Course Duration: 2 days | Time: 9am to 1pm | Course Locations: VILT
Course Description
1. DIGITAL DEFINITIONS
- Digital defined, from the International Energy Agency, Cisco, IBM
- The growth of data
- Power of analytics
- Expanding telecommunications
- Moore's law
- Metcalfe's law
- Market capitalization of digital companies
- Convergence
- Framework for digital innovation
2. DATA
- Importance of data to digital
- Data types
- Oil and gas issues with data
- Power issues with data
3. INTERNET OF THINGS
- Use cases
- Architectures
- SCADA and IoT
- Developments
4. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- Definitions - AI, ML, deep learning
- Role of AI in the future
5. AUTOMATION
- Robots in the field and office
- 3D printing and impacts on oil and gas
- Use cases- submersible, inspections, surveillance, data collection
6. CLOUD COMPUTING
- Types of clouds - private, hybrid
- Role of cloud computing
- Impacts of cloud computing on oil and gas business models
7. BLOCKCHAIN
- Definitions, examples
- ATOMIC - asset, trust, ownership, money, identity, contract
- Role of blockchain in oil and gas
- Use cases - VAKT, tracking, carbon
8. BUSINESS ISSUES & DIGITAL SOLUTIONS IN OIL & GAS AND POWER VALUE CHAIN
- The oil and gas industry process model
- The power sector process & delivery model
- Upstream - conventional, unconventional, on-shore
- Midstream - processing, pipelines, transportation
- Downstream - refining, wholesaling, retail
- Digital grid friendly power plant
- smart grid infrastructure integration of variable renewable
- Smart demand response
- Capital projects - planning, execution
- Turnarounds and shutdowns
- Functions (HR, supply chain, finance)
- Services - field services and support methods
- Importance of user experience and design
9. TALENT ISSUES IN DIGITAL
- Availability of talent
- Creating trust in digital
- The leadership of human change
- Talent attributes of the future
- Managing change
10. DIGITAL STRATEGY
- Setting a north star heading for digital innovation
- Confronting industry norms and practices that digital can impact
- The strategy cascade by Roger Martin
- Capturing the benefits of assets systems
- IT, OT, and digital team design
- Risks to be managed - cyber, security, data, policy, technology
- The risk matrix for digital
- Management of change process and implementing digital change
- Agile vs waterfall
This course is suitable for mid-career to experienced professional levels in the oil & gas and power sectors.