Abstract
The oil and gas industry will continue to boom in the coming few decades. Obtaining oil and gas from conventional and non-conventional resources will become more and more challenging. This intensifying need will impose very considerable demands on work force, financial and technology capabilities. Since the future supplies of oil and gas are to expand, advanced technology will become increasingly necessary to obtain access to more challenging conventional and non-conventional resources. Therefore oil and gas technologies will be very costly to operate in the coming future due to hostile, hard-to-reach environments. The offshore oil industry will become a complicated myriad of advanced equipment, structures, and work force. Our objectives are to identify potential applications and research directions of robotics and automation in the oil & gas field and explore the obstacles and challenges of robotic and automation applications to this area. This study performs the necessary survey and investigation about the work conditions of robotics and automation equipment in the oil and gas industry, especially offshore oil rigs. The oil & gas industry processes are first investigated. The personals and tasks are then explored. Furthermore, this paper reviews the current robotic automation technology. The challenges and requirements are identified for robotics and automation equipment in the oil and gas industry. The requirements of robotics and automation in the oil & gas industry are presented. Future research opportunities are discussed from a technical perspective.
Highlights
The oil and gas industry will continue to boom in the coming few decades
The offshore oil & gas industry is a complicated myriad of advanced equipment, structures, and work force
This paper provides a fundamental knowledge base to utilize in understanding the environment in which offshore industrial robotics and automation would operate, as well as cover the challenges that exist within that environment
Summary
The oil and gas industry will continue to boom in the coming few decades. The oil and gas demand will grow rapidly in the two decades [1]. The period of high oil prices from 2004 through 2008 led to a steady demand for petroleum As this market trend persists, oil & gas companies have a window of opportunity to maximize efficiency and productivity to moderate the petroleum market. One solution to both the need for efficiency and maximum production and the capabilities required to further exploration is to implement robotics and automation in offshore oil & gas environments. To meet the requirements and develop robotics and automation equipment in such work conditions, this paper reviews the current technology that has been developed and discusses the future research opportunities in the oil and gas industry
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