Case Study  ·  Technology Scouting

Sampling that runs on its own.

A major oil and gas producer with global operations wanted to understand autonomous sampling and tracer technologies. Prescouter completed 3 Intelligence Briefs, identified more than 25 vendors and set up three-way meetings with 5 technology providers.

The Client

The client is a major oil and gas company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration and production with global operations. It wanted a clear landscape of autonomous sampling technologies for its sector.

The Challenge

Know the technology.
Meet the makers.

The client needed a landscape of autonomous sampling and tracer technologies, covering commercial offerings, technologies under development and the main methodologies currently applied.

  • Methods

    Main methodologies

    How sampling is done today.

  • Maturity

    Commercial and emerging

    Ready now and in development.

  • Players

    Vendors and startups

    Who leads the space.

Our Approach

A full landscape, then face to face.

Vendor landscape
25+vendors identified

Map the players

White papers, case studies and press releases revealed vendors and startups across the space.

Intelligence Briefs
3Intelligence Briefs completed

Compare the options

Each Brief compared technologies, industry players and technologies under development.

Three-way meetings
5technology providers met

Connect the teams

Prescouter set up meetings between the client, each technology provider and the Prescouter team.

The Outcome

A portfolio of options, and direct access.

Prescouter gave the client a portfolio of commercially available technologies and innovative ones under development, with the potential to be deployed at industry scale. Three-way meetings with 5 technology providers gave the client deeper insight into each offering and opened communication with their research groups.

  • Portfolio

    Commercial technologies

    Ready for industry-scale use.

  • Pipeline

    Emerging solutions

    Developments worth tracking.

  • Access

    Provider relationships

    Direct lines to 5 providers.

Automation in field sampling is moving fast. The harder question is which approach fits a given operation, and who can deliver it at scale.

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