Insights on AI-powered planning, field operations, and compliance across the energy sector.
Voice assisted permitting can help in a noisy plant, but it should not be the only way to complete a permit in a noisy area. The appeal is easy to see…
A procedure with thousands of steps is only usable if the operator can always tell where they are, what is done, what is next and who else is working on…
Startup and shutdown procedures can run into hundreds or thousands of steps, and a lot of digital tools treat them as one long form, which is why they…
Historical jobs can test whether AI would have recommended the same procedure changes as experts, and this is one of the most convincing ways to test…
An acknowledgment records that someone confirmed they saw a procedure or a change, which is useful for an audit trail but says nothing about whether…
For a company that has standardized on Azure, the main questions about a new AI application are usually identity, data location and integration. Those…
AI can check supplier certificates for expiry and equipment tag matches, and it is a good use of AI, since checking certificates is repetitive work…
Incomplete submissions turn into long email threads because the vendor usually finds out what is missing one item at a time, often after a reviewer has…
Each type of drawing answers a different question about a plant, so a useful operational twin draws on more than one of them. Plot plans and layout…
Bow ties usually live with the safety or risk team, while procedures live with operations, so the critical controls in the bow tie and the steps that…
On a rig, the people who request, check and approve permits are almost never sitting at a desk, which is why permits that need a computer end up waiting…
A new operator usually knows which piece of equipment they are standing at, but they do not always know the procedure number or title, which is why they…