SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- BP
(NYSE: BP) and GE (NYSE: GE) today announced the start-up of Plant
Operations Advisor (POA), a new digital solution designed to
improve the efficiency, reliability and safety of BP's oil and gas
production operations. Plant Operations Advisor is already helping
BP manage the performance of one of its platforms in the
Gulf of Mexico and, subject to a
successful pilot, it will be deployed next year to other BP
facilities around the world.
The tool, built on GE's Predix operating system, was created as
part of a development partnership the two companies announced in
January.
"BP gravitates toward new technologies, especially digital, and
that makes working with them particularly exciting," said
Lorenzo Simonelli, president and
CEO, GE Oil & Gas. "We are
taking a big step forward together during this time of digital
transformation, deploying what we've co-created over the past year
to drive the kind of productivity improvements that the oil and gas
industry needs. The global deployment is expected to be the
largest-scale deployment of GE's Predixpowered APM technology to
date."
Plant Operations Advisor will help prevent unplanned downtime
and improve facility reliability by helping engineering teams
respond quickly to issues as they occur in real-time.
"By bringing together some of the best minds at GE and BP, we
were able to develop this innovative digital product and are
confident that it will have a significant impact on our business,"
said Ahmed Hashmi, BP's Head of
Upstream Technology. "When fully deployed, these advanced digital
technologies will change the way we work and improve the integrity
and performance of our assets around the globe."
Using GE's Predix and Asset Performance Management (APM)
capabilities, POA rapidly integrates operational data from
producing oil and gas facilities to deliver notifications and
analytical reports to engineers so they can identify operational
performance issues before they become significant.
The system provides simplified access to a variety of live data
feeds and includes visualization capabilities including a real-time
facility threat display. It also incorporates an extensive case
management capability to support learnings from prior operational
issues.
GE intends to offer this technology, which combines big data,
cloud hosting, and analytics on both individual pieces of equipment
as well as the entire production system, as an APM solution that
will be available to the industry.
About BP:
Over the past 10 years, BP has invested more than $90 billion in the U.S. – more than any other
energy company. BP is a leading producer of oil and gas and
produces enough energy annually to light nearly the entire country
for a year. Employing about 14,000 people across the country, BP
supports more than 130,000 additional jobs through all of its
business activities.
About GE
GE (NYSE:GE) is the world's Digital Industrial Company,
transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions
that are connected, responsive and predictive. GE is organized
around a global exchange of knowledge, the "GE Store," through
which each business shares and accesses the same technology,
markets, structure and intellect. Each invention further fuels
innovation and application across our industrial sectors. With
people, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes
for customers by speaking the language of industry. www.ge.com
About GE Oil & Gas
GE Oil & Gas is inventing the next industrial era in the oil
and gas sector. In our labs and factories, and in the field, we
constantly push the boundaries of technology to solve today's
toughest operational & commercial challenges. We have the
skills, knowledge and technical expertise to bring together the
physical and digital worlds to fuel the future. Follow GE Oil &
Gas on Twitter @GE_OilandGas or visit us at
www.geoilandgas.com
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