据今日油价网站12月15日消息 技术情报公司ABI Research周三在一份新报告中表示，石油和天然气行业将在本世纪末投入156亿美元用于数字转型，以加强网络安全、维持安全运营并创造可持续绩效。

ABI Research表示，目前，石油和天然气行业面临着运营、商业和生存方面的威胁，因为减少排放、防范网络攻击、保持运营的可靠性和安全性的压力越来越大。

该行业在安全服务方面的支出预计在2021-2030年间每年增长8.1%，并在本世纪末达到6.4亿美元/年的支出。石油和天然气公司预计在2030年在物联网（IoT）设备和应用平台上的投资将超过50亿美元，而在数据分析方面的投资预计在本世纪末将达到近20亿美元。

数字化在许多石油和天然气公司中越来越受欢迎，这些公司寻求更好地监控和报告运营和排放情况，并提高针对网络威胁的安全性。近年来，该行业的企业在数字化方面投入了更多的资金，这可以节省时间并降低成本。

ABI Research的工业和制造业首席分析师迈克尔·拉纳表示：“技术的作用正在从帮助石油和天然气公司监控其大型、复杂和危险的运营转变为帮助他们优化其设施，以应对其运营环境中的波动?！?/p>

ABI Research表示，数据分析与物联网平台相结合对于提前发现管道退化、井口性能和天然气火炬污染等问题至关重要。网络安全正日益成为企业高层和政府的关注点。

拉纳表示：“网络攻击对洛尼尔输油管道的影响使石油和天然气作业的安全问题大为缓解。企业面临的问题是，即使花费无限的资金来?；ね绾妥什?，也无法提供100%的安全性，因为攻击者只需一次错误就能造成严重破坏?！?/p>

王磊 摘译自 今日油价

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.