Lucrative use for 3-D printing in oil and gas industry

摘要

Certain tools are ready for additive manufacturing. With revenues dropping by more than 50 for a majority of upstream companies, the focus for the industry is gradually shifting from high exploration activities to operational efficiency in all aspects of the industry's value chain. While production and drilling activities have seen an uptake in new technologies in sensors and data analytics, the industry's manufacturing is finally looking to one of the biggest disrupters of the modern day, 3-D printing.