Chevron、Marathon、Anadarko与IBM、GE、EMC展开数字化合作

The benefits of leveraging digital technology are clear: by ensuring the right data is delivered to the right people at the right time, operations staff are able to make more effective decisions which will have a positive impact on their production. As BP recently wrote: a time of lower prices, revenues and capital spending, digital technologies – including sensors, data analytics and automated systems – stand out as the leading contributors for reducing costs. Key areas of focus for operators to reduce costs lie in running effective remote operations centers, leveraging data and software to give them operational visibility. Another key priority is in leveraging analytics and IOT to understand the condition of their equipment and prevent failures, therefore cutting costs.

Analysts forecast the global big data market in the oil and gas sector to grow at a CAGR of 30.67% during the period 2016-2020 and Rigzone recently declared that big data scientists and software engineers were one of the few job opportunities set to grow in oil and gas. All of these facts point towards an area of the industry which continues to provide opportunities to operators and service companies alike during tough times.