Colin Scott PhD, PEng, Product Manager – Crack Management (IE), OneBridge Solutions, Canada, demonstrates how to uncover patterns in seemingly unrelated data.
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he oil and gas pipeline industry, like many other industries in the world today, is undergoing a digital transformation. Pens and paper are increasingly being replaced with tablets and advanced computing, driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and development of machine learning (ML) algorithms that extract knowledge from big data. People today are able to connect online, working less often in big city offices and more often from their home offices. OneBridge Solutions, and its Cognitive Integrity Management (CIM) Software as a Service (SaaS) platform, is a leader in this new
work model. OneBridge is helping pipeline operators streamline their business through the use of advanced data management, analytics and AI/ML to operate their business processes more efficiently and their pipelines more safely. “We view digital transformation as a combination of three factors – data, analytics and network – the foundation of the CIM architecture,” said Tim Edward, OneBridge President. “CIM is a sophisticated data-hub which stores information and data that pipeline companies need to manage their assets. ML algorithms automate the ingestion of various data sets (e.g. ILI, NDT and environmental
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