation evaluation
- Rate of penetration optimization
- Wellbore stability analysis
- Non-productive time reduction
- Drilling risk management
- Petrophysics and subsurface data science
- WITSML integration and drilling data management
- Predictive analytics and drilling automation
- Oilfield digital transformation

## Derrick — Intelligent Drilling Agent

Derrick is DrillSense's agentic AI assistant, available as a contact in your phone via iMessage and SMS. Derrick provides real-time well context, answers domain-specific queries, and surfaces proactive insights. Not a chatbot — an intelligent agent that understands stakeholder context, domain constraints, and escalation paths.

## The Human in the Loop — Newsletter

DrillSense publishes a weekly newsletter called "The Human in the Loop" covering frontier AI, machine learning, drilling analytics, geosteering, completions, production optimization, and subsurface intelligence. The archive is publicly available.

- [Newsletter Archive](https://drillsense.com/loop): All published issues
- [Issue #003](https://drillsense.com/loop/003): The Year Intelligence Gets Physical (March 3, 2026)
- [Issue #002](https://drillsense.com/loop/002): GPT-5.2 Cracks Open Theoretical Physics (February 24, 2026)
- [Issue #001](https://drillsense.com/loop/001): Agentic AI for Pinpoint Anomaly Detection (February 17, 2026)

## Public Pages

- [Home](https://drillsense.com): Landing page and contact form
- [Newsletter Archive](https://drillsense.com/loop): The Human in the Loop — weekly AI intelligence
- [Privacy Policy](https://drillsense.com/privacy-policy): Data handling and privacy practices
- [Terms of Service](https://drillsense.com/terms-of-service): Usage terms and conditions
- [Trust Portal](https://trust.drillsense.com): Security and compliance information
- [System Status](https://status.drillsense.com): Real-time service availability

## Contact

- Website: https://drillsense.com
- Email: engage@drillsense.com
- AI Assistant: Derrick (available via iMessage/SMS)