Mobilizing Oil And Gas: Crucial Considerations For Industrial Mobile Initiatives

While oil and gas companies are battling rising competition, costs, and public scrutiny, their profitability and operational efficiency are increasingly impacted by highly constrained resources, equipment reliability, and policy changes.

Mobile initiatives are important enablers for the key strategic imperatives that address these challenges.

According to Gartner in a 2012 CIO survey on IT spending, mobile technologies rank number 2 in priorities between 2012 and 2015 in manufacturing and natural resources industries. Spending on mobile devices and services far outpaces other IT categories in the next 2 years. (“Market Trends: Value Propositions for Mobility Proliferate in the Manufacturing Industry”, 2012, Gartner)

Whether it’s to keep the refinery operations running 24x7, to fight through daily hurdles to get upstream capital projects on time and under budget, to maintain high velocity in the supply chain, or to improve the effectiveness of field services work, oil and gas companies are planning and deploying mobile solutions to tighten coordination, speed up decision-making, and improve operational safety and effectiveness.

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