Antecedents of internet of things adoption in oil and gas industry

Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the top digital topics recently emerging within the oil and gas industry. According to several definitions of IoT, everything should be interconnected and linked to each other. For IoT to emerge from the conceptual level and become a reality, organizations must be ready to invest and adopt this new technology. Several studies have showed the potentials that IoT holds for the industrial sector. However, IoT is still not properly adopted across various organizations in various industries, including the oil and gas. We conducted an extensive literature review on several databases to identify the antecedents of IoT adoption in the oil and gas industry. This study aims to identify the antecedents of IoT adoption in oil and gas industry from different literatures and present the research model. This paper will help the organizations in oil and gas industry to understand the antecedents of IoT adoption; and spur the research community to delve into more research on IoT adoption.