The Cost Effective Digital Oilfield - Unmanned: Can your rig go it alone? The age of the almost completely automated offshore rig and service vessel is coming closer. But there’s no need to mourn the passing of roustabouts and roughnecks just yet. There’s a long way to go before rigs run themselves, as Vaughan O’Grady reports following discussions with Rolls-Royce, RigNet, NSR, and Sky Futures.