June 2020, Vol. 247, No. 6

Tech Notes

Global Pilot Launched to Secure Greater Trust in Digital Twins

Research company DNV GL issued an international call to oil and gas operators and the supply chain to pilot a methodology that will prove whether the data generated by digital twins can be trusted, and if the technology is delivering value.  Digital twin can address lacking information management by providing an increase in real-time data. A digital twin is a complete 360-degree replica of a physical asset such as pipelines, gathering systems, heat exchangers, turbines, pumps, compressors or entire plants that enables modeling of process and control, and monitoring of equipment health. Companies manufacturing hardware across the oil an