石油设备网讯 据管道新闻网6月19日消息称，据GlobalData称，油气行业正准备在上游、中游和下游广泛应用机器人技术，主要是为了在原油价格波动之际提高生产率和效率。
该公司最新的主题报告《石油和天然气中的机器人》显示，复杂的挑战，尤其是勘探和生产碳氢化合物方面的挑战，正促使企业探索复杂工程机器人解决方案的潜力，以实现自主工作或与油田运营商合作。
根据GlobalData的数据，全球机器人产业将以16%的复合年增长率增长，从2018年的982亿美元增长到2025年的2778亿美元。
GlobalData的专题报告指出，壳牌、埃克森美孚、雪佛龙、BP、俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司、雷普索尔、挪威国家石油公司、道达尔、沙特阿美、和阿布扎比国家石油公司等石油和天然气公司对机器人主题有相当程度的了解。
GlobalData的石油和天然气分析师Ravindra Puranik评论道：“最近的技术进步使运营商能够在陆地、空中和水下配置机器人，以执行可能过于危险而无法由现场人员承担的任务。此外，老化的基础设施需要定期检查这些资产，而无人驾驶飞机的使用，是因为它们数量庞大，而且与可达性有关。”
然而，在任何行业部署机器人技术的两个主要挑战是成本和可靠性。机事实证明，机器人技术在提高某些应用领域的操作效率方面相当可靠，例如材料处理和钻井用地的准备，特别是当它们由现场操作员进行远程管理时。然而，目前尚不清楚拥有机器人和无人机的总成本是否对总体运营支出产生积极影响。
Puranik总结道：“为了克服这种担忧，机器人技术供应商和油田服务供应商正在设计新的商业模式，比如机器人即服务(RaaS)，以推动这些技术在现场作业中的应用，并降低机器人总拥有成本的不确定性。”
曹海斌 摘译自 管道新闻网
原文如下：
Oil and gas industry gearing up for robotics adoption
The oil and gas industry is gearing up to deploy robotics across a wide range of applications in the upstream, midstream and downstream segments, primarily to drive productivity and efficiency amid volatility in crude prices, according to GlobalData.
The company’s latest thematic report: ‘Robotics in Oil & Gas’ reveals that the complex challenges, particularly in the exploration and production of hydrocarbons, are prompting companies to explore the potential of complexly engineered robotics solutions to work autonomously or in conjunction with field operators.
According to GlobalData, the global robotics industry is set to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 16% from US$98.2 billion in 2018 to US$277.8 billion in 2025.
GlobalData’s thematic report identifies oil and gas companies such as Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, Gazprom, Repsol, Equinor, Total, Saudi Aramco and ADNOC, as having considerable exposure to the robotics theme.
Ravindra Puranik, Oil and Gas Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Recent technological advancements are enabling operators to deploy robots in terrestrial, aerial and underwater configurations to carry out tasks that may be too risky to be undertaken by field personnel. Moreover, aging infrastructure is necessitating regular inspection of these assets, and autonomous drones are being used due to their sheer number and issues related to accessibility.”
However, the two major challenges in deploying robotics technologies in any industry are cost and reliability. Robotics are proving to be fairly reliable in enhancing operational efficiency in certain applications, such as material handling and preparation of land for drilling, especially when they are remotely managed by field operators. Nevertheless, it is yet unclear if the total cost of ownership of robots and drones has a positive effect on overall operational expenditure.
Puranik concludes: “To overcome this concern, robotics technology providers and oilfield service providers are devising new business models, such as Robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) to drive the deployment of these technologies in field operations and reduce uncertainty over the total cost of ownership of robots.”
