Cognite has announced that its Data Fusion platform has achieved compliance1 with DNV’s 2020 recommended practice for the ‘Qualification and assurance of digital twins’ a.k.a. DNV-RP-A204. The RP was originally developed in collaboration with TechnipFMC and is said to be an oil and gas industry first benchmark for building and operating a digital twin. The qualification was a joint initiative with Norwegian operator Aker BP.
Paula Doyle, Chief Digital Officer with Aker BP said, ‘Cognite Data Fusion’s open Industrial DataOps is the leader in data integration for industrial digital twins. In our Yggdrasil development we are operating the field to ensure high efficiency and low emissions. We are talking about remotely controlled operations, unmanned production platforms, technology and data-driven decisions and work processes. The certification strengthens our confidence that CDF will help us reach our ambitious goals for Yggdrasil.’ A recent webinar from S&P Global has it that Cognite Data Fusion is a ‘leader across 20 assessed digital twin providers’. More from Cognite.
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1) We were curious to know exactly what ‘compliance’ meant given that DNV is both providing the RP and certifying the user. Does this mean that DNV is assuming risk as ‘independent assurance and risk management provider’? The folks at DNV kindly provided the following which we have summarized.
DNV has traditionally conducted independent assessments of hardware systems and components like oil and gas facilities, pipelines, offshore wind and power grids. Our view is that the digital transformation is key to safeguarding energy supply while decarbonizing and electrifying society. As the energy industry becomes more digital there is an increasing need to assure digital solutions. As a response to this challenge, DNV together with the energy industry, has developed the sector’s first methodology for quality assurance of digital twins, DNV-RP-A204. […] We have used a team of experts on software development, digitalization, cyber security, energy systems and organizational models to independently assess Cognite Data Fusion (CDF) to verify if it is in compliance with DNV-RP-A204. DNV’s liability for the assessment of CDF, like all other independent assessments and verification carried out by DNV, is governed by the contract between DNV and our client (Cognite). Risks and warranties of using CDF will be governed in the contracts between Cognite and their respective clients.
Read the full response from DNV here.
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