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“Research from Inmarsat Enterprise , which surveyed 125 global energy businesses , revealed that 60 % are aiming to use IoT to improve the efficiency of how they use resources ”
— Gary Bray , Director of Energy Innovation , Inmarsat rates , alerting management if there are any anomalies or issues so they can be resolved much faster . Quicker resolution reduces the impact on profits of leaked oil and gas , as well as the cost of environmental rehabilitation .”
Industrial IoT will be essential for any energy company to truly improve sustainability and CSR whilst also bolstering health and safety of the entire workforce maintains Bray : “ Collecting accurate , real-time data from pipelines , environments and workers , which often run through areas of limited mobile coverage , can be a real challenge for energy businesses if they do not have a reliable , global connectivity solution in place . To guarantee they have constant visibility over their infrastructure , energy businesses must ensure that they have integrated satellite connectivity into their IoT communications network .”
Inmarsat ’ s efforts have seen it honoured as a sustainability champion in the international cooperation category of the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society ( WSIS ) Prizes 2018 . Under the UK Space Agency International Partnership Programme ( IPP ), Inmarsat is currently leading three project that use satellite connectivity to
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