PROCESS AUTOMATION FOR OIL AND GAS: A RISKY BUSINESS?

摘要

TODAY, MOST OF the systems that capture operational data for the industry are networked and electronically connected to business systems which monitor and manage their day to day operations more effectively. For example, the valves on pipelines delivering fuel supplies to airports are now remotely operated and equipped with readers that capture flow rates, temperature and other metrics. Readings can simply be forwarded to the oil company to trigger an invoice to the customer and this is followed by an automatic payment to the oil company's bank account. None of this was possible back when they were manually operated.