![Icon of Pipeline Engineers](/annualreport/2016/images/icons/pipelineengineer.png)
7.
Pipeline Engineers
can anticipate failures before they happen.
With Watson’s cognitive abilities, specialists for oil and gas companies can now predict and prevent pipeline failures almost a week in advance. IBM business partner SparkCognition is using Watson to analyze thousands of pipeline sensors, and monitor cracks, vibrations, overheating and other factors. Engineers are now able to predict and address pipeline failures as early as six days in advance, 24x better than before.