Where this shows up

Energy and oil & gas operations run IT and OT assets across remote rigs, plants, and field sites with limited connectivity and infrequent physical access. Central IT asset registers often reflect what was deployed at rollout, not what’s actually on-site today, making lifecycle planning and compliance reporting unreliable.

How we approach it

• Establish a discovery and reconciliation approach that works within field-site connectivity constraints.
• Build a single asset register spanning corporate, plant, and field-site inventory.
• Flag assets nearing end-of-life or out of compliance for proactive replacement, rather than reactive fixes after failure.
• Set an ownership model for site-level assets so records stay current between audits.

What changes

• An asset register that reflects what’s actually deployed in the field
• Fewer surprise failures from unmanaged end-of-life hardware
• Defensible numbers for compliance and budget planning