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system by means of the available communication media. SCADA systems<br />

have many of the same functions as the control system, <strong>and</strong> the difference<br />

between them is mainly their data architecture <strong>and</strong> use of communications.<br />

8.2 Digital <strong>oil</strong>field<br />

In the <strong>oil</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>gas</strong> industry digital <strong>oil</strong>field (DOF) is a generic term for new<br />

solutions <strong>and</strong> technologies for operation, work processes <strong>and</strong> methods that<br />

are being made possible by adopting innovations in information technology.<br />

Other names such as Integrated Operations (IO), E-Field, Smart Fields, i-<br />

Field <strong>and</strong> Integrated Asset Management are used for the same concept.<br />

Intelligent Energy is a general umbrella term adopted by Society of<br />

Petroleum Engineers (SPE).<br />

Central <strong>to</strong> this concept is collaboration between people; where data,<br />

information, knowledge shared between a number of parties in digital form.<br />

This often supported by technologies such as video conferencing <strong>and</strong><br />

augmented reality for personnel in remote locations or in the field. In this<br />

environment we add solutions for optimal performance, security,<br />

maintenance.<br />

Figure 33. Digital <strong>Oil</strong>field<br />

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