Overview

The oil and gas industry, potentially one of the most hazardous sectors, calls for strict adherence to rigorous safety standards. Companies must ensure compliance with every regulation with zero margins of error. It's up to the safety managers to implement essential safety practices and controls on work sites. However, work zones covering large areas that are difficult to monitor in real-time compound their job. The lack of visibility into work zones also affects resource utilisation and cost optimisation.

In this case study, a system was deployed to provide a world-leading Edge AI and IoT platform that enables the oil and gas industry's digital transformation. The user was one of the world's leading provider of technology for reservoir characterisation, drilling, production, and processing to the oil and gas industry. They use production and integrated pore-to-pipeline solutions for hydrocarbon recovery that optimise reservoir performance. They wanted an intelligent asset solution that could help monitor compliance, manage resources and improve their clients’ efficiency safely and sustainably.

The user wanted to utilise video processing techniques to run real-time analysis on the feeds coming in from cameras placed around their clients' worksites to measure various parameters. Use cases include: Site safety, site intelligence, digitise gauge data, space utilisation, worksite safety, shale shaker performance, surface inspection and rig floor safety.

Speaker

Rahul Birla, Associate Director, HARMAN International

Rahul is an Associate Director with HARMAN International with a BSc in Information Technology from Sikkim Manipal University and an MBA in Sales and Information Technology from IBS Hyderabad. Rahul has a successful track record of more than a decade - spanning sales, business development, consulting and product management. He is focused on the role of IoT and Big Data in driving energy efficiency and other advanced analytics-led programs that add value to his customers.

Prior to Harman, Rahul worked for EcoEnergy Insights and Wipro Ltd., an India based Information Technology company. He is deeply passionate towards sustainability.

The material presented in this webinar has not been peer-reviewed. Any opinions are the presenter's own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the Process Management and Control Special Interest Group. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.

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