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Monday, March 10, 2014

Business disruptors in oil and gas



The upstream and midstream sectors of the oil and gas market are promising paradigm value chain changes over the next 10 years, driving change and creating challenges, according to Frost & Sullivan.
The researchers see a huge focus on unconventional plays, with half of the liquids supply expected to come from these sources by 2040, as one of the key macro business drivers within the oil and gas industry. In addition, implementation of "Totally Integrated Digital Operations" (TIDO), yielding significant improvements in key metrics including operating costs savings, improved operational safety, and higher production rates.
"The industry is progressively moving to connect field operations with advanced analytics, bringing it closer to the vision of the TIDO," said Sath Rao, Frost & Sullivan vice president for the Industrial Automation and Process Control Group. "Unprecedented industry changes provide a unique opportunity to leverage innovative products and solutions that will not just mitigate risk, but take the industry to a next generation level in efficiency, safety, predictability and operational cost savings."
Further, upstream market growth will have a ripple effect on midstream, according to Frost & Sullivan, which is expected to see 10 times more growth in the next two to three years, due to unprecedented investments in LNG processing, FPSO, terminals for import/export, etc.
For more:
- see this report
 http://assets.fiercemarkets.com/public/sites/energy/reports/2014oilandgasreport.pdf
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