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Come ottenere redditività in un ecosistema industriale operante

nell’attuale era di basso prezzo del petrolio

I processi chiave nell’ambito delle operazioni dell’industria oil & gas e petrolchimica possono ora essere digitalizzati. Questa è una
buona notizia, specialmente per un’industria che lotta per gestire un nuovo ordine mondiale basato su prezzi del petrolio più bassi.
I vantaggi ottenibili attraverso la trasformazione digitale nel reinventare i processi operativi principali degli impianti oil & gas e
petrolchimici, sono significativi in termini di redditività. Le informazioni di mercato possono essere sfruttate per guidare l’ottimizzazione
del processo. Concetti come il “digital twin”, basato sul modeling predittivo, stanno determinando riduzioni dei costi reali.
Questo documento fornisce una guida su come sfruttare al meglio i concetti di trasformazione digitale per generare redditività attraverso
nuovi livelli di efficienza operativa.

Conclusion • Managing for efficiency, agility and performance
by implementing predictive maintenance strate-
The oil & gas industry is undergoing a transformation gies
that relies heavily on the ability to implement digitiza- Modern cloud-based Software as a Service
tion-driven advanced connectivity. Industry observers (SaaS) solutions provide detailed insights to
have estimated that digitalization and related initiati- equipment behavior and make accurate as-
ves will create up to $1.6 trillion of value for the oil sessments of when equipment will fail. Access
& gas industry, its customers and wider society [11]. to such knowledge to predict and prevent bre-
But tapping into this huge opportunity will require exe- akdowns can reduce downtime by 50%.
cuting a series of steps that can best be managed
through the engagement of partners that possess By taking the necessary steps to modernize oil & gas
broad global skills in the area of digitized infrastructure operations through digitalization, costs are reduced
solution implementation. and business performance and agility are enhanced.
These modernization steps include the following
points.
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Digitized engineering tools that allow for dynamic [9] Schneider Electric: Unified lifecycle simulations with
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Rajesh D. Sharma

Rajesh is Global Marketing Director for the Schnei- offerings. Rajesh previously acted as Managing Direc-
der Electric Oil & Gas segment, and is responsible for tor for Telvent Energia SA branch, Abu Dhabi for the
developing strategy and marketing tactics around In- Middle East region and as General Manager in Reliance
tegrated Digitized Solutions (integrating Automation, Industries, India where he was responsible for control
IoT, analytics, Big Data solutions) and new business systems in midstream business. He holds bachelor’s
models for the Schneider Electric Oil & Gas portfolio of degree in Instrumentation Engineering from India.

Eric Koenig

Eric is responsible for Schneider Electric Oil & Gas seg- industrial automation and energy efficiency systems ex-
ment strategy and marketing. He holds master’s de- perience. He has also been involved in Schneider Elec-
grees in Automation and Business Administration from tric business acquisition activities over the last fifteen
the INPL University in Nancy, France. In addition to his years.
current position in the oil & gas segment, he has broad

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