save hours of decision making time, ultimately increasing asset utilisation. I feel strongly that this concept can be then abstracted to the energy supply chain as a whole. Imagine being an employee at a very large department store like say Wal-Mart and not having a real-time inventory tracking system that is accessible to all employees that need the information to make critical business decisions as quickly as possible. It simply would not fly in this day and age since the technology is available to us, yet, our energy supply chain does not yet have that visibility, likely due to the magnitude of the industry as a whole. At this time that
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is understandably so, because as an industry we have not yet felt existential pressures that other industries have experienced, like video rentals, or newspaper, but some folks say it is coming and I agree; the only constant in this world is change. What we do have though is a playbook for this level of visibility into businesses from other industries that we can use – we just have to collectively zoom out to see the forest for the trees. I of course understand that there is commercially sensitive information and so opening up the coffers and sharing all data with everyone is not an option; however, if folks truly understand their business, they will know exactly which live data streams they need where and when to be effective, without compromising security. Regarding the energy supply chain concept, the most impact that digitalisation and modern human processes can have I believe is in the pipeline sector. Pipelines do not typically get the same fan fare as refining, drilling or production. Our piece of the industry may be boring but it is crucial to unlocking the system as a whole and is conveniently located between production and refining, n Lightweight, one-piece ergonomic design provides comfortable all-day use meaning that any value that is n One wand covers the entire voltage range from 0.5 to 30 kV unlocked will have a trickle effect n Up to 16 hours of battery life—powerful Li-ion batteries fit neatly within the up and downstream, enabling more compact wand handle eliminating the need for a separate battery box production and additional refined n Built-in Certified Voltmeter and Voltage Calculator feature products (assuming capacity is n Industry standard connectors and adaptors provide compatibility with available of course). nearly all existing electrodes Once this level of data is available, then the power of AI can truly be unlocked. Until then, we may be incorrectly focused on what I call ‘point optimisations’ with AI that look great for sustainability and emissions reduction in a silo, but do not have an actual impact across a Also available midstream organisation or supply No shoulder with Pulsed DC chain as a whole. bag required! As folks in the energy sector, we live firmly in the physical world but to bring our operations to the High voltage Holiday Detector next level of sustainability and environmental impact reduction in what may be becoming an existential time for our industry, we will need to think in the abstract. The energy sector has the brightest minds in the world, I believe that if any group of folks could achieve an integrated Stick-type with supply chain to make an immediate Pulsed DC impact on decarbonisation and Wand-style with increased efficiency at the scale of Continuous DC the energy sector, it will be us as a collective.
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