Digitalization empowers businesses to standardize access to data and analytics and ultimately enables informed decision-making across the organization. Making the right strategic decisions can be very challenging when managing a complex and critical infrastructure such as a gas distribution network. Furthermore, the quality of the models used to optimize investment plans is only as good as the data used to inform them.  In this session, we discuss tools that are used in the gas industry to organize data on large asset bases, identify potential risks, and forecast the effects of future investments such as leak repair and pipeline replacement. We will highlight examples of models that have been developed within specific regulatory frameworks and operational constraints. Furthermore, we will discuss scenarios where a complete and up-to-date view of methane leakage at the asset level can be used to inform and optimize investment strategies and ensure environmental stewardship and health & safety goals are met.

Moderator: Sean MacMullin, PhD, Senior Director of Software and Data Analytics, Picarro

Panelists: John Batterson, Network Asset Engineer, Cadent Gas
Daniel Mills, Spatial data analyst at ICS Consulting
Riccardo Coccia, Application Operations, Italgas