What Intellicess does

Intellicess, Inc. is an Austin, Texas-based private software company that builds real-time drilling advisory and analytics software for the oil and gas industry. Its flagship product, Sentinel RT, combines 20+ proprietary Bayesian belief networks, physics-based models (torque and drag, hydraulics, natural frequency, bottomhole temperature), and machine learning to detect drilling dysfunctions such as stuck pipe, washouts, pump failures, stick slip, and kicks in real time, and to recommend weight-on-bit and RPM operating envelopes to drillers. The platform is offered as Sentinel RT Flex (edge deployment at the rig), Sentinel RT SaaS (cloud), and Sentinel RT iState (a free rig-state detection engine), supplemented by Liken (offset-well comparison), Union (data aggregation), and RigDAP (edge data acquisition connecting to existing EDR and control systems).

The company's commercial model mixes recurring software subscriptions (Sentinel RT SaaS and Flex), a freemium entry tier (iState), technology licensing to partners, and consulting and on-demand R&D engagements. Distribution is through direct enterprise sales to oil and gas operators, drilling contractors, and oilfield services companies, augmented by two channel partnerships: NOV (National Oilwell Varco), which resells the technology as Drilling Beliefs & Analytics on its Max Portal, and 360 Drilling Consultants, which resells Sentinel RT through its Drilling Metrics product. The technology originated from University of Texas research originally developed for nuclear submarine applications and was licensed by Intellicess at founding.

Intellicess is led by Dr. Pradeep Ashok as President and CTO and has been deployed on more than 5,000 wells and 72 million feet drilled across onshore and offshore operations in the U.S., Middle East, Canada, South America, and the UK. Its most prominent customer relationship is an 8-year co-development with Apache Corporation covering 21+ rigs and delivering a 10% year-over-year improvement in drilling performance; the company has also joined a Department of Energy geothermal consortium (GLADE) with Occidental Petroleum, Los Alamos National Laboratory, LSU, and Texas A&M, signaling an intent to extend its drilling optimization IP beyond oil and gas.

Name

Intellicess

Legal name

Intellicess, Inc.

Website

https://intellicess.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Intellicess builds real-time drilling advisory software for oil and gas operators, drilling contractors, and oilfield services firms, combining proprietary Bayesian networks and physics-based models to detect drilling dysfunctions and optimize rate of penetration across onshore and offshore rigs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Drilling Analytics Software

NAICS

Drilling Oil and Gas Wells (213111), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Oil & Gas Field Services, Nec (1389), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Instrumentation, Controls & Automation (DCS/PLC/SCADA, SIS, Metering) (EUAEAFAC)

Keywords

• Drilling analytics software
• Real-time drilling optimization
• Oil and gas AI
• Bayesian network drilling
• Drilling advisory platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Sentinel RT Software Products: Sentinel RT flagship software products including Sentinel RT Flex (edge-based), Sentinel RT SaaS (cloud-based), and Sentinel RT iState for real-time drilling analytics and advisory services.
2. Sentinel RT Lite (Freemium): Free version of Sentinel RT providing real-time rig state back-end engine for integration. Serves as a entry point for potential enterprise customers.
3. Technology Licensing: Licensing of core technology including Bayesian network models, physics-based models, and drilling optimization algorithms to partners and operators.
4. Consulting & On-Demand R&D: Custom consulting services and on-demand R&D engagements for specific customer needs and integration requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Intellicess develops and sells Sentinel RT®, a real-time AI-driven drilling advisory software platform that combines Bayesian belief networks, physics-based drilling models, and machine learning to detect dysfunctions (stuck pipe, washout, stick slip, bit balling, kicks, lost circulation), optimize rate of penetration, and provide actionable recommendations to drillers. The platform is offered in edge (Sentinel RT® Flex) and cloud/SaaS (Sentinel RT® SaaS) deployments, supplemented by the free Sentinel RT® iState™ rig-state engine, the Liken™ offset-well analytics product, the Union™ data aggregation platform, and the RigDAP™ edge sensor aggregation software.

Product overview

Intellicess offers a unified drilling advisory platform called Sentinel RT® with three deployment variants (Flex edge computing, SaaS cloud, and iState free tier), supplemented by standalone products Union™ for data integration and Liken™ for offset well comparison. The portfolio is built on proprietary Bayesian network technology (20+ networks) combined with physics-based models. Partner products include Drilling Beliefs & Analytics via NOV's Max Portal and Drilling Metrics through 360 Drilling Consultants. RigDAP™ provides edge data aggregation capability. The company focuses on real-time drilling optimization, dysfunction detection, and decision support for oil and gas drilling operations across onshore and offshore rig types.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Sentinel RT: Flagship drilling advisory software providing real-time data analysis and physics-based drilling optimization
• Sentinel RT Flex
• Sentinel RT SaaS
• Sentinel RT iState
• Liken
• Union
• RigDAP

