数据中心在油气数据处理和存储中发挥关键作用

中国石化新闻网讯 据油气新闻11月27日消息称，随着油气行业产生的数据量显著增加，数据管理已成为油气行业的一个重要主题，从而推动了高性能数据存储和处理解决方案的需求。尤其是上游行业，在石油和天然气加工过程中产生的大量数据中发挥了重要作用。领先的数据和分析公司GlobalData表示，为了促进对这些运营数据的高级仓储和挖掘，公司正在利用数据中心和高性能计算系统的优势。

GlobalData最新的专题报告《石油和天然气数据中心》讨论了石油和天然气业务数据量的增长如何使数据中心成为行业内数据管理的必然。

在勘探和生产活动期间获得数据有助于各公司评估项目要求和准确确定开采碳氢化合物的成本效益的钻井位置。通过将先进的传感技术与广泛部署在井口的生产设备(包括钻头、注入设备、泵和阀门)集成在一起，收集实时数据，使之成为可能。

数据中心通过为大数据管理提供解决方案，在这方面发挥着关键作用。公司正在投资建立数据中心，以获得实时处理数据的能力，并为创造收入机会、提高钻井性能和提高运营效率提供见解。

GlobalData的石油和天然气分析师Ravindra Puranik表示：“构成工业互联网生态系统的传感器和连接设备正引发来自油气行业的海量数据洪流。数据中心提供了理想的平台来积累这些数据，并应用大数据分析来监控实时性能和预测设备故障。如果发生严重的系统故障，它也可以用作备份和恢复机制。”

GlobalData的主题研究将阿布扎比国家石油公司、英国石油、埃尼、Equinor、埃克森美孚、曼斯菲尔德石油、尼日利亚国家石油公司、沙特阿美和道达尔列为数据中心主题中的主要油气公司。

数据中心是一种非常资本密集型的资产，因为它的建立、运行和维护都需要大量的成本。云计算的发展为安全、可伸缩、高性能的数据存储解决方案开辟了更经济有效的途径。

Puranik总结道：“石油和天然气公司正在利用基于云的数据中心作为传统数据中心的替代，因为它通过互联网连接方便了远程数据访问，这是对油田运营的补充。它还使石油和天然气公司能够专注于自己的核心竞争力，同时把IT系统的管理留给技术公司。”

曹海斌 摘译自 油气新闻

原文如下：

Data centers provide pivotal role in data processing and warehousing in the oil and gas industry

Data management has become an important theme in the oil and gas industry as the volumes of data generated by the industry have increased significantly, thus driving the demand for high-performance data storage and processing solutions. The upstream sector, in particular, is contributing to the bulk of the data generated from oil and gas processes. In order to facilitate superior warehousing and mining of this operational data, companies are leveraging the advantages of data centers and high-performance computing systems, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

GlobalData's latest thematic report, ‘Data Centers in Oil & Gas', discusses how rising data volumes from oil and gas operations are making data centers inevitable in data management within the industry.

Availability of data during exploration and production activities is helping companies in evaluating project requirements and accurately determining drilling locations for extracting hydrocarbons cost-effectively. This is being made possible by integrating advanced sensing technologies with a wide range of production equipment deployed on wellheads, including drill bits, injection equipment, pumps, and valves to collect real-time data.

Data centers are playing a pivotal role in this aspect by providing solutions to big data management. Companies are investing in data centers to gain the ability of processing data in real-time and generating insights for creating revenue opportunities, increasing drilling performance, and improving operational efficiencies.

Ravindra Puranik, Oil and Gas Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Sensors and connected devices that form the Industrial Internet ecosystem are triggering a massive data deluge from oil and gas operations. Data centers provide the ideal platform to accumulate this data and apply big data analytics to monitor real-time performance and predict equipment malfunction. It can also serve as a back-up and recovery mechanism in the event of a critical system failure.”

GlobalData's thematic research identifies ADNOC, BP, Eni, Equinor, ExxonMobil, Mansfield Oil, NNPC, Saudi Aramco, and Total among the major oil and gas players present in the data centers theme.

A data center is a very capital intensive asset as it incurs significant costs both to set up and then for its operation and maintenance. The advancement in cloud computing has opened up a more cost-effective avenue for secure, scalable, high-performance data storage solutions.

Puranik concludes: “Oil and gas companies are leveraging cloud-based data centers as an alternative to traditional data centers as it facilitates remote data access via internet connectivity, which compliments field operations. It also enables oil and gas companies to focus on their core competencies while leaving the management of IT systems with the technology players.”