Austin based, HUVRdata has supported ExxonMobil over the past 2 years in their efforts to put in place a global Digital Reporting and Analytics platform for drone inspection programs. The goal of the program is to allow ExxonMobil to digitize, scale and standardize Drone Inspection workflows across ExxonMobil sites and assets.
Overview
HUVR & ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil
HUVR has been working with ExxonMobil for the past 2 years to help them put in place a global Digital Reporting and Analytics platform for drone inspection programs.
CASE STUDY
Supermajor Oil Company
This supermajor is the largest oil & gas company in the world. For 135 years they have helped provide energy to the world’s growing economy. This supermajor currently operates 37 refineries in 21 countries. Their goal is to apply next-generation asset inspection technologies to help safely and responsibly meet the world’s growing needs for energy and high-quality chemical products.
This supermajor was struggling to integrate drone-based inspection into their corporate business practices. Every site had a different concept of how to integrate drones and how to store the data. As a result, there was no global standard for inspection techniques, procedures and data integrity. They needed a global solution that was flexible enough to meet the needs of the individual sites, yet comprehensive and simple for their individual sites to use.
Discussions
Digital Transformation: Leveraging Automation as a Tool to Drive Business Results
Intelligent Automation in Oil and Gas
Tim Westhoven
Technology Scouting and Ventures Advisor, ExxonMobil
Topics:
- Determining what your automation goals are: fewer workers? scaled capabilities? greater speed? Higher quality? New capabilities?
- How does the application of intelligent automation integrate into the overall business strategy of operational excellence and cost reduction?
- How to develop a business case for change in applying AI/ML
- Where in your business do the opportunities lie? How to prioritize the areas of your business to automate
- Understanding how the digital revolution will impact your approach to operational excellence
Accelerating your Digital Strategy and the Action Plan to Make it Happen
Operational Excellence in Oil and Gas
Shankar Nadarajah
Global Drone Visual Inspection Project Manager, Equipment Technology Division, ExxonMobil
Topics:
- Getting buy-in from the top and using KPIs and dashboards to track progress and ROI
- Field adoption is critical – you need simple tools and a great training process
- Data management is the key to scale
