Digitalization: Essar Oil partners with Sensia

Mumbai: Essar Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Ltd (EOGEPL), India’s pioneering unconventional hydrocarbon (coal-bed methane) player, on Thursday announced its collaboration with M/s Sensia, a leading provider of digitalization solutions, to enhance operations through the deployment of its Avalon digital platform interface.

This strategic partnership aims to unify measurement systems, optimize decision-making, and enable remote control of critical parameters across EOGEPL’s wells, facilities, and customer interface, the company said in a statement.

Sensia’s Avalon platform offers a comprehensive interface that simplifies the capture, analysis, and digitization of well-related activities, facility-related activities, and customer-end operations. The platform enables real-time data acquisition of essential parameters, such as mechanical, electrical, gas, and water flow, pressure, and power backup device data, among others.

With remote access and control capabilities, EOGEPL will gain the ability to monitor and adjust critical well and facility parameters, facilitating efficient operations and proactive decision-making, said Pankaj Kalra, CEO.

By leveraging advanced technologies, he said Essar Oil will achieve increased production, reduced operating costs, and enhanced efficiency, reaffirming its commitment to sustainable and efficient energy production.

EOGEPL has already invested Rs. 5,000 crores in exploration in the Raniganj block in West Bengal in drilling 350 wells. The company may also invest another Rs. 2,000 crore for drilling 200 more wells in the next 18 to 24 months. It is employing the latest technology in the existing wells to ramp up production.

(VP)