The harsh, remote landscape of Alaska’s North Slope does not evoke thoughts of digital transformation. “Carlo had an inkling that 3D printing could really change the game.”Mathur, who held tech chief roles at Staples and Biogen before coming to ConocoPhillips in 2021, is referring to Carlo De Bernardi, a principal engineer at ConocoPhillips responsible for scaling the company’s adoption of 3D printing. To understand 3D printing’s value proposition in this region, says De Bernardi, you must first appreciate the extreme operating conditions. On Alaska’s North Slope, about 250 miles from Fairbanks, lies Kuparuk (pictured above). Yet this site is home to one of ConocoPhillips’s three major development programs in the state, and central to its operations are the company’s gas turbines.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 14, 2023 11:14 UTC