BP plc and General Electric (GE) are testing a new digital platform technology at BP’s Atlantis platform in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico. This solution, Plant Operations Advisor (POA), is designed to improve the safety, efficiency and reliability of oil and gas operations by livestreaming more than 20 million digital data points. Following BP’s pilot program in the Gulf of Mexico, POA will be deployed to other BP facilities worldwide in 2017.
POA aims to prevent unplanned downtime and improve facility reliability by helping engineering teams respond quickly to issues as they happen in real-time. The tool utilizes GE’s Predix and Asset Performance Management (APM) capabilities to integrate operational data from producing oil and gas facilities to deliver notifications and analytical reports to engineers. This will allow engineers to pinpoint operational performance issues before they become significant.