In the last 12 months, the potential of the Internet of Things (IoT) to benefit the oil and gas industry has been accelerated with the arrival of 4G technology offshore.
The IoT revolution and new communication protocols offer huge opportunities for offshore platforms, writes Ian Phillips at the Oil & Gas Innovation Centre.
Digitalisation is the most powerful trend reshaping industrial performance today. In power generation, momentum is building towards data-centric engineering solutions.
Advances in technologies, telecommunications and data analytics are bringing benefits to the power industry, and now more companies are adopting digital tools, says Bob Aldridge at AVEVA Solutions.
Some time ago the media asserted that in order to combat climate change a large proportion of the world’s oil, coal and gas reserves would have to remain in the ground.
Can fossil fuels remain buried and still be an energy resource? Tom Baxter at the University of Aberdeen thinks so.
Like any other industry, the energy sector is grappling with a growing number of evolving cyber security threats.
As cyber risks rise to the top of the corporate agenda, Nicholas Newman says firms are taking a proactive approach to cyber security.
Both power generation and, especially, upstream oil and gas have been slow to appreciate the potential of digital technology. But now it is suddenly everywhere, and making a major impact.
Digitalisation of the energy sector is gathering pace, improving asset performance and cutting running costs, writes Jeremy Bowden.
Sales Director at Servelec Controls
As the energy industry evolves to meet the needs of the 21st century, one thing is clear: digitalisation will be everywhere. But is the industry embracing the digital revolution? Energy Focus puts the big question to four members.
Our member companies, who supply goods and services across the oil and gas, power, nuclear and renewables sectors, have the experience and expertise that operators and contractors require.
Established in 1943, the EIC is the leading trade association for companies working in the global energy industries.
Tom Mundy, NuScale Power CCO and UK Managing Director, talks about the company’s UK SMR offering.
The development of small modular reactors (SMRs) is regarded as crucial to the future of the nuclear industry. As the government sets out to make the UK a leader in SMR technology, two industry giants, NuScale Power and Rolls-Royce, share their big SMR plans with Energy Focus.
For the last 10 years or so, UK companies have been unable to do much business in Iran as the country has been under extensive UN, US and EU sanctions.
EIC Middle East and North Africa Regional Analyst Fabrice Abalain provides a checklist of everything you need to know before going to Iran and where you’ll find the opportunities and how to do business once you’re there.
Britain has a leading global position in several key energy sectors, some of which are now reaching maturity.
UK-focused trade policy, a lower pound and a global switch to low carbon energy forms are opening new energy-related export opportunities for UK businesses. As the government urges companies to make 2017 the year of exporting, Energy Focus talks to new Minister for Investment Mark Garnier about the prospects for UK energy-related exports, and why now is the time for UK energy businesses to act.
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