Review assesses GIS use for enhancing efficiency in oil and gas operations in Nigeria, suggesting significant implications for production.
The methods and equipment used to explore oil and gas are essential elements that require improvement. In Nigeria, scarcity of resources and several overhead costs often increase the cost of petroleum exploration and production, making the application of information technology to obtain real-time information a necessity. This paper reviews the application of a Geographic Information System (GIS) as an effective alternative to optimise long-term solutions during oil and gas activities. A desktop review was carried out to ascertain the global oil and gas operations and applications of GIS. The keywords used during the search included the use of GIS in the oil and gas industry, case studies of GIS in the upstream industry, and oil and gas operations. Findings from this research reveal that due to the complexity and incertitude of quantifying technological risks, some oil companies prefer to deploy technologies that are easy to manipulate and have a high record of successful applications with well-established risk profiles. The paper, therefore, concludes that GIS enhances intelligence and efficiency in oil and gas recovery, which in turn helps operators maximise production. .
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