据钻机地带网站11月15日消息称，数据分析公司GlobalData表示，3D打印技术有望成为油气行业的重要组成部分。

在一份新的报告中，该公司透露，预计该技术将获得“进一步的市场渗透”，并指出，该技术“在石油和天然气行业实现生产率增长方面具有巨大潜力”。

GlobalData在其网站上表示：“企业发现自己正处于更换、改造和维护大部分设备和实体基础设施的关键阶段。3D打印技术可以大大改善这些流程。”

该公司补充说：“3D打印制造零部件的能力不仅可以加快流程，而且可以使它们更具成本效益。”

GlobalData网站强调，3D打印已经在建筑、航空航天和汽车行业产生了“重大影响”。 在其网站上，该公司将3D打印描述为“一项正在兴起的技术，它将彻底革新和改变许多行业流程”。

根据GlobalData的网站，该公司在全球最大的行业中创造了可信的资讯。该公司成立于2016年，是几家数据和分析提供商的合并。

本月早些时候，该公司透露，油气行业正见证虚拟现实技术在其价值链上的大规模部署。

曹海斌 摘译自 钻机地带

原文如下：

3D Printing On Track to Become Vital in Oil and Gas

3D printing is on track to become a vital component within oil and gas, according to data and analytics company GlobalData.

In a new report, the company revealed that the technology is expected to gain “further market penetration” and noted that it has “tremendous potential in the oil and gas industry in delivering productivity gains”.

“Companies find themselves at a critical stage of replacing, retrofitting and maintaining large portions of their equipment and physical infrastructure. 3D printing technology can significantly improve these processes,” GlobalData states on its website.

“3D printing ability to manufacture spare parts would not only speed up processes, but make them much more cost-effective,” the company added.

GlobalData’s website highlights that 3D printing has already made “significant impact” in the construction, aerospace and automotive industries. On its site, the company describes 3D printing as an “up and coming technology set to revolutionize and seriously disrupt processes for many industries”.

GlobalData creates trusted intelligence on the world’s largest industries, according to its website. The company was formed in 2016, following the consolidation of several data and analytics providers.

Earlier this month, the company revealed that the oil and gas industry is witnessing wide-scale deployment of virtual reality technology across its value chain.