Digital transformation is increasingly getting imminent in every facet of our life and in our eco-system. Data driven Industry is becoming a house-hold word in the corporate sectors. In the low oil and gas price environment and sharp drop in the cost of installing renewable sources of energy Industry, It has become important and imperative to provide greater focus into stricter cost control in the CAPEX and OPEX of the offshore oil and gas assets/facilities joining the bandwagon of Industry – 4.0 revolution that aims to institutionalize the digital environment adopting emerging technologies such as wireless pervasive sensor, IoT, Big Data, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Artificial intelligence etc. The Digital Twin is one such technologies that would help manning the Asset very effectively in almost all respects providing myriads of benefits. It was named one of Gartner's Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017 (Reference –1).

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