Doris Group, Schneider Electric and AVEVA agreed on July 17 to develop a strategic partnership to deliver digital twin technology for the upstream oil and gas markets. These new solutions will support the goals of oil and gas organizations to improve asset performance, increase sustainability and maximize return on capital on projects.

The three companies will combine offerings to bring engineering capabilities, an asset lifecycle software solution and digital specialization in order to create a fully formed digital twin to serve as a backbone for improving performance for the upstream sector.

The new solution will bring new assets on stream faster through the use of cloud-enabled software that improves collaboration and increases engineering efficiencies, deliver enhanced safety leading to better business outcomes, improve traceability through a single point of accountability and enable remote operations and production assurance through a fully functional Living Digital Twin that mirrors all aspects of the operating asset 

Oil and gas owner-operators have struggled to go digital due to the lack of a structured offering and orchestration as no single vendor currently delivers what is required to achieve this. Large amounts of data of various types, from different sources, is another challenge they face, often leading to data inaccuracy and incompatibility, as well as difficulties in organizing that data and identifying trends.

Similarly, the oil and gas sector is under considerable pressure to quantify, track and reduce CO2 emissions as well as reduce overall pollution—this can be even more difficult with limited monitoring, no established method and no data-driven decision making.

Together, Doris, AVEVA and Schneider Electric will offer a structured digital and collaborative solution across the lifecycle of projects that will help oil and gas owner-operators address many of these challenges.

“Doris Group is excited to be strategically partnering with Schneider Electric and AVEVA in this unique venture which will allow us to accelerate the building out of our digital transformation strategy. Combining our complementary expertise will go a long way to providing a powerful enabler to offer our customers embarking on their digital transformational journeys with optimized solutions throughout their assets lifecycle,” Christophe Debouvry, CEO of Doris Group, said.