Abstract
This study examines the automation and software solutions in the oil and gas
market and provides forecasts over the period 2003 to 2013. For the purposes
of this study, the market has been divided into six product segments
programmable logic controllers, distributed control systems, Supervisory
Control And Data Acquisition , manufacturing execution systems, industrial
asset management solutions and advanced process control. The world market is
divided into four geographic regions North America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East
and Africa), Asia Pacific, Rest-of-World (Russia, South America and others).