IoT Tech Expo Interview: For oil and gas, patience is key to begin implementing IoT – but the pace needs to increase after
This is not to say that the tech side can be overlooked. Take a look at the sheer amount of data Equinor gets hold of; from its 1200+ operating wells in its US Onshore business- some with three sensors attached, others with seven – real-time data gets extracted every 15 minutes. Add in the terabytes of data generated from drilling operations, as well as what Claunch describes as ‘truckloads’ on the sub-surface side, then it’s an awful lot to get through.
” What I find really fascinating about the leadership journey is although we all talk about technology, we talk about digital… the leadership challenge boils down to connecting with people,” says Claunch. ” It’s not about managing tasks – now we’re solving problems with such a diverse group of competencies and age groups where there’s no possible way an individual can understand the detail of all the tasks of a production engineer, a maintenance engineer, a data scientist, a software engineer. It’s not possible.