These are found not only on fixed and floating offshore facilities but also in land plants.
As well as the describing complexity of these systems, the report covers their useful life, the configuration of the infrastructure and interfaces with various types of networks.
The latter include communication protocols from instruments/sensors up to the management and control level (human-machine interface).
A further topic addressed is the development of the industrial internet of things (IIoT) and other trends, and their possible impact on such systems when they are connected to the network structure.