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“Big data in the offshore industry has been historically handled by Voices physical handoff of data storage devices. This

Large and in charge. As high-speed ? ow of big data will “Global oil and gas technology progresses, so do the require innovative solutions to companies are moving challenges that come with keeping last century’s problems. Today, into new geographies up with the changes. reached

OE the offshore industry is making and deeper water, out to a cross-section of industry vital shifts in technology as it fueling new challenges experts to tackle the question: pertains to moving large data “How well-equipped is the offshore in optimizing sets. The ability to analyze industry to handle massive data production with access these data sets with greater ? ows?” Here’s what they had to to skilled resources. Digital oil ? elds of the detail in a shorter timeframe say.

future create massive data ? ows; however will help to decrease risk and the value is adding business context to reduce costs for ? nding and

In January’s poll, readers

OE this data and enabling business decisions. producing oil and gas offshore. were asked: “What’s the biggest

Technologies including data visualization,

High-bandwidth and low- challenge facing the global offshore decision support, and remote collaboration latency communication links oil and gas industry in 2013?” centers are critical in combining data from are critical to this paradigm

A breakdown of the responses various production assets and aligning shift in the offshore industry.” indicated the following.

with downstream requirements, suppliers

Keith Johnson, President and service providers.”

Energy Solutions, Harris

Tracey Haslam, Vice President of

CapRock Communications strategic markets, Honeywell

Available human resources “In the exploration space, the offshore industry is 46% very well equipped to the handle massive amounts of

Global economy data involved. However, in the production space,

ARC sees a transition from traditional SCADA to remote 21% operations management. This is partly as a result of the increased data, but also because of the move toward a more collaborative

Government regulations environment between onshore and offshore operations.”

Dave Woll, Vice President Consulting, 16%

ARC Advisory Group

Safety/security 9% “In many ways, the energy industry is better equipped for big data than

Other many industries because exploration and production decisions have always been based on analyzing large quantities of diverse data. Where 8% the industry can focus in the future is on integrating across business processes and adapting to the greater scale of data – including new data

Go to WWW.OEDIGITAL.COM types – to maximize business bene? ts.” and give us your opinion on

Ali Ferling, Managing Director of Worldwide Oil & Gas, Microsoft Corp massive data ? ows.

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