IoT for Smart Operations in the Oil and Gas Industry FARHAN HUSSAIN, RAZIN (PHD CANDIDATE, UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE, LAFAYETTE, LA, USA),MOKHTARI, ALI (RESEARCHER, HIGH-PERFORMANCE CLOUD COMPUTING (HPCC) LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE. LAFAYETTE, LA, USA),GHALAMBOR, ALI (FORMERLY PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE, LAFAYETTE, LA, USA),AMINI SALEHI, MOHSEN (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS, UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE, LAFAYETTE, LA, USA)