Equinor proudly states that digitisation is changing the company . Since 2017 , it has maintained an ambitious R & D campaign to develop digital technologies for the industry , setting aside almost $ 300mn in funding . Equinor ’ s vision includes the easy exchange of data , developing a corporate culture which fosters tech innovation , enhancing safety through analytics and introducing robotic process automation to allow human staff to focus on qualitative tasks ( the company lists some of the offshore robots it uses / has used ). In addition to robots , Equinor is also developing app-based automated drilling , which it estimates could save billions in operational costs . “ Imagine if you could develop an app for ABS braking , another to help you park , and another one for GPS — and then put them all on a drilling rig ,” the company states on its website . “ We ’ re doing just that , and it could revolutionise drilling .”

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