March 2026 Newsletter

Geonamic Joins the PODS Global Summit in Doha – February 11-12, 2026

Attending the PODS Global Summit 2026 in Doha this past month was an excellent opportunity for Geonamic to showcase how PODS-structured integrity data unlocks AI/ML-driven insights for pipeline integrity and operations. Presented by Changming Du and Wang Yan, our sessions demonstrated practical workflows for ingesting, normalizing, and enriching large-scale PODS datasets, and highlighted real-world outcomes from recent projects. We were pleased to see strong regional engagement from hosts and operators, including Qatar Energy, Petroleum Development Oman, and OQGN, which sparked focused conversations about regional data challenges and priorities.

Beyond our technical presentations, the summit facilitated high-value collaboration through panels, the PODS MENA (Middle East & North Africa) chapter meeting, and candid operator-only discussions. These interactions reinforced the importance of data governance, standardized PODS implementations, and scalable migration approaches to enable reliable analytics and predictive integrity models.

Geonamic left Doha energized by new partnerships and concrete next steps to help operators translate structured pipeline data into actionable, AI-enabled decision-making.

Presentation Quick Summary
Industry Challenge: Data-Rich, Insight Poor

Pipeline operators have accumulated decades of integrity and asset data across multiple systems. High-cost inspection programs—particularly In-Line Inspection (ILI)—generate vast datasets, yet much of that information remains underutilized.

  • Data exists across siloed systems
  • ILI data is often analyzed manually and periodically
  • Insight generation is labor-intensive and not scalable
  • AI/ML models require structured, high-quality training data

Without standardized structure, even the most advanced analytics tools struggle to produce reliable results. PODS (Pipeline Open Data Standard) provides the industry-designed schema needed to solve this challenge.

Geonamic software and solutions showcase practical workflows with illustrating how PODS-structured datasets unlock high-value integrity applications

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