Resourcery Plc., a leading Technology Company in West Africa has proffered “Intelligent Oil Field” business solution aimed at enhancing the exploration and production processes of the energy sector in Nigeria.
This was made known in a presentation at the just concluded “NNPC – I.T Awareness Week” in Benin-City, Edo-State.
Engineer Victor Briggs, managing director of Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), noted that to effectively compete in the exploration and production sector of the energy industry, his organization has invested heavily on I.T infrastructure development.
This, he stated was very important because it’s not only the way of the future, but equally relevant in the dispensation of organizational functions.
Engineer Briggs said; “Some of the significant I.T revolution that has happened within the organization include the deployment of unified communications through Internet Protocol (IP) Telephony and video conferencing solutions. With this solution, we are able to effectively conduct management meetings between the Corporate Head-quarters and the Benin office via high-level video conferencing technology deployed by Resourcery. This same facility has been extended to some of our operational locations.”
“As our exploration and production grows, so also would our technology needs. We know that we are not there yet but we have evolved by tapping into the huge benefits of Information Technology. While there is still a lot to achieve, we intend to leverage on I.T investments to achieve our short-term goal of 250,000 barrels per day by 2015.” He concluded.
Speaking for Resourcery on its role in the achievement of NPDC I.T goals, Bisike Uba, Business Solution Manager (Network and Infrastructure) noted that there is a need to invest in “Intelligent Oil Fields” technology. This would help create real-time global asset awareness by enabling proactive asset management. It would also help relay early warnings and alerts, along with suggested treatments which would in turn be sent to the designated individuals through the detection of complex data patterns from sensors.
Uba said: “with Intelligent Oil Fields, the oil and gas sector can easily develop near-real-time predictive analytics or data mining and calibration capabilities. It can also expand data storage infrastructure and resources as well as provide data information on an on-demand structure. This in turn would deliver business value by enabling companies like NPDC turn that raw data into information that can be directed to the right person, in the right format, at the right time through remote visualization.”