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AR technology in the design of oil and gas field surface engineering: Applications and prospects

Haoli Cheng, Zhongmin Liu, Fengfeng Cai, Lianlai Zhang, Xiaotian Ma, Xueyi Sun, Jingmin Hu, Peng Wang

Article ID: 1641
Vol 3, Issue 2, 2022

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Abstract

Wearable devices based on Augmented Reality (AR) technology can overlay computer-generated images into the real world, whereas simulation is applied to enable users to view the real world with an overlay of digital data. In the past 10 years, AR technology has moved from research laboratories to gradually a wide range of commercially available technologies for its use in the medical, manufacturing, industrial design, entertainment, marketing and military applications. This review includes an overview of AR wearables in the last 5 years including its development milestone and application cases, where specifically, some successful application cases and implications of AR technology in the oil and gas industry in the past five years are reviewed, with the aim of discussing the aspects of AR technology applications in the design of oil and gas field surface engineering, from station and line designs to its use in supporting construction. Since AR technology can provide real-time information, it will have a non-negligible application prospect in the whole lifecycle of oil and gas field surface engineering from design to operation and maintenance and will occupy a place in the digital transformation of the oil and gas industry.

Keywords

augmented reality; oil and gas field surface engineering; wearable devices; digital transformation

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54517/wt.v3i2.1641
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