Lean, clean, and digital: the future of subsea operations

As desk-based workers get to grips with new digital tools, current working conditions in all major business sectors have made one question more pressing than ever before – what do we mean when we talk about digital?

In heavy industries, such as oil and gas, investments in automation has reduced dependency on human activity and face-to-face interactions are truly coming into their own.

According to Dean Arnison, subsea global product management executive and Mario Alonso Rincon, digital solutions product leader, Baker Hughes, this is largely because over the past ten years or so, an operational climate has developed which favours solutions, tools and techniques that empower decision-makers; reduce human intervention; streamline use of equipment, chemicals and logistics; and build institutional memories.