原标题：壳牌与Subsea 7签署数字化转型合作协议
中国石化新闻网讯 据世界石油网站2月18日报道 Subsea 7油气田寿命业务子公司 i-Tech 7和壳牌国际勘探与生产公司已经签订了一份加速海底数字化的合作技术协议，为期五年，从2019年第四季度开始。
该协议将有助于快速实现创新，简化在海洋机器人、先进传感、人工智能和自主系统等领域应用技术的采用，以应对该行业在提高安全性、成本效益和可持续性方面面临的挑战。
i-Tech 7高级副总裁史蒂夫?怀斯里表示：“数字化是我们战略的核心，我们正在继续扩展我们的数字化能力和产品，以加强我们的市场地位，并为客户提供更高的价值。”
“这一合作关系扩大了我们与壳牌的持续合作关系，以提供海底现场服务。两家公司对安全、高效和优化的离岸业务有着共同的愿景，这种合作关系将有助于加快数字资产完整性管理服务的开发和部署，以支持壳牌在该地区的离岸资产。”
壳牌负责油井、深水和地面工程技术的副总裁克里斯蒂安?乔治表示：“通过提高我们的生产力、可靠性和性能，以及降低资产成本，数字化将支持壳牌成为世界级的投资案例。我们很高兴与Subsea 7的油田寿命业务部门在技术开发领域建立强有力的运营伙伴关系。”
乔治补充道：“他们在深水资产整个生命周期的技术开发和运营专业知识的组合将帮助我们加快这些转型技术的部署”。
王磊 摘译自 世界石油
原文如下：
Shell, Subsea 7 ink five-year digital transformation program
i-Tech 7, Subsea 7’s Life of Field business unit, and Shell International Exploration & Production, Inc, have entered into a collaborative technology agreement to accelerate subsea digitalization, initially for a period of five years from the fourth quarter of 2019.
The agreement will help fast-track innovation and streamline the adoption of applied technologies in areas such as marine robotics, advanced sensing, artificial intelligence and autonomous systems to address the industry’s challenges to improve safety, cost-efficiency and sustainability.
Steve Wisely, Senior Vice President for i-Tech 7, said "Digitalization is core to our strategy and we are continuing to expand our digital capability and offering, to strengthen our market position and deliver enhanced value to our customers.
“This partnership extends our on-going relationship with Shell for the provision of subsea life of field services. Both companies share a common vision for safe, efficient and optimized offshore operations and this partnership will help accelerate the development and deployment of digital asset integrity management services to support Shell’s offshore assets in the region.”
“Digitalization will support Shell to become a world-class investment case by improving our productivity, reliability and performance as well as reducing the costs of our assets,” said Christian George, Shell Vice President of Wells, Deep Water and Surface Engineering Technology. “We are delighted to extend our strong operational partnership with Subsea 7’s Life of Field business unit into the area of technology development."
"Their mix of technology development and operational expertise across the life cycle of deepwater assets will help us accelerate the deployment of these transformational technologies,” added George.
