NEWS
Oman Gas
Company
implements
Bentley solution
Sultanate signs cybersecurity
co-operation agreement with
World Economic Forum
O
man Gas Company (OGC), the principal
gas transportation company of the
Sultanate of Oman, has implemented
Bentley’s AssetWise Asset Reliability
solution. The company is leveraging the
system to automate processes such as:
ensuring the reliability, availability and
maintainability of the facilities down to
the equipment level; bad-actor analysis;
alert and email notification of equipment
condition; and automatic analysis and
notifications for operator routine duties
using handheld devices.
Fahmi Reza, Head of Reliability and
Condition Monitoring, Oman Gas Company,
said: “The auto-alert and email notification
features of Bentley’s AssetWise Asset
Reliability are enabling us to improve our
reliability growth at a significant rate of
about 9% in a year.”
The software utilises inputs to calculate
reliability and availability of an individual
asset based on an exponential reliability
model. The weekly calculations are based on
series and parallel configurations, which were
previously performed monthly by a dedicated
reliability engineer using Excel spreadsheets.
The system introduces digital workflows
using handheld devices for routine operator
duties to bridge the disconnect between
engineers and field operators by mapping
trends, monitoring operational parameters
and providing necessary technical support
remotely. It also ensures that operational
key performance indicators (KPIs) are
achieved by monitoring the compliance
status regularly.
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INTELLIGENTCIO
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he Sultanate of Oman, represented
by the Information Technology
Authority (ITA), has signed a
cybersecurity agreement with the World
Economic Forum.
The co-operation aims to explore
opportunities for building a non-
exclusive collaboration between them
towards promoting cybersecurity
and identifying potential projects to
mitigate cyberthreats.
The agreement was signed with Dr
Salim Sultan Al Ruzaiqi, CEO of ITA, and
Troels Oerting, Head of Global Centre
for Cybersecurity (GCC), at the World
Economic Forum.
Dr Salim Al Ruzaiqi, CEO of ITA, said:
“Through this agreement we seek to
strengthen co-operation between the
Sultanate and the World Economic
Forum in the field of cybersecurity
and we hope that the agreement will
contribute to enhancing the role of the
Sultanate as a developed country in the
field of cybersecurity readiness as we are
ranked first place in the Arab world and
fourth worldwide.”
Troels Oerting, Head of Global Centre
for Cybersecurity, (GCC), at the World
Economic Forum, added: “By working
with Oman we also get access to many
other countries in the region and over
the globe because Oman is known as
the Switzerland of the Middle East for its
neutral roles. I have also been impressed
by the expertise in this country in
cybersecurity so we are looking forward
to generating big projects together and
to improve security not just for Oman but
also for everybody else in the world.”
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