Remote Operations in Oil and Gas Industries During Pandemic Era Case

Abstract

COVID-19's pandemic condition affects various industries, including energy and the upstream industry. One of the many negative consequences of this circumstance is that it forces the organization to come up with new strategies to cut employee number while maintaining full site operations. Many service and oil firms have successfully implemented operations wells around the world, improving not just wellsite efficiency but also cost optimization and safety. During the implementation, it is observed that remote operations are good solution even though it is challenging. This paper describes the development of remote operations in the oil and gas industry and also recommendations regarding the implementation process hopefully can add more value to Oil and Gas Industries for the future while facing difficult situation. Lastly Opportunities and Threats analysis is done to conclude how remote operations will help operators to add more value to operations.