Asset integrity solution centre manager at the Oil and Gas Technology Centre Rebecca Allison believes that technologies such as Total’s autonomous robot have the potential to free up workers for higher skilled jobs by taking over more tedious or dangerous tasks: “Robotics has the potential to transform the offshore oil and gas industry. French major Total E&P is developing the oil and gas industry's first -ever autonomous surface robot, capable of undertaking inspections, reading and recording measurements and detecting anomalies. The prototype will be tested at Total's Shetland Islands' gas treatment plant at the end of 2019 , with a view to international roll-out from 2020 . Total's Shetland Islands' estimates the inspection robots market will grow at an between 2018 and 2026 rate of 17.3% the end of 2019 .
French major Total E&P is developing the oil and gas industry's first -ever autonomous surface robot, capable of undertaking inspections, reading and recording measurements and detecting anomalies. The prototype will be tested at Total's Shetland Islands' gas treatment plant at the end of 2019 , with a view to international roll-out from 2020 . Total's Shetland Islands' estimates the inspection robots market will grow at an between 2018 and 2026 rate of 17.3% the end of 2019 .