Over the last decade, the oil and gas industry has embraced IoT technologies to optimize workflows across the pipeline, improve workplace safety and control, and boost productivity. The capabilities of IoT for oil and gas are vast, ranging from reducing manual maintenance to automating error-prone complex tasks to reducing environmental impact and preventing hazards.
Fleet administration
To optimize carrier use and facilitate preventive maintenance, IoT solutions enable real-time monitoring of tanker and vessel location and condition, idle time, cargo status, and so on. This feature can be enhanced further with IoT-enabled geo-fencing. Oil and gas companies can designate routes and boundaries for each carrier in order to reduce fuel consumption and ensure that their tankers follow the chosen route and arrive on time.
End-to-end connected pipelines
This ensures safe and cost-effective oil and gas transportation by monitoring pipeline parameters such as temperature, flow, and pressure using IoT. The information gathered is used to detect anomalies, optimize human efforts, and avoid accidents caused by equipment failure.
Seismic Exploration Sensors
The seismic exploration sensors aid in mapping subsurface drilling sites and optimizing the oil exploration process. A network of linked sensors collects seismic wave data and sends it to remote servers, which process it and provide an image of the subsurface site. The sensor-based system accelerates data analysis for site selection and drives informed decision-making.
IoT data is also used to create digital twins, which are virtual replicas of physical assets that represent their processes, states, and lifecycle. If a failure occurs, a digital twin is used to investigate it, determine the root cause, and devise a repair strategy. It improves asset management and performance and allows for comparative asset performance analysis.
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