"Wave of automation" to steadily rush to the oil industry

ByLindsey G

By improving AI (artificial intelligence) and robot technology,In the future human beings will no longer do work and they will lose their jobsThere is also a view that sounds a warning bell. Such waves are definitely visited not only in the latest industrial field but also in the old petroleum industry.

Robots Are Taking Over Oil Rigs - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-24/robots-are-taking-over-oil-rigs-as-roughnecks-become-expendable

Mark Rogers, who was working on a drilling ship operating in the Gulf of Mexico, said that as the robot was introduced to the ship, it was easier to exchange heavy and dirty excavation pipes that had been done by a human hand until then I say that it became. However, as robots were introduced in such a way, Mr. Rogers also lost his job.

American oil drilling technology companyNational Oilwell BerkoThe Iron Roughneck drilling ship developed by the robot is almost automated by a robot mounted on a ship, underwriting the drilling work of the oil field with the danger by repeating simple work. Once an oil drilling companyTransoceanRogers, who worked as a worker in the workshop, said, "With the progress of automation, the number of personnel required for the work has been reduced to two thirds," and now he is in charge of repairing home appliances.


Rogers says, "I want to return to the top of the sea" while missing my old job, but the trend of the industry is a completely counterattack for Mr. Rogers. In the world oil drilling industry, the number of personnel has continued to decline and it is said that 440,000 jobs have been lost compared to the peak hour. And most of the reason is due to efficiency drill rig (drilling equipment) and wave of automation of the whole work.

Once a tool for a man working on a drilling ship was a tool box packed with a wrench or a hammer, a notebook PC that a modern excavation worker has in his hands. Many of the workers who were manipulating the machine with greasy hands have lost their jobs and the circumstances where they receive vocational training at a talented company that cancels work for such people are coming.

When the world was at the top of oil money, it is an oil company that was desperate to match the number of workers, but when the stagnation period of oil arrived in the US, the leaders of the companies enlarged and became too large I was keenly aware of the evils of the organization and began to focus on improving work efficiency with a combination of human power and an automated robot.

ByAndrew Boggett

The most fearful of such companies is the trump regime that was born on January 20, 2017. President Cardinal's policy of saying "get back to the US" and the wave of efficiency improvement of each company are completely incompatible with each other, and there is a situation that everyone hesitates to talk about the contents And that.

However, President Trump is trying to put the power on the deep into the American land, "shale oil" pumped up from the stratum called "shale layer"Tight oilThere is also a view that expects new employment to be created there. Online media for oil field workers "OilFieldTrash.com"We can not completely eliminate the hand of a person even if the modern technology is superior.In order to ensure that it never fails, always watch the machine It is necessary for the power of the person who confirms it. " In fact, the four major oil "Super Major" consisting of Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Chevron has spent about $ 3.1 billion (about 310 billion yen) on oil field research expenses over the past two years, Manpower is required next scale.

Nonetheless, it is also the fact that the required number of manpower and machines themselves are decreasing due to the efficiency of machines. The number of oil rigs required for shale oil production is said to be about half of the conventional one. Furthermore, the number of personnel required per unit has decreased from 20 people to only 5 people. In the world of state-of-the-art oil mining, it seems that the robot performs almost all work with one button, and only a few people monitor the movement.