How do European think tanks view the digitalisation of energy? I participated in a workshop organized by one such organisation last week on the likely impacts and timing of digital on the energy sector. Background The IEA (the International Energy Agency) is one of the world’s premier...
Some large oil companies are sending signals that Canada’s oil sands may be heading towards an early exit. Can digital extend the life of oil sands a little longer?
The IEA recently asked me about what I saw as the key blocker and barriers to the digitalization of the oil and gas industry. Here’s my response.
The last several meetings that I’ve had with oil and gas industry executives have ended with a variation of the same question: now that we have reduced our costs to match commodity prices, how do we keep them from rising again?
What should the digital strategy be for today’s oil and gas services companies, exposed and buffeted by unbounded cost and productivity pressures? Not your dad's gameplan, that's for certain.
As your oil and gas organization sets out its digital roadmap, you will have to make some trade offs around your focus of time, resources and areas of investment. Here’s a few of the key trade offs that have been the subject of my recent conversations with industry leaders.
Is your oil and gas company sitting on a mountain of little-used data? What are 5 clever ways to leverage your digitized data assets?