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In the energy sector, downtime and outages have serious implications. One study estimated that more than 90 percent of U.S. refinery shutdowns were unplanned. A McKinsey’s survey found that, due to unplanned downtime and maintenance, rigs in the North Sea were running at 82 percent of capacity, well below the target of 95 percent, because, although they had an abundance of data from 30,000 sensors, they were using only 1 percent of it to make immediate yes-or-no decisions regarding individual rigs.

In December 2017, a hairline crack in the North Sea Forties pipeline halted production that cost Ineos an estimated £20 million per day. In contrast, Shell Oil used predictive maintenance and early detection to avoid two malfunctions, saving an estimated $2 million in maintenance costs and downtime.

AI can capture data across all rigs and other operations and production systems to apply predictive models that can quickly identify potential problems, order the required parts, and schedule the work when physical maintenance is required.