Be it Mittelplate in the German North Sea, Brent Bravo in Scotland or Ekofisk in Norway – oil rigs exert a very special fascination, as most people find them difficult to reach due to the extremely high safety precautions. Drilling…
Working on an Oil Rig Part 1- Dream Job or Nightmare? Read More »
Industry 4.0 How will the working place of tomorrow look like and what challenges await us? Through a high speed of new forms of digitization, there is an evolutionary change in the world of work. But why do we speak…
How Digital Evolution is turning the Future World of Work upside down Read More »
In part one of the article about women in the Oil & Gas industry, I described that positive female role models might lead to a higher interest in STEM studies. But let’s stay focused on the here and now. Why…
The Future is Female Part 2- How to make a Career in Oil & Gas possible Read More »
Commercial mobile OS – 25 year battle Mobile operating systems started life on mobile phones and personal digital assistants (palm pilot). Over the next 25 years mobile phones and pda’s would arguably merge together and form what we call today…
The modern-day interconnected world is very vulnerable to cyber-attacks and industries are taking more and more countermeasures than ever to safeguard their systems and data. Across industries, companies have been accelerating the countermeasures as well as intensifying the focus on…
Cyber Security Challenges in the Oil and Gas Industry- An Overview Read More »
I tried several times asking myself what Shūji Nakamura and Carlos Gardel could have in common. At first glance, there does not seem to be any relationship. However, a feathered friend helped me find a connection. A bird…
The market for industrial automation systems is highly regulated. It is traditionally not keen on trying new concepts or technologies. Especially for industrial safety systems, where an error or human failure can result in multiple casualties. The networks connecting these…
A well-known marketing rule is that, on average, you have to come into contact with a message seven times before you decide to buy a product. After all, a message is easily lost between all the stimuli that we have…
What do you expect as a plant operator/owner from an Automation System? Plant operators/owners, as well as other parties, have standardized plant structures over the years. The ISA-106/95/88 series of standards are commonly referenced for this purpose. The aim is…
