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The Digital Age and the Age of Gas are often discussed separately, however there are a variety of forces are bringing them together. In this presentation, I discuss the intersection through expanding network synergies, the ability to drive greater asset productivity, how it will change the nature of work for different categories including field engineers, the implications for regulation as the accuracy and access to monitoring technologies increases and finally how convergence can support greater energy system resiliency.
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Digital Age and the Age of Gas
Peter Evans, PhDVice President
Center for Global Enterprise
April 16, 2013
Sam Nunn Policy Forum
Georgia Tech Research
Institute Conference Center
Energy defines every decade
1970s
2000s1980s
Oil Shocks
Energy Security
1990s
Reagan/Thatcher
Deregulation
Climate Change
Carbon control
Source: Evans, 2012
Digital Age meets Age of Gas
Big data &
the cloud
emerge
+
Age of GasDigital Age
Expanding network synergies
Strategically located
liquefaction plant
investment of $15 to $20
billion could displace up
to 30% of transport diesel
Fueling infrastructure a key to linking networks
Micro-LNG plant
Natural gas liquefaction
plant producing up to
250,000 gallons per day
Sources: EIA, Office of Oil & Gas and CSX, 2013
Rail + natural gas + trucking
US power plant fleet
Data source: Platts, 2013
6,670* Natural gas plants
• less down time
• better fuel economy
• Improved system coordination
Digital benefits
* Out of a total of 23,290 power plants
Improved asset productivity
Transformation of workDigital technologies will augment field service engineers
Change regulatory dynamicsRise of low cost leak detection and mapping technology
Methane leaking from the fracked oil fields of
Kern County, California measured with the
Picarro spectrometer
New Monitoring Capabilities
Accurate
Low cost
Easy to deploy
Mobile
Reports data directly into
Google maps
CH4
Source: Picarro, 2014
New demands for resilienceHurricane Sandy exposed energy infrastructure vulnerabilities
~$1 trillion in US damages, 1980-2012
Source: NOAA, 2013
Policy makers have
been highly critical of
inadequate utility
preparedness and
response
Enable more resilient energy systems
Natural gas infrastructure
Digital technologies
+
Joining capabilities
Resilient
Sustainable
infrastructure
+
Building next generation resilient-sustainable infrastructure
Digital Age + Age of Gas
Regulation
Asset
productivity
Network synergies
Work
System
resilience
US energy
system
Digital Age and Age of Gas
Peter Evans, PhDVice President
Center for Global Enterprise
April 16, 2013
Sam Nunn Policy Forum
Georgia Tech Research
Institute Conference Center
