Category: Energy

re:Invent 2021 Industrial companies across manufacturing, automotive, power and utilities, and energy industries are reinventing how they engineer, collaborate, make data driven decisions, lower costs, and improve quality. AWS for Industrial, a curated offering of purpose-built AWS services and AWS Partner Network solutions designed for industrial customers, provides proven and easily accessible capabilities that help […]

As part of the goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, Amazon is on a path to powering its operations with 100 percent renewable energy by 2025—five years ahead of the original target of 2030. In June 2021, Amazon became the world’s largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy, reaching 65 percent renewable energy across […]

Introduction Industrial companies often struggle to extract value from their Operations Technology (OT) data. One of the primary reasons is that industrial data is often locked away in siloed legacy systems and even when this data is made available for analysis, the lack of context around the data makes it challenging to gain insights needed […]

AWS Industrial Insights Welcome to AWS Industrial Insights. In every episode, we interview visionary leaders from industrial companies to share their insights on technology, innovation, and leadership. This podcast is for industrial business leaders who are looking to make data-driven decisions and learn from those who’ve experienced similar challenges. By interviewing leading executives, we’ll uncover […]

Industrial companies are increasingly focused on high-profile cybersecurity incidents caused by ransomware and targeted attacks. Government policymakers and regulators around the world are taking an interest. Corporate boards are asking executives about the strategy to maintain reliable, secure operations, including for their operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS). This blog discusses the importance […]

Introduction In remote upstream oil and gas facilities, such as well pads, energy companies frequently have various service contractors bringing in items, performing services, and removing items from the site. These facilities most often do not have permanent staff on location. It can be challenging for operators to know who is accessing the facilities. For […]

Overview Oil and gas operators are looking to eliminate inefficiencies in their production operations and field services by using innovative and cost-effective technology. For example, in the oil and gas field operations, typically most operators run a fixed route every day without being able to prioritize high-volume wells or issues that need fixing due to […]

Introduction Turbine maintenance is an expensive, high-risk task. According to a recent analysis from the news website, wind farm owners are expected to spend more than $40 billion on operations and maintenance over a decade. Another recent study finds by using drone-based inspection instead of traditional rope-based inspection, you can reduce the operational costs by 70% […]

Overview The rationale for bringing new digital technologies into any organization includes increased productivity and better, faster decision making. Ultimately, we are all looking to improve organizational efficiency, and digital transformation holds great promise in this regard. However, the adoption of new ways of working is often a challenge. Those of us who have worked […]

Seismic data, and the accompanying subsurface image and interpretation, are some of the primary assets for oil and gas operators with active exploration and development teams. Quick, seamless access to seismic and interpretation data from various software applications is a key component of all integrated seismic workflows for every exploration team at all oil and […]