Keep natural gas flowing with analytics

The Power of Data

Last week, I had the honor to moderate the OSIsoft 2014 user conference in San Francisco. Over 2000 professionals came together to discuss the value and use of real-time data across different industries. There were a ton of really interesting and inspiring customer presentations. It’s just amazing to see how much companies rely on analytics these days to keep their operations running and/ or to improve their situation.

Combating the Polar Vortex

One of the keynote presentations of the conference really stuck out and I want to share the content with you. Columbia Pipeline Group (CPG) operate close to 16000 miles of natural gas pipelines in the US. Keeping the gas flowing reliably and safely is not easy to begin with. But doing that during the polar vortex that struck the East Cost of the US earlier this year is even harder. CPG turned to real-time data and analytics to keep their assets safe. The benefits of using data are tremendous as outlined in Emily Rawlings’ presentation:

  • Estimated $ 2.8M in savings from event (outages etc.) prevention
  • Increased customer confidence
  • Improved asset reliability
  • Expanded operational visibility.

If you have a few minutes to spare, take a look at Emily’s cool presentation:


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  1. Andrew Lord

    Excellent blog, I intend to share this with some of my gas transmission clients in the UK.