Conceptual system dynamics model and system archetypes on security improvement in integrated operations for the oil and gas industry
Year: 2006
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The oil and gas industry are moving into Integrated Operations which will reduce costs,\nincrease production and extend the lifetime of mature fields. They are going to achieve this\nthrough better utilization of drilling and production data, and close collaboration between\noffshore and land based personnel.\nTraditional offshore operations (e.g. drilling production, delivery, etc.) are going to be\ncontrolled by onshore control centers, using ICT solutions, and in collaboration with sub\ncontractors and other business partners.\nThis new way of working creates new work processes that have great information security\nimplications. A security incident such as a hacker attack or a virus can for example lead to\nloss of control of systems or failure of control systems. Some implications can be costly\ndowntime, injuries or loss of life.\nA conceptual model of a generic oil and gas company has been created and simulations have\nbeen run showing the behavior of the system when incidents happen. These incidents affects\nthe resilience of the system, and if severe or if the company does not have proper management\npolicies in place, the system can move into an undesirable state.\nThe main conclusion is that it is important for management to keep a focus on and allocate\nenough resources for pro active work such as information security. This is especially valid\nwhen the system has been hit by an incident and its resilience can be weakened. If not done\ncorrectly the system can go into an undesirable state of under performance.\nThese insights are shown in system archetypes.
Author: Lars Slåtsveen Breistrand
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2462195171