Norwegian software program firm Aize AS is increasing its strategic collaboration with Aker BP to incorporate a Software program-as-a-service (SaaS) settlement for all related amenities.
The continuation of the prevailing improvement partnership entails implementing Aize for Aker BP’s topsides, thereby enhancing effectivity throughout initiatives and operations, Aize mentioned in a information launch.
Aize is a cloud-based workspace that can permit Aker BP to visualise asset fashions in 2D or 3D, enhancing collaboration between engineers internally and between Aker BP and its companions. It is going to allow the corporate to collaborate internally and externally and orchestrate core processes inside one shared workspace. Aize can be utilized in each mission execution and asset operations, lowering prices and rising effectivity.
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Aize and Aker BP have targeted their mixed improvement efforts on two areas: growing a digital twin that goals to assist the present wants of as we speak’s brownfield initiatives and supporting the event of the product to swimsuit Yggdrasil asset operational wants, which is the most important ongoing improvement on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
In the meantime, the Skarv floating manufacturing, storage and offloading unit (FPSO) has adopted Yggdrasil in using Aize for platform visualization and collaboration. This marks the primary Aker BP brownfield facility to probably profit from Aize’s options.
The collaboration between the engineering, procurement, and building (EPC) and operations phases, as demonstrated by Aker Options, Aker BP, and Aize in Yggdrasil, showcases the potential for brand spanking new methods of working in each brownfield and greenfield initiatives, enabling simpler entry to data throughout programs, functions, and domains, Aize mentioned.
As a part of the SaaS settlement, the 2 events will proceed to work intently to facilitate optimum implementation and adoption by focused customers.
Aker BP CIO Thomas Hoff-Hansen mentioned, “Adopting the SaaS mannequin is the pure subsequent step in strengthening the strategic partnership between Aker BP, Aize and Cognite. Immediately, we start utilizing an answer co-developed as a real partnership to generate worth for our enterprise. We’ll proceed our fast-moving digitalization journey and alter how we work within the phases of initiatives and operations in our business”.
Aize CEO Jarle Skrebergene mentioned, “This can be a important milestone for our collaboration with Aker BP. Working intently with their specialists has given us entry to competence and expertise that has been invaluable in growing our product. Increasing our settlement confirms how Aize is proving market match nationally and internationally, and underlines Aker BP’s steadfast dedication to evolving their digital agenda”.
Aker BP and Aize first introduced their collaboration in April 2022.
“For the reason that inception of Aize, we have now had a terrific relationship with Aker BP. Aker BP’s skill to stability visionary, forward-looking considering with a practical and sensible strategy has all the time impressed me. We hope this varieties the start of a longstanding partnership the place Aize can, in collaboration with Cognite, additional strengthen Aker BP’s place as an business frontrunner in digitalization and environment friendly operations – and by affiliation not solely throughout the oil and gasoline sector,” Skrebergene mentioned in an earlier assertion.
“To this point, we have now piloted the Aize product with a number of the largest vitality firms on this planet, we’re making progress in absolutely digitalizing mission administration by the NOA-Fulla mission, and we’re cementing partnerships within the renewables sector. These efforts create a powerful basis for constructing a workspace that can change how folks work all through the vitality business, additional amplified with Aker BP’s partnership,” Skrebergene added.
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