Muscat – Energy giant Shell International will have its Production Universe (PU) software integrated with Oman-based company iNNOVATEQ’s Nibras platform.

The union will ensure an easier, faster and enhanced workflow for asset management and production optimisation. The partnership will start rolling from September in several countries around the world.

The partnership between the two companies was inked during a press conference at InterContinental Muscat on Thursday.

Speaking about the integration with Shell International, Dr Riyadh Moosa, CEO at iNNOVATEQ, said, “We look forward to enriching our offerings with this collaboration to assist petroleum operators in accelerating their digital transformations by offering PU on Nibras.”

He added that Nibras has been engineered with LEAN methodologies, which have been utilised for over a decade in wells, reservoir and facilities management in the oil and gas industry. “It is an agile, customer-focused solution enabling platform to modernise and automate daily operations while proactively driving decisions using data insights.”

Established in 2017, iNNOVATEQ (Innovation Technical Solutions) specialises in digital transformation and IT solutions development with several solutions and platforms to its credit, including Nibras for the oil and gas industry.

Nibras is currently being used by 3,000 users in 17 technical and business disciplines to manage over oil 8,000 wells and more than 11,000 pieces of surface facility equipment. Nibras delivers significant business value to its clients by reducing HSE risk and saving engineers and operators time by 40 per cent.

On the occasion, Wim Servaes, CTO at iNNOVATEQ, said, “This collaboration will unlock the full value of PU in Shell International as it links the technology of PU to the integrated asset management platform of Nibras to facilitate more accurate prioritisation and faster initiation of asset actions to address deferments and optimisations.”

According to Paul Paterson, data and global workflow lead at Shell International, the energy giant’s aim in integrating the PU software with iNNOVATEQ’s Nibras platform is to sustain PU with cutting edge technology while reducing operating expenditures and expanding the value of PU within Shell International.

PU is a state-of-the-art software with real-time analytics application for the management of wells in oil and gas production operations. It is currently deployed over a range of Shell operated production assets from deep water to onshore.

Mohammad Sweidan, CCO of iNNOVATEQ, said, “The collaboration with Shell International will bring the industry an outstanding solution that enables customers to leverage their operational data to generate and sustain significant value. We leverage over 20 years of experience to help our clients fast track their own digital transformation journeys by focusing on what works, how to ensure wide adoption and how to sustain the business gains,” he said.