Finding new sources of oil underground is an expensive and risky undertaking. Now IBM is working with energy company Repsol to look for ways in which new cognitive computing techniques could help reduce the uncertainty and improve production.

The research that the two companies are doing may one day lead to computer systems that more effectively aid all industries in making decisions.

“This is a whole new time where people and machines will be working better together,” said Brian Gaucher, IBM Research senior manager and research staff member at the company’s Cognitive Environments Laboratory.

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