Oil and gas needs to stop dragging its feet on digitising safety functions

It's no secret - oil and gas industry leaders acknowledge they have been slow to embrace digital technologies. A recent Boston Consulting Group report sums it up well: "The oil and gas industry is not an easy place to go digital." Digitisation brings with it the promise of improved safety and efficiency, yet many companies still have a long way to go. It may be surprising to learn that some businesses even lack the technology to locate their workers ‒ which has clear and potentially dire implications for emergency situations. This is partly because most of the industry is still deeply rooted in 20th-century methodologies, systems and processes.