Why system integration is a must
Intro As industries continue to get more digitalized, it's becoming increasingly important for businesses to have this digital environment as seamless and integrated as possible. With so many different platforms working together, system integration is essential for connecting every part of a company's digital infrastructure. In this post, we'll take a look at why this integration is a must, the advantages it provides, and how it can improve the overall efficiency and productivity of a business. The rise of digital tools and the need for integration The process of digitalization is transforming industries across the board. From manufacturing [...]
The Challenges of Offshore Oil and Gas Maintenance
Intro Maintenance and Inspection routines are an essential part of ensuring the safety and reliability of offshore oil and gas operations. These complex systems require regular maintenance to ensure they are operating at standardized performance, complying with legal regulations, and without risks that could pose a threat to the workforce or the physical structure itself. However, performing maintenance repairs in offshore environments can be a challenging task. Main challenges Historically, maintenance repairs in offshore oil and gas installations have been performed in a manual manner by skilled technicians. However, this common approach presents several bottlenecks that can hinder [...]
Driving safety in Mining through Risk-based Inspections
Intro Risk-based inspections are an important method for driving safety in mining operations. Unlike traditional inspections, which are based on a predetermined schedule, risk-based inspections prioritize areas of the mine that are more likely to be susceptible to accidents or incidents. By identifying and mitigating potential hazards, risk-based inspections can contribute to improving safety standards and reducing the likelihood of accidents. One of the main benefits of risk-based inspections is that they allow mining companies to focus on the areas of the mine that pose the greatest risk to workers and the operation. This means that resources can [...]
3 Ways to Improve Oil & Gas Industries’ Operations Through Digital Transformation
Although each industry has its own specificities, it is common to find some standard problems in Oil and Gas companies, mainly due to poor data management and contextualization. As main focuses, we can mention the difficulty in assertively inspecting the structural integrity of the industry, lack of complete understanding of the efficiency of equipment, and poor operational and worker safety. Therefore, knowing the recurrence of these problems, the following list shows how, through the digital transformation process, it is possible to minimize the consequences generated by poor data management, more specifically by applying Digital Twin technology to the operation [...]
COP-27: What industries should be expecting in this year edition
Intro The COP (United Nations Climate Conference) is an annual event organized by the UN with the objective of centralizing the debate about the role of nations in relation to the need for global warming contingency and reaffirming the commitments made by countries. The event takes place between November 6th and 18th in Egypt, where several actions necessary for the prospection of investments, technologies, and policies that reaffirm the commitment to the global climate treaty by the UN will be discussed. In this post, we will talk about the issues that will be addressed at this year's event and [...]
What is Process Safety Management
Intro The oil and gas industry is characterized by the exploration of oil and natural gas in extremely hostile environments generating constant risks to the staff, the environment, and also to the integrity of the plant. Offshore operations are marked by their high complexity, with many processes occurring simultaneously in tens of thousands of heavy assets. In this scenario, operational safety management has the objective of developing internal procedures in order to avoid accidents and provide assertive measures to decision-makers. What is Process Safety? As mentioned before, Process safety management is about developing efficient and effective safety management [...]
Why ESG concepts are totally related to digital transformation in industry
ESG (Environmental - Social - Governance) concepts have been gaining much attention in recent years. In collaboration with major global goals, such as the Paris Agreement and the SDGs, they focus on sustainable growth, social responsibility, and transparent corporate governance. Tuning this scenario to the industry, we find several challenges that obstruct the commitment to these themes, such as the large emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and even the risks to operators in the workplace. To reduce dangerous activities and meet ESG decarbonization goals, industrial digitalization options have emerged. This technological strategy has mitigated problems and promoted [...]
All you need to know about Digital Twins to prepare for 2023
Digital twin is a technology that has gained great prominence over the past few years for generating amazing results. The technology emerges in the midst of a movement known as digital transformation, which has revolutionized the way companies relate to their customers, operate, and develop their products and services. What is a Digital Twin? Despite the big boom behind the digital twin the term was conceived in 2002 by Michael Grieves and has since been applied for different purposes. But how could we define a digital twin? Well, the technology consists of a digital [...]
Digital Transformation in the O&M phase
As industrial processes become increasingly complex, more data are collected by sensors and technologies from digital transformation. However, this gathered information is not always centralized and contextualized, making the process of asset integrity management even more difficult. The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the increased investment in new technologies by companies are constantly generating better results in their processes. One of the main gains from this is the improvement of the Operation and Maintenance phase of the industry (one of the most enduring stages of Project Lifecycle Management) with tools that keep up with the complexity of the operation and [...]
The active role of AI in industries’ future
Artificial intelligence has transformed the world through its application for different purposes around the globe. The recurrent use and interest in this technique have led to several developments that rapidly transformed the industrial operating environment through advances in computational techniques. Since 2020 we can notice an accelerated movement of digitalization driven by digital transformation and concepts previously presented in industry 4.0. The technologies developed in these periods and their fast emergence have provided enough visibility for broad application in complex tasks among production processes and industrial operations. The trend is that, in the coming years, the application [...]
