Digital Transformation Viewpoints

Featured here are original and timely articles from ARC analysts and guest writers on topics such as Digitization, New Business Models, Internet of Things, Industry 4.0, Smart Cities, and Smart Manufacturing. We dive into technologies such as additive manufacturing, machine learning, asset performance management, device connectivity, IIoT architecture, cybersecurity, augmented reality, and more related to digitization and transformation of industries, infrastructure, and cities. Our goal is to provide readers with clear and concise analyses, opinions, and discussion of these trends, technologies, and services.

May
12
2019
— Industry Trends

Digital Transformation of LNG Industry

LNG is expected to be the fastest growing fossil fuel until 2030, and digital transformation of LNG industry is going to play the key role for this.
May
08
2019
— Industry Trends

Looking into the Digital Future of Offshore Oil and Gas Technology

For years, offshore oil and gas technology meant developing, designing and building custom-made rigs and platforms, but today, oil and gas companies are taking a vastly different approach, focusing relentlessly on increasing efficiency and lowering the costs of offshore exploration and production. 
May
07
2019
Guest Blogger: Jim Stuart — Technology Trends

Risk-Based Asset Performance and Its Importance to the US Oil Industry

For the first time since 1973, the United States is the world's largest producer of crude oil, according to the USA Department of Energy.  The American oil boom has reshaped global energy markets as US oil output has more than doubled over the past decade, and the industry needs to address risk-based asset performance.
May
06
2019
Constanze Schmitz — Company and Product News

Wireless Carbon Monoxide Detection

Wireless carbon monoxide detection ensures safety of workers in processing applications while reducing installation costs by up to 90 percent.
May
01
2019
— Industry Trends

Drilling Optimization Technology Growing Through Automated Mechanics and Rig Automation

Automated mechanics & steering, which can be termed as “rig automation”, is now increasingly being extended to address downhole conditions, advancing drilling optimization across the complete process through understanding the subsurface and its interactions with the downhole drilling system penetrating through the rock, the drill-string carrying power from the rig, and the drilling fluid system.
May
01
2019
— Industry Trends

Defining APM and Its Evolution

Paul Casto, long-standing practitioner of reliability and maintenance (R&M) improvement methodologies and Intelligent Asset Practice Leader at GrayMatter Systems, is sharing how he is defining APM and how it continues to evolve.