Dubai - based jack - up rig contractor Shelf Drilling has upgraded its technology to the cloud , following a collaboration with Microsoft gold partner ventures . It completed installation of cloud infrastructure across all 34 rigs in 18 months , reducing Shelf Drilling 's IT costs by 22 % . The technology allows the rig to manage local operations , while also using satellite links to send data from each rig to its core systems .
Dubai-based jack-up rig contractor Shelf Drilling has upgraded its operations to the cloud, following a collaboration with Microsoft gold partner LiveRoute. It completed installation of cloud technology across all 34 rigs in 18 months, reducing Shelf Drilling's IT costs by 22%. The system allows the company to operate local infrastructure, while also using satellite links to send data from each rig to its core systems.