The Art of Intelligent Energy Part 2 - Insights and Lessons Learned from the application of iE between 2009 and 2012 A R Edwards, P Helm, T Dhubaib Abstract: Intelligent Energy (iE) has been a major performance improvement initiative within many oil and gas companies for much of the last [...]
Intelligent Energy - Changing how Work gets Done A Quaadgras (MIT - Centre for Information Systems Research), A R Edwards Abstract There is more to Intelligent Energy than information and communications technology. Getting full value from digitization in oil production requires rethinking how groups get work done, and providing the [...]
New technology for integrated operations not only brings changes that speed up the amount and quality of information available to operators, but also inevitably changes the way in which people work. Companies that integrate advances in information and communication technology and processes with workforce-related solutions will be on the cutting [...]
Technology trends in upstream oil and gas exploration and production provide the potential for operators to improve recovery, optimize production, and drive operational efficiencies. Already, many operators are benefiting from the predictive intelligence capabilities inherent in digital network architectures for instrumentation, valves, and controls. In offshore platform environments, the result [...]
Integrated Operations and Digital Oilfield enabling new operational and project concepts Tony Edwards, CEO of StepChange Global, the International Digital Oilfield Consultancy, will be speaking at SPE’s Abu Dhabi Section Meeting on Wednesday 30th October, at the Hilton Hotel, Abu Dhabi Corniche, from 18.30. He says: “Integrated Operations (IO) [...]
The Art of Intelligent Energy 2 – A long way to go before the benefits of the Digital Oilfield outweigh the effort involved Tony Edwards, CEO of StepChange Global, the International Digital Oilfield Consultancy, will be speaking at SPE’s Intelligent Energy Conference in Dubai, in October. Building on his [...]
Tony Edwards, CEO of Stepchange Global, is on the committee for the Intelligent Energy Middle East Event, to be held in Dubai, 28-30th October 2013.
With today’s focus on unmanning or minimal manning and decreasing operational costs for remote offshore platforms, the use of “collaborative environments” ensures that operational issues can be solved with real-time information. Collaboration centres make the best use of scarce resources by creating an operations hub where experts from a variety [...]
Stepchange Global are delighted to have been working with Santos on their new operations centre. Control rooms are adding a few new tasks to their job descriptions. While they’ll always be responsible for process control and process safety, they’re now evolving into integrated operations centres, which are also responsible [...]
Using big data analytics in your business can save tens of millions of dollars — or open up new opportunities. But it’s early days, so here are suggestions that will help you avoid the “trough of disillusionment.”As 2013 kicked off Gartner analyst Svetlana Sicular noted in her blog that big data is [...]
