Enabling Integrated Operations and Work Transformation Through Technology
Digitalization is transforming the offshore oil and gas industry. Expanding networks of sensors and computing power, enhanced connectivity and the exponential growth in our ability to draw value from data will change the way we operate. Enhanced safety, improved competitiveness and a lower carbon future can all be part of the story – digitalization will drive the future development of our industry.
Energy Research & Innovation wants Canada to be the leader in safe, remote and autonomous operations in harsh and challenging offshore environments.
Digital Offshore Conference – March 25 & 26, 2025
Digitalization offers significant opportunities and benefits for the offshore energy industry to improve efficiency and reduce costs, enable development, enhance safety and reduce emissions.
In 2023, Energy Research & Innovation NL (ERI) and the Digital Oil and Gas Initiative (a partnership between techNL and Energy NL) hosted over 200 attendees at Digital Offshore ’23. During the conference, five keynotes and 45 session speakers shared industry trends, and insights on opportunities and challenges presented by the digital transformation of Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore energy sector.
SAVE THE DATE – Digital Offshore ’25: connect | innovate | accelerate: unlocking value through data and digitalization will be held on March 25 & 26, 2025, at the St. John’s Convention Centre, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Hear from experts about the digitalization of industry sectors, collaborative technology innovation, and building a digitalization-savvy labour force.
Stayed tuned to ERI’s website www.erinl.ca for registration and agenda information as it becomes available.
Sponsorship opportunities are available. Please contact us at info@erinl.ca if you are interested in sponsoring and/or hosting a booth at the conference!
Digital Offshore Canada (DOC)
The Digital Offshore Canada Project has created a platform for the development, validation and commercialization of digital twins for a range of applications in Canada’s offshore energy as well as for other ocean industries. The DOC project is also building capabilities to support the future opportunities that the increasingly digital ocean economy presents.
DOC is accelerating the digitalization of Canada’s ocean industries where users will have access to real operational data, 3D assets, and analytical tools. The project has brought together local technology companies in partnership with large scale industry members to accelerate the use of digital twins in Canada’s ocean industries. A digital twin is a virtual replica of a real-world asset or process that can deliver enhanced safety, reduced operating costs, increased production, and reduced carbon emissions through production optimization. Partner SMEs will gain from faster product design and new market and growth opportunities as a result of their participation in the project.
Energy Research & Innovation is leading the Digital Offshore Canada Project together with project partners Hatch Ltd, MNP, Virtual Marine, GRI Simulations and in collaboration with Memorial University and support from Canada’s Ocean Supercluster. Announced December 2020, DOC followed a staged approach beginning with defining the project scope, followed by project development and execution.
Digital Innovation Strategy
Digitalization is being actively embraced by the offshore sector around the world for the wide range of benefits it offers. In Advance 2030: A Plan for Growth in the Newfoundland and Labrador Oil and Gas Industry, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador lists the development of a digitalization strategy as a critical priority to support the long-term growth and development of the province’s oil and gas industry. Energy Research & Innovation partnered with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to develop this strategy for the province’s offshore oil and gas sector.
The Digital Innovation Strategy examines opportunities to enable and accelerate digital transformation through collaboration on research and innovation, workforce and supply chain development, digital skills education and training, and the development, adoption and deployment of emerging technologies (e.g., communications, cloud computing, data analytics, machine learning, robotics, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and simulation).