Sales, partnerships, deployments …

CGG/BP. Elsevier/MapStand. FutureOn/Tracy Energy. Getech/GeoMark. Ikon Science/Amazon Web Services. Schlumberger/Microsoft. UP42/CATALYST. Aker Solutions/Equinor. DyFlex Solutions/LTI. Wison Engineering/Saudi Aramco. Ecopetrol/AspenTech. Bilfinger/LANXESS. Asystom/Archer. Chromalloy/VELO3D. Phillips 66/Crux OCM. Equinor/Fieldmade. Halliburton/Kuwait Oil Company. mCloud Technologies. mPrest/Microsoft. Petrofac/Repsol/Sinopec/TechnipFMC. Accenture/Ripjar/Shell. OMV/SAP/Accenture/IBM. Aker Solutions/aiZe/Cognite. Emerson/EU Clean Hydrogen Alliance. Equinor/SSE Thermal. ABB/Siemens Energy/Equinor.

Upstream

CGG has secured three major seismic imaging projects from BP, two for the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, and one for offshore Trinidad & Tobago. CGG is to use its CGG Cloud supercomputing technology for seismic imaging with its Geovation software.

Elsevier has announced the integration of MapStand data layers and news into Geofacets, its information solution for geoscience professionals in oil and gas, mining and renewable energy companies.

FutureOn has appointed Tracy Energy as its representative in China. The companies are also to collaborate on software development including a reservoir twin for production.

Getech and GeoMark are to share geoscience expertise, products and services. Through the alliance reservoir engineers, geoscientists and petrophysicists will be able to navigate comprehensive E&P lifecycle data.

Ikon Science has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for its next-generation knowledge management solution, Curate, which is built on the AWS implementation of the OSDU Data Platform.

The Schlumberger Enterprise Data Management Solution for the OSDU Data Platform, a new industry standard for energy data, running on Microsoft Azure, is now available for global customers.

UP42 and CATALYST have partnered to deliver CATALYST InSAR processing block on the UP42 marketplace and developer platform.

Construction

Aker Solutions has secured a ‘substantial’ contract including EPCI of new equipment for Equinor’s Åsgard B gas and condensate platform offshore Norway.

DyFlex Solutions and LTI have formed a strategic alliance to provide EC&O (engineering, construction and operations) companies with a ‘tailored and enhanced’ ERP solution.

Wison Engineering has secured an EPC lump-sum contract from Saudi Aramco for a gas processing project in the Shaybah oil field in Saudi Arabia.

Downstream

Ecopetrol is to implement Aspen Generic Dynamic Optimization Technology (GDOT) software as part of its digitalization initiative to improve refining margins at its two refineries in Cartagena and Barrancabermeja and is upgrading to Aspen DMC3 advanced process control software in the Barrancabermeja refinery.

Bilfinger is to use its PIDGraph to digitize piping and instrumentation diagrams for LANXESS, a German chemical company.

Operations

Asystom and Archer have partnered to commercialize Asystom’s predictive maintenance technology. The first deployment was made for Total ABK on a platform offshore from Abu Dhabi (UAE). Asystom has also entered into a technological alliance with Apollo, a UK-based engineering and technology consultancy, for lifetime facility monitoring.

Chromalloy has selected VELO3D Sapphire as their additive manufacturing solution for future maintenance, repair & operations projects in aviation and energy.

Phillips 66 has chosen Crux OCM’s pipeBOT for a pipeline control center operations pilot.

The Equinor & Techstars Energy Accelerator and Fieldmade have developed a digital inventory ecosystem for the energy sector inventory supply chain.

Halliburton is to help Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) on its digital transformation journey through the maintenance and expansion of digital solutions for the North Kuwait Integrated Digital Field.

In Q4 2020, mCloud Technologies has announced it had added 4,692 connected assets to its AssetCare portfolio a 45% year-on-year increase. Total asset count now stands at around 60,000.

mPrest has joined Microsoft’s global independents software vendor partner ecosystem. The collaboration will leverage the flexibility of cloud capabilities and the power of SaaS to deliver mPrest’s orchestration and optimization platform on Azure to leading energy companies.

Petrofac, Repsol Sinopec Resources UK and TechnipFMC have formed an alliance to maximize the recovery of oil and gas from the UKCS, leveraging Technip’s iFEED front-end engineering and design solution and its iEPCI integrated subsea business model.

Accenture and Ripjar are collaborating with Shell on AI-based risk screening across the global supply chain.

OMV has successfully completed its first SAP S/4HANA Go-Live for OMV Corporate as part of the group wide S/4Future Program, the largest in its history. OMV leveraged a dual vendor strategy with Accenture and IBM as implementation partners.

Aker Solutions, aiZe and Cognite have initiated a large-scale digital initiative in the NOAKA development area. Cognite’s Data Fusion will be deployed in a new ‘EurekaX’ digital organization.

Emerson has joined the EU Clean Hydrogen Alliance (ECHA) to support the goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, as outlined in the European Union’s European Green Deal.

Equinor and SSE Thermal have partnered to jointly develop two first-of-a-kind, low-carbon power stations in the UK’s Humber region, comprising one of the UK’s first power stations with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, and the world’s first 100% hydrogen-fueled power station.

ABB and Siemens Energy have secured an estimated value at around NOK 4.5 billion framework agreements from Equinor to provide service of electrical equipment on all Equinor’s installations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) and onshore plants in Norway. The scope is expected to require about 100 man-years in Norway.

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