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        The Future Role of Oil & Gas

        With automated digital solutions, Siemens is working with the oil and gas industry across Australia and New Zealand to plan today for a stronger, more efficient tomorrow.

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        Smart solutions to big challenges

        Today, as ever, the oil and gas market is volatile. While the industry grapples with major changes and tough decisions, Siemens experts urge businesses to look beyond this and prepare for a different future.

        Oil is still Australia’s largest primary energy source (at 37% in 2015-16), and natural gas, the cleanest fossil energy source, will continue to grow in significance. In fact, Australia is expected to become the world’s largest exporter of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) within the next few years.

        Globally, too, oil and gas will remain the backbone of our energy supply for decades to come. However, as existing operating models are increasingly challenged, new approaches are being sought to respond to market dynamics, environmental concerns, and the high costs of developing unconventional resources.

        These issues are driving technological innovation that can help the industry to keep costs low, while improving safety, reliability and efficiency.

        Focus on CAPEX and OPEX reduction

        The volatile oil price is a huge challenge for the industry. The result is geater focus on reduced CAPEX and OPEX to enable profitability in production, transportation and processing. Depleting oil fields, for example, need 4% to 5% of production to be replaced every year. It is clear that the money needed for such investment must be earned in the markets.

        Automation and digitalisation

        The digital transformation has reached the oil and gas industry. More automation and intelligence lead to significant efficiency gains and improved safety throughout the value chain and for all phases of a project. The industry is seeking the right expertise in the process of merging the digital and real worlds and for the expedient IT tools.

        Standardised and modular

        Proven solutions are needed for safe operations. Standardisation along global operations, pre-fabricated and pre-tested solutions from a single source as well as modularized concepts are strategies to mitigate project risks. Increasing complexity calls for an integrated approach. Intensifying collaboration helps optimise technical solutions and streamline project execution.

        Helping you to solve today’s challenges

        How will your business survive today's challenging oil price environment? At the forefront of technological innovation for the oil and gas industry, Siemens is transforming operational performance across the entire value chain with automated and digitalized solutions.

        Digitalisation

        Digitalisation, Industry 4.0 and IoT are all drivers in influencing the future. The oil and gas industry in the Pacific region can take bold steps toward automated, digital environments with Siemens. Find out how digitalization is changing the oil and gas industry.

        Plant Lifecycle Management

        The smooth operation of a power plant has a direct impact on productivity, profits and market share. Siemens PLM solutions offer complete assurance that processes are optimised and improvements implemented at every stage of the plant lifecycle. Find out how PLM saves time and money.

        State-of-the-art service facilities

        Service support is on hand at our two service centres in Western and South Australia. Tonsley (SA) is equipped to overhaul larger oil and gas equipment, while the $20 million facility in Perth is the most sophisticated test-bed of its kind in Australia.

        Streamlined processes for better safety

        Siemens solutions to digitalise the entire plant lifecycle with end-to-end integration are proven to improve consistency, efficiency and, most importantly, safety.

        Woodside

        Australia’s largest independent oil and gas company improves operational performance with Siemens solutions

        Santos GLNG Project

        Siemens' largest single service order ever for its small gas turbines

        Tonsley service Centre

        22% rise in productivity compared to benchmark facility

        Single-source supplier

        Start-to-finish solutions

        Delivering one solution for the entire value chain – from production to transportation to processing – increases productivity and makes businesses more competitive in an over-supplied market.

        Siemens has invested more than 40 years in adding value, efficiency and innovation to the oil and gas industry. Following the acquisition of Dresser-Rand and the Rolls-Royce Energy gas turbine and compressor business, Siemens has completed the loop on its portfolio to act as a single-source supplier to the industry for all mission-critical technology.

        Our aim is to better support customers in the Pacific region who want to improve their businesses with digitalisation and automation but need to reduce their project risk and total-cost-of-ownership.

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        • Automation Technology
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        • Digitalization
        • Electrification
        • Lifecycle Management
        • Water Solutions
        • Industrial Communications
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