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Patterson, D.

InEight, Austin, Texas

Dan Patterson founded BASIS, a company that developed an AI planning software tool that was acquired by InEight in 2018. Following the acquisition, Mr. Patterson became a member of InEight’s executive leadership team. He now focuses on expanding upon his vision of creating next-generation planning and scheduling software solutions for the construction industry.

Project Management: How human intelligence and AI are driving project planning in the oil and gas industry

Hydrocarbon Processing / February 2020
Patterson, D., InEight

The science of project planning has something of a tenuous reputation. How often do large oil and gas capital expenditure (CAPEX) projects really come in according to plan? Almost never. Indeed, 30% of respondents to a 2018 PWC survey said they had experienced cost overruns of 10%–50% on their Middle East capital projects.