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Baker Hughes Delivers Largest Remote Operations Solution in Support of Aramco’s Ongoing Digital Transformation
Digital project delivers data management and insights across Aramco’s entire drilling fleet, making it the largest deployment in Baker Hughes’ history
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nDigital project delivers data management and insights across Aramco’s entire drilling fleet, making it the largest deployment in Baker Hughes’ history \n\n\nCross-training of local talents and a new digital remote center create a foundation for transformation\n\n\n DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nBaker Hughes (NYSE:BKR) announced it has deployed its industry-leading remote operations digital technology across Aramco’s drilling operations, encompassing 200+ sites, the largest deployment of its kind in Baker Hughes’ history.\n\nBuilding upon Aramco’s existing industry-leading data management infrastructure and capabilities, this project provides the company with a single solution that covers data aggregation from the edge; real-time, unified data streaming and visualization; data management; software development services; rig-site digital engineers; and monitoring personnel. The project supports Aramco’s ongoing efforts to further drive digital opportunities and initiatives and to enhance operating performance and reduce emissions.\n\nBaker Hughes’ technology, delivered through the WellLink solution, includes the following benefits that build on Aramco’s current digital capabilities:\n\n\nRemote monitoring personnel receive faster, higher quality, standardized, real-time data delivered through a modern user experience, enabling enhanced well monitoring and management.\n\n\nField-based personnel have access to a unified view of wellsite operations from all providers on location, enabling effective and proactive mitigation of drilling hazards.\n\n\nOffice-based personnel have easy access to current and historical well data for quick visualization and benchmarking, enabling proactive operations management with a direct line to the wellsite.\n\n\nBy connecting all drilling sites with an integrated solution, Aramco enhances its view of its drilling operations in real time. Following the contract award to Baker Hughes in 2020, the combined teams worked in close collaboration and deployed the technology 50% faster than originally planned, despite working under pandemic conditions. Baker Hughes teams conducted more than 400 onshore and offshore trips across 350,000 kilometers (217,480 miles) to install rig-site edge devices and integrate data streaming, monitoring and visualization capabilities into Aramco’s existing digital...