The successful ARPEL Program for Skills Acquisition in Smart Technologies for Industry 4.0 was completed in mid-July.

The training, which began virtually on March 19 and combines theoretical and practical aspects, was attended by professionals from Ancap, Coga, Enap, Pan American Energy, Petroperú, Recope, Tecpetrol, TGN, Sinopec, Tullow Oil, and Total.

The Program reviewed the definitions, terminology, fundamentals, and algorithms used in data capturing, storage, processing, and analysis technologies enrolled in what are now known as IIOT, BI, Big Data, Analytics, Statistics, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence, applied to solving practical problems in the energy and process industry.

Artificial Intelligence became a competitive factor for the oil & gas industry, and its solutions go through the entire chain: upstream, midstream, and downstream.

The training is in charge of Instructor Estanislao Irigoyen, who has developed a career working as a Business Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Mining researcher and analyst in several companies of the sector as well as in state agencies.

According to Irigoyen, the implementation of these technologies allows us to improve processes, increase productivity, minimize risks, and reduce costs.

The final papers from two groups of this ARPEL Program edition were selected for the 2nd Virtual Conference “Digital Revolution and Technological Innovation for Oil & Gas,” organized by the Argentine Institute of Oil & Gas, IAPG.

One of the groups is formed by John Vera from Petroperú, Javier Genaro from Sinopec, and Tiffany Bayly from Tullow Oil. The second group is formed by Mariela González from Ancap and Luisa Quesada from Recope.

For more information about this Program, please write to cursos@arpel.org.uy