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teams, on-site or remotely, may have already been Additionally, authorized ABB employees perform
made aware, through predictive asset monitoring, thousands of hours of work on Ormen Lange facili-
of a related and potentially urgent maintenance is- ties from remote monitoring and operations rooms
sue. As such, a solution might already have been at ABB various locations in Norway. This remote
in the works. Either way, all key people would be access, facilitated by digitalization and trusted
informed with sufficient notice to take corrective collaboration, allows ABB to implement changes
action quickly enough to avoid downtime. Further- safely, carry out health checks and troubleshoot as
more, the system would capture any relevant data required, reducing the burden on Shell.
to lessen the chances of recurrence.
In a less collaborative environment, considerably
more time and money would have been lost if the Conclusion
customer had been distracted by too many non-pri- There is an increasing realization by senior oil and
ority alarms and non-urgent maintenance activities. gas executives that, in today’s challenging market
In fact, ABB has proven that Collaborative Opera- environment, integrated digitalization is no longer
tions can help operators reduce alarms by 50% optional. They need to explore how they can make
and ensure these are prioritized so people can fo- better use of the digital technologies they already
cus on the ones which matter. have to facilitate collaborative operations. And,
An example of collaborative operations in use can they need to ensure that any new projects are de-
be found at Norske Shell where Ormen Lange de- livered using new technologies to minimize cost,
livers 99% uptime each year – a feat the company schedule and risk while also guaranteeing that the
recognizes as unusual for a facility as large and final output of each project can be seamlessly inte-
complex as this. To achieve such results, the data grated into the company’s wider digital ecosystem.
collected from the safety and automation systems
is continuously analyzed by Shell and ABB to find (*) BP Magazine, “Big Data: The growing role of
new ways to increase productivity. analytics”, Issue 2, 2014
Together, they have also extended the operating life
of Ormen Lange by an additional 20 years through All images courtesy ABB
the use intelligent services to develop an upgrade
or replacement path for each item of hardware and Si ringrazia l’Autore e la rivista Offshore per il per-
software. The plan minimizes risk and expenditure messo di pubblicare questo articolo, apparso origi-
while safeguarding Shell’s existing high availability. nariamente sul n. 10, ottobre 2017

Håvard Devold

Håvard is Group Vice President, ABB AS and Chief ness, with a focus on emerging and disruptive new
Digital Officer for the oil, gas and chemical indus- technologies. Devold has authored and continues
tries business unit. He is also Country Technology to update the “Oil and Gas Production Handbook”
Manager for ABB Norway which is the main tech- and has published a large number of papers and
nology center for the company’s oil and gas busi- holds several patents with ABB.

Digitalizzazione integrata per ridurre i costi

delle aziende oil & gas

Le oil & gas company hanno raccolto enormi quantità di dati per molto tempo e negli ultimi anni la situazione
è ancor più accelerata. Oggi solo l’1% delle informazioni raccolte viene resa disponibile ai decision maker e gli
ingegneri impiegano il 70% del loro tempo cercando di interpretare questi dati.
Il calo del prezzo del petrolio negli ultimi anni ha evidenziato come gli approcci tradizionali non sono più adeguati
agli attuali margini ridotti. C’è una sempre maggiore presa di coscienza da parte del senior management
del settore oil & gas che, nelle attuali sfidanti condizioni di mercato, la digitalizzazione integrata non è più
un’opzione. ABB ha dimostrato come una riduzione dei costi del 30%, e nel subsea anche maggiore, è
possibile.
Le aziende hanno necessità di esplorare come poter fare un miglior uso delle tecnologie digitali di cui
dispongono e devono assicurare che tutti i nuovi progetti vengano realizzati usando nuove tecnologie per
minimizzare costi, tempi e rischi, garantendo al contempo che il risultato di ogni progetto possa essere integrato
facilmente nell’ecosistema digitale esteso aziendale.
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