據今日油價網站12月15日消息 技術情報公司ABI Research周三在一份新報告中表示，石油和天然氣行業將在本世紀末投入156億美元用于數字轉型，以加強網絡安全、維持安全運營并創造可持續績效。

ABI Research表示，目前，石油和天然氣行業面臨著運營、商業和生存方面的威脅，因為減少排放、防范網絡攻擊、保持運營的可靠性和安全性的壓力越來越大。

該行業在安全服務方面的支出預計在2021-2030年間每年增長8.1%，并在本世紀末達到6.4億美元/年的支出。石油和天然氣公司預計在2030年在物聯網（IoT）設備和應用平臺上的投資將超過50億美元，而在數據分析方面的投資預計在本世紀末將達到近20億美元。

數字化在許多石油和天然氣公司中越來越受歡迎，這些公司尋求更好地監控和報告運營和排放情況，并提高針對網絡威脅的安全性。近年來，該行業的企業在數字化方面投入了更多的資金，這可以節省時間并降低成本。

ABI Research的工業和制造業首席分析師邁克爾·拉納表示：“技術的作用正在從幫助石油和天然氣公司監控其大型、復雜和危險的運營轉變為幫助他們優化其設施，以應對其運營環境中的波動。”

ABI Research表示，數據分析與物聯網平臺相結合對于提前發現管道退化、井口性能和天然氣火炬污染等問題至關重要。網絡安全正日益成為企業高層和政府的關注點。

拉納表示：“網絡攻擊對洛尼爾輸油管道的影響使石油和天然氣作業的安全問題大為緩解。企業面臨的問題是，即使花費無限的資金來保護網絡和資產，也無法提供100%的安全性，因為攻擊者只需一次錯誤就能造成嚴重破壞。”

王磊 摘譯自 今日油價

原文如下：

Oil And Gas Industry To Spend $15 Billion On A Tech Transformation

The oil and gas industry is set to spend $15.6 billion on digital transformation by the end of this decade to enhance cybersecurity, maintain safe operations, and create sustainable performance, technology intelligence firm ABI Research said in a new report on Wednesday.

Currently, the oil and gas sector faces operational, commercial, and existential threats due to increased pressure to reduce emissions, protect against cyberattacks, and maintain the reliability and safety of operations, ABI Research said.

The industry’s spend on security services is forecast to increase by 8.1 percent annually from 2021 to 2030 and reach an annual spend of $640 million at the end of this decade. Oil and gas companies are also projected to spend over $5 billion in 2030 on Internet of Things (IoT) devices and application platforms, while investment in data analytics is expected at nearly $2 billion at the end of the decade.  

Digitalization is becoming increasingly popular with many oil and gas companies that seek to better monitor and report operations and emissions and boost security against cyber threats. In recent years, firms in the sector have been spending more money on digitalization, which can save time and reduce costs.

“The role of technology is evolving from helping Oil and Gas firms monitor their large, complex, and dangerous operations to helping them optimize their facilities to handle the volatility in their operating environments,” Michael Larner, Industrial & Manufacturing Principal Analyst at ABI Research, said.

According to ABI Research, data analytics coupled with IoT platforms “have become essential to identifying issues ahead of time such as pipeline degradation, wellhead performance, and pollution from gas flares. Increasingly, however, network security is rapidly becoming a concern for both the C-suite and Governments.” 

“The effect of the cyber-attack on the Colonial Pipeline put the subject of securing oil and gas operations in sharp relief. The problem for firms is that even spending unlimited amounts to secure networks and assets will not provide 100 percent security as attackers only need one error to cause havoc,” Larner said.