• SLB's Middle East and North Africa president Jesús Lamas sees major opportunities in improving production and recovery from mature assets.
• A North African integrated production optimization program delivered production results three times higher than initial forecasts, Lamas said.
• Middle East national oil companies are applying AI to production analytics, rig scheduling and data quality management to improve operational decisions.

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