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Tag: oil and gas industry
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A success story in streamlining asset inspections and auditing processes
Ben Franklin was really onto something when he said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” This statement is highly applicable when it comes to asset management. Undertaking regular asset inspections and audits ensures equipment is running as it should. Failure to do so comes at too great of a cost to…
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TrueContext fuels efforts to improve turnarounds and shutdowns
Many oil and gas companies share the goal to improve turnarounds (TAR) and shutdowns. These are complex undertakings with numerous moving parts that they must coordinate. With an abundance of complex repairs and mechanical adjustments that must be done precisely, safely, and across thousands of lines, these initiatives often rely upon the work of thousands…
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New eBook: 11 Oil & Gas + Utility workflows that mobile forms can transform
Nobody likes paperwork. It’s painful to fill out and keep track of, and transforming a pile of papers into data you can review and analyze is a tedious and error-prone process. But there’s valuable information on every page. In fact, the success of many energy processes depends on that information getting in front of the…
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Why oil & gas companies are still making IT investments
Substantial IT investments continue to be made by oil & gas companies despite market challenges. Digital Oilfields USA and the Oil and Gas Monitor have published stats that show IT investments are still trending up among oil & gas companies. Here are a few of the highlights: Oil & gas companies will spend up to…
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Sniffer dogs & mobile forms: how energy companies reduce costs
Energy companies are coming up with increasingly creative ways to reduce costs without compromising their quality of service. Here are some ideas your company may not have tried: Adopt a mobile solution Mobilizing field data collection helps energy companies reduce costs. Instead of paying your staff to type field data into your back office system,…
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Enhance rig inspections – capture audio with mobile forms
Here are recordings of a two Bauer BG 28 drilling rigs, commonly used on oil rigs: Listen to the first. Now, the second. Based on how they sound, does either need maintenance? Write your guess in the comment box below. Employees performing rig inspections can usually tell if a piece of equipment is running properly,…
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Eight steps to begin transitioning to a paperless rig
Investing in technology for a paperless rig – transitioning from paper-based to digital data collection – is a hot topic among oil and gas companies. And it makes sense. Transitioning from paper-based to mobile collection of environmental, health & safety (EHS) data has helped businesses improve productivity, quality of service, risk mitigation and compliance. Transitioning…
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Five upstream challenges that ProntoForms can fix
Efficient upstream (often referred to as E&P) field data collection is critical to the success of your operation. The faster your office has access to environmental, security, and health & safety data, the faster you can respond to emerging situations. The rapid evolution of mobile technologies has changed the way the world does business and…