operations, to manage not only the linear asset, but also all
the associated assets, resources and processes around it and
act from the same shared situational awareness. Modern
software and visualisation also provide for a better user
experience for desktop or mobile applications and help
simplify operator’s tasks, making the use of the system more
action oriented and the associated work much more efficient.
The new pace of information brings a significant change
in the way integrity and risk management can be done.
Traditionally, integrity assessments are adjusted periodically
or reactively. With the current analytic capabilities, risk
factors can be monitored in near real-time and risk assessment
methodologies can be adjusted as conditions change. This
allows integrity teams to anticipate preventive or corrective
actions and managers to ensure efficient resource allocation.
Big data analytics can augment and speed up proven
processes, without the need of replacing existing integrity
management tools or methodologies – driving better
decisions to further reduce the likelihood and consequence of
failure.
Ultimately, the bigger benefits of the Industrial Internet
for pipelines are delivered through advanced analytics that
enhance existing engineering capabilities. As an example, with
the partnership between solution providers and operators,
it is now possible to develop algorithms to monitor typical
and atypical risk factors based on existing risk assessment
methods. Simple and fast ‘what if’ scenarios provide
pipeline engineers with potential risk probability and impact
calculators, allowing them to formulate maintenance and
repair options on-demand. Ultimately, this helps them chose
the safest and most economical scenario. As the adoption of
big data grows, the industry will also be able to share relevant
information to continuously improve the accuracy of those
models with the power of the combined knowledge. Crowd-
sourced engineering has been used in other relevant fields to
accelerate the search for solutions to critical problems.
Safer outcomes
Pipeline operators are constantly looking for effective ways
to meet increasing throughput requirements while ensuring
safety remains at the forefront of everything they do. The
Industrial Internet brings to pipelines, transformative digital
technologies to improve business practices and functional
roles and responsibilities. These new advances play an
integral role in improving pipeline management to ensure
timely, relevant and accurate information is available to drive
productivity, ensure better operational decisions and safer
outcomes.
References
1.
ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database.
2. US Patent #3 812 296/21 May 1974 (Apparatus for Generating and Transmitting
Digital Information).
3.
Cisco –
4. “Industrial Internet: Pushing the Boundaries of Minds and Machines”, www.
ge.com/docs/chapters/Industrial_Internet.pdf
5. IDC Digital Universe Study: Big Data, Bigger Digital Shadows and Biggest Growth
in the Far East, sponsored by EMC. 2011.
6.
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