OpeOluwani Akintayo
Lagos — In addition to providing high-quality ICT solutions and services, Huawei said it is actively supporting the Nigerian government in building a talent ecosystem.
Li Wei, Director of Huawei Nigeria Enterprise Business during a media chat in Abuja, said till date, the company has signed ICT academy agreement with over 110 Universities and schools, trained more than 1,000 government civil servants and 40,000 young students in Nigeria.
“We hope to build a strong talent base camp to promote Nigeria’s digital economy development”, he said.
According to him, Huawei is ready to collaborate with all industry players to grasp historical opportunities, and drive industry development through digital transformation.
“We are committed to bringing digital to every person, home, and organisation for a fully connected, intelligent world.
In order to achieve digital transformation, the firm called for cooperation with oil & gas companies, adding that there should be focus on strategic objectives, deep exploration and optimisation of different business scenarios, and full collaboration to achieve continuous development of oil & gas digital architectures and platforms.
“The Nigerian oil and gas industry has realised the urgency and value of digital transformation. Huawei believes that oil and gas companies are responsible for digital transformation, and the success depends on the team that is pursuing it and whether appropriate methods are found.
“ICT technologies does not solve the direction and strategy of digital transformation, but can help implement the strategies effectively. Therefore, oil & gas customers need to attach importance to ICT construction, promote ICT construction into the corporation strategy, set clear objectives and directions for digital transformation, make firm investments and pursue implementation”.
Faced with the ongoing volatility of international oil prices, Huawei said it believes that the digital transformation of Nigeria’s upstream sector is top priority.
“In response to the strategy proposed by the Nigerian government and oil companies, Huawei promotes the digital oilfield IoT and E&P storage solutions, which will help oil & gas companies to achieve real-time visualized production, improve production efficiency, reduce production costs, and optimize production resource allocation to improve oilfield production”.
In the upstream exploration field, high-performance network and storage devices are used to shorten the E&P data processing period and accelerate oil search, while in the development and production phase, IoT and AI technologies are used to monitor the production trend of oilfields in real time, improve production, and reduce costs while leveraging IoT and big data technologies to reduce the probability of theft and damage.
Based on Nigeria Oil & Gas industry situation and pain points, Huawei released three scenario-based ICT solutions:
Digital Oilfield IoT for Upstream production: using Huawei’s leading eLTE technology to realise broadband network coverage in oilfield areas, helping operator obtain wellhead production data in real time, improving O&M efficiency and increasing single-well yield.
These include E&P (exploration and production) storage for Upstream Exploration: The unified high-performance exploration cloud and storage platform shortens the exploration data processing time, to find out oil quicker and more precisely.
Intelligent Pipe monitoring for midstream: Huawei-developed fiber vibration intrusion warning system uses AI to identify intrusion scenarios accurately with high identification precision, accurate positioning, and quick response, helping to ensure pipeline safety and reduce theft and vandalism.
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