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title: "TotalEnergies turns to Mistral for AI dedicated to oil and gas exploration — Marsanne Studio AI watch"
description: "TotalEnergies is investing €100 million with Mistral to develop AI dedicated to oil and gas exploration."
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Announcement · 15 September 2026

# TotalEnergies turns to Mistral for AI dedicated to oil and gas exploration

Original title, in French: “TotalEnergies fait appel à Mistral pour des IA dédiées à l'exploration pétrolière et gazière”

**Publication**

La Revue du Digital (France)

**Author**

Unsigned

**Published on**

15 September 2026 · read in the page metadata · updated on 18 September 2026

## Summary

TotalEnergies is investing €100 million in a three-year partnership with Mistral to develop AI models dedicated to the exploration and characterisation of oil and gas reservoirs. According to Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, exploration and reservoir engineering are the areas where AI can create the most value for its activities. The project, which draws in particular on agentic AI, will combine nearly a century of geoscience data accumulated by the company with Mistral's technological capabilities. The two companies will set up a joint scientific laboratory bringing together the expertise of TotalEnergies' subsurface teams and Mistral's capabilities, in order to develop decision-support tools for experts and optimise the lifespan of existing exploration projects.

Summary based on the full text of the article.

[Read the article on La Revue du Digital →](https://www.larevuedudigital.com/totalenergies-fait-appel-a-mistral-pour-des-ia-dediees-a-lexploration-petroliere-et-gaziere/)

## Figures cited

-   100 million EUR
    
    Amount invested by TotalEnergies in the partnership with Mistral
    
    TotalEnergies, three-year project
    
    > « TotalEnergies investit 100 millions d’euros dans un projet avec Mistral afin de développer des modèles d’intelligence artificielle. »
    

## Classification

**Country**

France

**Company size**

Large companies

**Industries**

Energy, utilities, environment

**Companies**

TotalEnergies (deploys AI), Mistral (supplier)

**Keywords**

agentic artificial intelligence, geosciences, oil exploration, energy industry, technology partnership, subsurface

Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to La Revue du Digital. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.