Cloud Computing: IBM Watson gets smart in the oil refinery business

May 28, 2015 Off By David

Grazed from ComputerWorld. Author: Joab Jackson.

Australian energy company Woodside Energy hopes to strike a gusher in its own backyard — a gusher of information, that is. The company plans to improve the efficiency of its refinery plants by using IBM’s Watson cognitive computing services to gather and share insights from its own engineers.

Woodside "wants to take the knowledge of their senior engineers and make it available, with the support of Watson, to a broader range of employees," said Ed Harbour, IBM vice president of the company’s Watson Group. The two companies will partner to create a search engine, or "cognitive advisory service," that can be used by Woodside’s engineering teams to ask complex questions about facilities management and design, according to IBM…

Energy companies such as Woodside must routinely revamp production facilities to improve their efficiency…

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