Upstream operators today face growing operational complexity driven by asset diversity, legacy infrastructure, rising operating costs and increasing data volumes. Manual workflows and fragmented IT/OT environments often slow decision-making, elevate downtime risk and limit the ability to scale best practices across fleets.
This webinar will explore how autonomous operations -when deployed through a practical, edge-to-enterprise approach, can help upstream organizations accelerate detection-to-decision-to-action cycles while maintaining governance and control.
Drawing on real-world operational experiences, Honeywell will outline how layering intelligence on top of existing control systems enables continuous optimization, exception-based surveillance, and closed-loop execution across well pads and facilities.
Attendees will learn how autonomy can be economically scaled across heterogeneous assets without disruptive rip-and-replace investments. The discussion will highlight how edge-based optimization, enterprise analytics, and standardized operating playbooks work together to reduce lease operating expenses, improve workforce productivity, and strengthen operational resiliency.
The session also will outline a phased roadmap for moving from pilots to repeatable, fleet-wide deployments -delivering measurable production and cost outcomes from the field to the boardroom.
Agenda
Understand where autonomous operations create the highest value in upstream assets
Learn how to connect edge execution with enterprise decision support
Explore a scalable approach to reducing LOE while improving reliability and performance
Vineet Lasrado
Vineet Lasrado is the Global Leader for oil and gas automation and digital solutions at Honeywell Process Automation. He works with oil and gas customers on adoption of industrial control systems, software applications as part of their journey towards autonomous operations.
Vineet has over 25+ years experience working with international majors and national oil companies on their Digital Field projects encompassing subsurface and surface workflows in production domain. His career includes delivering projects for customers including BP, SHELL, ENI, ADNOC, KOC, Qatar Energy, and oilfield service companies SLB and Halliburton.
Simone Liedtke
Features Writer, Oil & Gas Middle East
Simone Liedtke is a Dubai-based features writer with nearly a decade of experience covering technical and industrial sectors. Having previously written for engineering and mining publications in South Africa, she now focuses on the Middle East’s oil, gas, energy and utilities landscape, translating complex industry developments into clear, accessible and engaging content. Through her work, Simone is committed to making technical conversations easier to understand, helping connect industry experts with a wider audience of informed and curious readers.