- [Rob] The core purpose of BP
is all about sustainability
and, in particular,
reaching net zero carbon by 2050.
This requires a rewiring of
the planet's energy systems
for everyone, which is a mammoth task.
- The combination of real time data
from our operations along
with machine learning models
and artificial intelligence
will provide key insights
into our operations
to help us become a safer
and more efficient business.
This will be a key
enabler in our transition
from an international oil company
to an integrated energy company.
- Our mission is to provide
heat, light and mobility
to customers all over the world.
So we've been working
on this for a long time,
but until we started
working on Connected BP 2.0
with Microsoft on their
digital twin technology,
we still hadn't landed on
what the best technology was
and the best combination
of how we should do this going forward.
Plus the working relationships
and the culture between the two teams
has really made this a big, big success.
We wanted the first use
case to be fully aligned
with our joint sustainability goal.
The assets selected
for this first use case
was Clair Ridge oil and gas facility
west of Shetland in the Atlantic margin.
The digital twin of the
Clair Ridge facility
was built to calculate
real-time carbon intensity
and energy efficiency of
the facilities processes.
- We've managed to look
at the spinning reserve
to see how we could reduce
the spinning reserve,
reduce carbon emissions
from power generation.
If this was rolled out across BP assets,
we have the opportunity
to reduce emissions
by around 500,000 tons of
CO2 equivalent per year.
And by using this digital twin
to look at both past data,
but also predict future
data, it's invaluable.
- [Rob] The ultimate
intent of this use case
is to create carbon aware operations
for BP's production facilities globally.
Azure provides scalability,
security and the IoT hub
had over 250 billion data signals
a month coming in from BP.
- And it's just not
possible for a single person
to review all that data.
The other bit that gets me really excited
is how deep we can go
into the digital twin.
And I think we've really
just scratched the surface.
- [Rob] The technology that Microsoft have
and we're working with,
there's no limits to it.
Frankly, the limit is in our own mindset
and actually what we can
think of as human beings.
Just feels so energizing to know that
we're working on something
that means so much to us,
to the rest of the world,
and certainly to the company.