{"id":77554,"date":"2015-07-23T18:45:47","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T22:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-08-15T16:15:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T20:15:55","slug":"british-petroleum-connects-oil-rigs-to-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/british-petroleum-connects-oil-rigs-to-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"British Petroleum Connects Oil Rigs to Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"British<\/a>In one of the stupidest moves outside of the U.S. gooberment lately, British Petroleum (BP<\/strong>) has connected<\/strong> 650 of its oil wells<\/strong> to the “Industrial Internet.” The same BP that spilled 4.9 million gallons of oil<\/a> into the Gulf of Mexico<\/a> in 2010, now plans to connect 4000 oil rigs<\/a> around the world to the Internet, via the Internet of Things<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"BP<\/a>An article<\/a> at FierceBigData<\/a><\/em> says that by connecting its wells to the Internet of Things (IoT), BP engineers will gain real-time access to common machine and operational data sets. The aim is to use the data to make better decisions, improve efficiency, prevent failures and reduce costly downtime.<\/p>\n

Kate Johnson, General Electric<\/a> (GE<\/a>)\u00a0Intelligent Platforms Software<\/a> CEO and GE<\/a> Chief Commercial Officer who is running the project for British Petroleum said in a\u00a0statement to the press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

…\u00a0our strategy is simple: Get Connected. Get Insights. Get Optimized. By connecting BP’s oil wells around the world, we’re giving them access<\/strong> to better insights that can ultimately drive new efficiencies in their oil fields and increase oil production.<\/em><\/p>\n

Apparently, GE’s software will allow BP to capture, store, contextualize and visualize data in real-time.<\/p>\n

\"Internet<\/a>The author clarifies that “Industrial Internet” is a term GE dubbed for Internet, there are just more things connecting to it. And many of the same problems will grow as a result, namely security issues<\/strong><\/a> and data breaches<\/a><\/strong> galore. Here’s hoping BP and GE are careful to build security in from the ground up<\/strong> and not an add-ons afterthought. Hopefully, there were lessons learned from the Internet’s earlier days.<\/p>\n

rb-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The latest IoT insecurity is that Chrysler<\/a> cars with U-Connect<\/a> can be cyber-tagged from miles away. I have covered IoT insecurity issues for a while here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and<\/a> here<\/a>. With all of that in mind..<\/em>…<\/p>\n

Like the author says, hopefully, GE gets it right, because BP’s track record is abysmal. IF they don’t get it right, economic terrorists could use flaws in the IoT to cut off oil production from these wells to drive up the cost of oil from other wells in the middle-east. Ecological terrorists could use these same flaws to blow up oil rigs like what happened at Deep Water Horizon<\/a> in 2010\u00a0and contaminate all the Gull of Mexico or the Alaska North Slope or Africa or Saudi Arabia<\/a>. What would happen if they were able to blow up all 4,000 wells due to<\/a> weaknesses<\/a> in the <\/a>IoT<\/a> stack<\/a>?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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