Intelligent Process Automation for Oil and Gas A complex array of factors place significant and uncertain competitive pressures on oil and gas companies, regardless of where they reside in the pipeline (upstream, midstream, downstream, or integrated). Some factors, of course, are difficult to manage directly or respond to quickly, such as ongoing “The upstream segment of oil and gas is also known as exploration and production, or E&P, because it encompasses activities related to searching for, recovering, and producing crude oil and natural gas.” Aryanto R., Puput, 2017, Introduction to Oil and Gas Industry Upstream Midstream Downstream, slide share presentation; EKT Interactive The oil industry is a massive and complex in nature. It is divided into three segments, i.e., upstream, midstream and downstream. Upstream is the very first step in the oil industry followed by the midstream and downstream. Further this upstream involves a series of operations that include