innovation
16 Aug The Rise of the Platform Solution
Platform solutions save time and money and improve business decision quality. And now there are even specific platforms for oil and gas....
09 Aug Eliminating Black Powder Contaminants—Interview with Black Powder Solutions
You might think that black powder is gun powder, but you’d be wrong. It’s a nasty industrial contaminant that slowly destroys your industrial equipment. You can remove it through magnetic filtration.
14 Jun Your Next CoWorker Is Probably a Bot
Are you wondering what a bot is and whether the bots are gunning for your job? Stop worrying, they’re already here.
17 May We Need Energy Assets To Be Built Better
The world is at the start of a golden age of energy infrastructure development. It is time bring all aspects of the energy asset build life cycle into the digital era by adopting the digital tools that have transformed so many other sectors.
03 May Recasting Energy System Resilience for the Digital Age Part 2
We need resilient energy systems. Our energy systems need to be tough and elastic to recover quickly from events and mishaps. But we now need them to be a bit more adaptive and agile (Part 2).
26 Apr Recasting Energy System Resilience for the Digital Age Part 1
We need resilient energy systems. Our energy systems need to be tough and elastic to recover quickly from events and mishaps. But we now need them to be a bit more adaptive and agile.
19 Apr A Digital Twin is More than Just a Clone
A digital twin of an operating facility is more than just a clone. It’s a unique and valuable asset in its own right.
12 Apr Fixing A Bad Fuel Tax Through Digital
A fossil fuel-producing jurisdiction has decided to tax electric cars because they exist. What does this mean for the future of transportation?
29 Mar NFTs And The Oil And Gas Industry
A non fungible token or NFT for a digital work of art sold recently for several million in crypto currency, which raises the question of how NFTs might apply to oil and gas.
08 Feb Digital ESG — How Digital Accelerates Your ESG Agenda (Part 2)
ESG and digital transformation pressures are hammering the fortunes of oil and gas, but digital can also help accelerate the ESG agenda. I call it Digital ESG. (part 2)
01 Feb Digital ESG – How Digital Accelerates Your ESG Agenda (Part 1)
ESG and digital transformation pressures are hammering the fortunes of oil and gas, but digital can also help accelerate the ESG agenda. I call it Digital ESG. (part 1)
23 Nov Digital and Oil Geopolitics
Oil is used by some nations to project influence and power, and is a national security concern for most others. How does digital innovation alter the oil-infused geopolitical landscape?...
16 Nov In Conversation with Bertrand Groulx
How can digital technologies transform the work of the front line oil field worker, who is overworked, underserved and under equipped to cope with the increased workload? Hear from Bertrand Groulx, a tech entrepreneur, financier and educator, about upgrading the job of the front-line worker.
19 Oct Is Green Energy A Luxury Good
Is green energy a luxury good? My spouse made this startling observation and I think she might be onto something. Here’s why.
31 Aug In Conversation with Brandon Ambrose, CEO of EZ Ops
I recently interviewed Brandon Ambrose, CEO of EZ Ops, a technology company, about the state of innovation in oil and gas for the front-line worker. This is an edited transcript of the interview.
22 Jun Transforming Capital Projects Using Digital
The oil and gas industry spends hundreds of billions each year on new capital projects. An effort by a group of international producers should eventually improve the efficiency of that spend.
15 Jun Digital Track and Trace Comes to Pipelines
Sometimes it takes a shock to a system to accelerate a change already underway. Such a shock brought the concept of track and trace to the infrastructure sector. We should all be grateful.
24 Feb Construction Is Still Lagging in Digital
The construction industry, whose fortunes are intertwined with the oil and gas industry, was castigated as a digital laggard in 2014. Is this still true?
17 Feb The Gamification of Oil and Gas
Ever wonder if gamification could work in oil and gas? For sure, and here’s how.
Reprinted from November 6, 2017, and still fresh!