Mr. Li Wei, Director of Huawei Nigeria Enterprise Business
Addressing the media at a Press Conference in the ongoing Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES) 2022, Director of Huawei Nigeria Enterprise Business, Mr. Li Wei said, the global economy and oil market are recovering after a historic slump caused by the pandemic in 2020. In addition, the trend of carbon neutrality will trigger structural reform and promote transformation in oil & gas industry.
Facing various challenges, Oil companies choose to increase oil & gas production capacity at lower costs and improve enterprise operational efficiency by leveraging technologies including cloud computing, big data, IoT, and AI, etc.
Therefore Digital transformation has become the consensus in the industry.
He disclosed that based on Nigeria Oil and Gas industry situation and pain points, Huawei released three scenario-based ICT solutions:
Digital Oilfield IoT for Upstream production: using Huawei’s leading eLTE technology to realize broadband network coverage in oilfield areas, helping operator obtain wellhead production data in real time, improving O&M efficiency and increasing single-well yield.
E&P (exploration and production) storage for Upstream Exploration: The unified high-performance exploration cloud and storage platform shortens the exploration data processing time, to find out oil quicker and more precisely.
Intelligent Pipe monitoring for midstream: Huawei-developed fiber vibration intrusion warning system uses AI to identify intrusion scenarios accurately. With high identification precision, accurate positioning, and quick response, helping to ensure pipeline safety and reduce theft and vandalism.
In addition, Wei said providing high-quality ICT solutions and services, Huawei actively supports the Nigerian government in building a talent ecosystem. Till now, we has signed ICT academy agreement with over 110 Universities and schools, trained more than 1,000 government civil servants and 40,000 young students in Nigeria. We hopes to build a strong talent base camp to promote Nigeria’s digital economy development.
The Huawei Director thanked all the customers, partners, Media, and analysts who are present at the Press Conference.
He made it known that Huawei is ready to collaborate with all industry players to grasp historical opportunities, drive industry development through digital transformation.
“We are committed to bringing digital to every person, home, and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.
“Huawei is a leading global provider of ICT infrastructure and smart devices, and we provides ICT solutions and services for Oil & Gas industry.”
In order to achieve digital transformation, oil and gas companies and Huawei should cooperate with each other, focus on strategic objectives, deeply explore and optimize different business scenarios, fully collaborate to achieve continuous development of oil & gas digital architectures and platforms.
Wei observed that the Nigerian oil and gas industry has realized the urgency and value of digital transformation.
He believes that oil and gas companies are responsible for digital transformation, and the success depends on the team that is pursuing it and whether appropriate methods are found.
ICT technologies does not solve the direction and strategy of digital transformation, but can help implement the strategies effectively. Therefore, oil & gas customers need to attach importance to ICT construction, promote ICT construction into the corporation strategy, set clear objectives and directions for digital transformation, make firm investments and pursue implementation.
Faced with the ongoing volatility of international oil prices, Huawei believes that the digital transformation of Nigeria’s upstream sector is a top priority. In response to the strategy proposed by the Nigerian government and oil companies, Huawei promotes the digital oilfield IoT and E&P storage solutions, which will help oil & gas companies to achieve real-time visualized production, improve production efficiency, reduce production costs, and optimize production resource allocation to improve oilfield production.
In the upstream exploration field, high-performance network and storage devices are used to shorten the E&P data processing period and accelerate oil search. In the development and production phase, IoT and AI technologies are used to monitor the production trend of oilfields in real time, improve production, and reduce costs while leveraging IoT and big data technologies to reduce the probability of theft and damage.
On the company’s success story, Huawei has delivered multiple ICT projects in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, including enterprise informatization projects such as data centers, campus networks, and video conferences. Huawei is also working with two oil & gas customers to conduct digital oilfield IOT pilot projects. One of the projects has been completed and proved the value to the customer. It is expected to be successfully replicated across multiple oil and gas customers in 2022.
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