Introduction
A lot of money & resources are spent on virtual reality in the oil & gas industry to instruct workers to ensure they understand the safety standards and risks. Virtual reality in mining industry enables employees to interact with the facility environment and experience possible, unexpected emergency circumstances within a safe environment.
Virtual reality and augmented reality in oil and gas industry
- Simulation of operations
Simulation of real-world scenarios provides insight into crucial parameters regarding the operations that can be used while evaluating the performance of the different processes. Virtual reality in mining industry enables companies to create digital twins to recreate the activities of a refinery, an oilfield, or any other operational unit on a virtual medium.
- Oilfield surface terrain analysis
VR & AR in oil & gas industry can help engineers replicate reservoirs, detect structural faults, and other formations to create a 3D digital model. This technology is especially helpful for geologists and engineers to fully understand the topography to identify potential hydrocarbon reserves.
- Training programs
Virtual reality is being implemented heavily to train new workers in the industry. Virtual reality can create 3D models of real-world places, including assets. This helps in curating training programs that use immersive 3D models to enhance the understanding of different systems and processes that are used in the industry.
- Inspection of processes
Virtuality reality in mining industry is used to increase the efficiency of operations and activities through simulation. Virtual reality helps engineers integrate historical data with the real-time information available to them to identify maintenance issues and aid technicians to prevent breakdowns. This involves thorough instructions on identifying the issues and resolving or replacing them, which minimizes the time required in the execution of the maintenance tasks.
- Product design & manufacturing
Virtual reality opens door to new possibilities for product development. 3D renderings are experimented with & verified to ensure they will yield the best results way before the manufacturing stage begins. Virtual reality, integrated with 3D technology, can develop multiple prototypes quickly. The technology also helps reduce the consumption of material to an extent by eliminating the need to manufacture different prototypes.
- Disaster management using virtual reality
Field technicians in the mining industry face harsh environmental conditions on top of being prone to hazardous chemicals and gases. Virtual reality has the capability to train employees to handle emergency situations by creating a simulation of real-world scenarios.
- Digital twin with VR
The digital twin is a use case of IoT that encourages companies to recreate plant operations virtually in an immersive environment. It replicates the plant operations virtually, identifies potential discrepancies, and devises solutions to overcome them.
Conclusion
The oil and gas industry is constantly plagued with enormous risks concerning safety regulations, politics, physically challenging environments, and fluctuating markets to name a few. Nowadays, the challenges are more complex than ever. If you are looking for cohesive virtual reality services for your oil or gas plant, please contact SES Digital.
