How AI, Digital Twins, and New Analytical Tools for Oil and Gas Are Enabled by Next-Generation Distributed I/O

As efforts to connect, monitor and measure oil and gas operating environments accelerate, IT-OT convergence is necessary—but IT and OT have evolved independently for decades. Distributed I/O systems are helping the oil and gas industry overcome this tricky issue limiting the deployment of digital twins and other analytical tools. Schneider Electric's Grant Van Hemert explains how next-generation distributed I/O solves the integration challenge to help oil and gas operations capture edge analytics, realize industrial automation and advance AI-powered decision-making. In this Ask the Expert feature, you'll learn:

• The IT practices, such as role-based access control (RBAC) and TPM technology, that can be applied through distributed I/O to bring significant benefits to oil and gas OT
• Why the Ethernet-based protocol OPC UA is a key advancement in next-generation distributed I/O's ability to support digital twins and analytical tools in the future
• Best practices oil and gas companies can consider to get the most out of their distributed I/O systems and digitization efforts.

Read the feature today to learn how distributed I/O is driving the IT-OT convergence necessary for the next generation of automated oil and gas operations.