Overview

The growing proliferation of data, new data sources within an increasingly volatile business environment are slowly but steadily disrupting decision cycles across the energy industries. Yet, making better and faster decisions, that can be executed perfectly, every time, is vital for delivering superior results which can be sustained.

This technical talk will discuss how ‘KBC Upstream Digital Twin’ can break this siloed approach but still keep individual subgroup boundaries and responsibilities intact. Based on the philosophy of ‘One Model, Many Uses’, KBC Upstream Digital Twin provides a unique platform underpinned by unified thermodynamics that can be used over the entire lifecycle of an asset.

KBC Upstream Digital Twin not only creates a seamless workflow within an organisation for efficient project delivery but also acts as a single source of truth with improved visibility of information during facility operation. Continuous real time monitoring in automated fashion offers proactive advisory to reduce undesired downtime and enhance / sustain production in safe manner.

Speaker

Russell Byfield, Global Simulation Business Leader, KBC Advanced Technology

Russell has over 25 years’ international experience in the oil and gas, petroleum and process industries. He has been directly involved in refining, oil and gas field development, reservoir engineering, process facilities design, commissioning and operations, fabrication and construction and since 2000 has focused on consulting and the modelling, analytics, digitalisation and optimisation of conventional and unconventional oil and gas field development and operations.

Russell has extensive leadership experience running a number of diverse consulting, engineering, technology and software businesses:

• Chairman and Director; ASX - listed company
• Chairman of Society of Petroleum Engineers Queensland
• MD and Cofounder of an Engineering and Management Consultancy firm
• Vice President Asia Pacific of an international software firm
• General Manager WA of an international engineering firm
• Project Management of local and international projects

Russell has presented many papers at international conferences such as APPEA, the New Zealand Petroleum Conference, SPE URTeC and opening key note speaker at Future Mining. He has a chemical engineering degree with honours from Adelaide University, is a Fellow of Engineers Australia and is the past chair of the Queensland Branch of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He is also a Chartered Professional Engineer, registered in petroleum and chemical engineering.

The material presented in this webinar has not been peer-reviewed. Any opinions are the presenter's own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the Oil and Natural Gas Special Interest Group. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.

The meeting will be delivered at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (meeting room tbc) with the online part being delivered by Teams.

Time

18:00–19:15 MYT.

Software

The presentation will be delivered via Microsoft Teams. We recommend downloading the app from the Microsoft website, rather than using the web portal.

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You are advised to join the webinar at least ten minutes before the scheduled start time, to allow for your computer to connect.

Webinar archive

This webinar is free of charge and open to all to attend, but if you wish to access the slides and a recording to replay on demand then you will need to be a member of the Oil and Natural Gas Special Interest Group.

Disclaimer: IChemE will not be storing or controlling any data linked to this event.