Products and services

• Sentinel RT® Flex (Edge) Edge-deployed version of the Sentinel RT® drilling advisory platform that runs on rig-site computers to deliver real-time drilling analytics and recommendations locally, for oil & gas operators, drilling contractors, and oilfield services companies running onshore or offshore rigs.
• Sentinel RT® SaaS (Cloud) Cloud-based software-as-a-service deployment of Sentinel RT® that enables centralized, remote monitoring and analysis of drilling operations from office locations, for oil & gas operators and drilling contractors.
• Sentinel RT® iState™ (Free Rig-State Engine) Free real-time rig-state detection engine offered at no charge for integration into third-party drilling systems and workflows, serving as an entry point for potential enterprise customers and partners.
• Liken™ Drilling analytics product for comparing well performance and identifying optimization opportunities across offset wells, used by oil & gas operators during well planning and post-well analysis.
• Union™ Data aggregation and integration platform for drilling operations that enables unified access to disparate rig and well data sources across operators' digital ecosystems.
• RigDAP™ Edge software platform that aggregates sensor data from drilling rigs, connects to existing field EDR systems, control systems, and custom sensors, providing a local rig-site user interface and central data archiving for operators, drilling contractors, service companies, and equipment providers.
• Drilling Beliefs & Analytics (DBA) Partner-branded drilling analytics product developed with NOV (National Oilwell Varco) that delivers AI-backed drilling risk reduction and well delivery optimization through NOV's Max Portal™ platform, for NOV's oil & gas operator customers globally.
• Drilling Metrics™ Partner-distributed offering of Sentinel RT products through 360 Drilling Consultants' Drilling Metrics™ product line, making Intellicess drilling analytics available to drilling operators via this partner channel.
• Consulting & On-Demand R&D Custom consulting and on-demand R&D services for oil & gas operators, drilling contractors, and oilfield services companies needing tailored integration, analytics, or engineering support beyond standard Sentinel RT deployments.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10% improvement in drilling performance year over year
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability8 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and flagship.

• Occidental Petroleum (Oxy)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 June 2023Intellicess announced as Grant Sub-Recipient with Occidental Petroleum for Department of Energy Geothermal project named 'GLADE' (Geothermal Limitless Approaches to Drilling Efficiencies). Project focused on dramatically increasing ROP in difficult drilling conditions.
• Los Alamos National LaboratorymajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 June 2023Partner in DOE Geothermal project GLADE alongside Occidental Petroleum, NOV, Louisiana State University, Texas A&M, and others. Project focused on drilling efficiency in geothermal applications.
• Louisiana State UniversitymajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 June 2023Academic partner in DOE Geothermal project GLADE, collaborating on research for drilling efficiency improvements.
• Texas A&M UniversitymajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 June 2023Academic partner in DOE Geothermal project GLADE, collaborating on research for drilling efficiency improvements.
• NOV (National Oilwell Varco)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNOV partnered with Intellicess to develop Drilling Beliefs & Analytics (DBA), available through NOV's Max Portal at the rig and office. The partnership provides global distribution of Intellicess technology to NOV's customer base, with over 20 million feet drilled and millions saved via optimized performance.
• 360 Drilling Consultants (Drilling Metrics)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor360 Drilling Consultants distributes Sentinel RT through its Drilling Metrics product, making Intellicess technology available through this partner channel.
• Apache CorporationflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerApache Corporation is the primary customer and long-term development partner, with an 8-year collaboration to develop and deploy AI-based drilling advisory systems. Apache deployed the technology on 21+ rigs, achieving 10% annual drilling performance improvement. Joint publications and conference presentations demonstrate deep co-development relationship.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Schlumberger (SLB) — DELFI / DrillOps: SLB's DELFI cognitive E&P environment includes DrillOps for real-time drilling performance optimization. It is the largest incumbent Intellicess competes against on enterprise drilling-AI deals, with vastly greater scale and bundled services.
• Halliburton — DecisionSpace / iCruise: Halliburton's DecisionSpace 365 and iCruise rotary steering/iCruise automation suite embed drilling optimization into a broader drilling services portfolio, directly overlapping Sentinel RT's dysfunction detection and ROP optimization use cases.
• Baker Hughes — i-Trak / Desire: Baker Hughes' Desire and i-Trak drilling optimization platforms offer competing real-time drilling analytics, often bundled with downhole tools and services. Comparable in customer base (global operators) and core deliverable (drilling efficiency).

Direct peers

• NOV — Max Portal / Drilling Performance: NOV is both a channel partner (Max Portal reseller of Drilling Beliefs & Analytics) and a competitor through its own drilling analytics offerings built around the rig. Most direct commercial overlap given the existing partnership and shared customer base.
• P2 Energy Solutions: P2 (Tornado, BOLO) provides upstream operational analytics and data management platforms used by operators for drilling and production optimization. Closest direct peer in the oil & gas software/data analytics category.
• Peloton (now part of Novi Labs): Novi Labs (formerly Peloton Computer Enterprises) provides real-time drilling operations and well planning software with rig-state detection and drilling optimization — a near-direct competitor in the rig-edge analytics niche.
• RigStat / AGR Software: AGR's software suite (including well engineering and drilling performance tools) competes for drilling optimization and engineering time-saving budgets, comparable to Intellicess's Liken and Union products.
• Sondergard / Kongsberg Digital — SiteCom: Kongsberg Digital's SiteCom delivers real-time drilling data integration and analytics from rig sensors, competing for the same EDR integration and edge/cloud analytics use case as RigDAP and Sentinel RT.
• 360 Drilling Consultants (Drilling Metrics): 360 Drilling Consultants is both a channel partner (Drilling Metrics resells Sentinel RT) and an adjacent competitor offering drilling performance dashboards and analytics. Direct overlap with Sentinel RT's consulting services.

Emerging players

• S-PKI / Tachyus: Tachyus applies ML and physics-based models to upstream production and drilling optimization. Smaller scale and production-focused, but uses similar hybrid ML/physics architecture — relevant emerging peer in the AI-for-upstream category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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