SBM Offshore and Cognite to collaborate on AI for floating production

Over the past 18 months, SBM Offshore has worked with Cognite to establish a robust, AI-ready data foundation using Cognite Data Fusion®. Now, SBM will scale the platform to unify and standardise fragmented datasets from across the full asset lifecycle. From engineering to operations, it provides teams with instant access to actionable insights, eliminating manual data consolidation and creating a consistent, shared understanding across the fleet.

By making work processes increasingly data-driven and AI-enabled, the companies are laying the groundwork for greater automation and smarter decision-making. The data foundation also paves the way for the advanced use of Cognite Atlas AI™, a low-code industrial AI agent workbench that will give SBM Offshore experts powerful predictive and analytical capabilities.

“At SBM Offshore, we are committed to achieving excellence through a culture of continuous improvement. Our partnership with Cognite empowers us to industrialise the use of data-driven insights, refining each step of our FPSO lifecycle and elevating fleet performance to higher standards of safety, efficiency, and reliability,” said Øivind Tangen, CEO at SBM Offshore.

The initial phase of this collaboration is already showing promising potential for SBM Offshore to:

• Prioritise maintenance: Use AI to predict and protect the availability of critical FPSO components and spare parts.
• Reduce unplanned downtime: Gain real-time, risk-based insights into FPSO operations to prevent disruptions.
• Optimise lifecycle costs: Prioritise interventions and apply continuous learning from operational anomalies and events.

“SBM Offshore’s ontology-driven approach is an excellent example of how creating an AI-ready industrial data foundation enables real, measurable impact,” said Dr. John Markus Lervik, Founder of Cognite. “By unifying complex industrial data and linking reliability models, SBM Offshore is combining wide access to contextualised data with deep domain expertise to modernise maintenance, reduce downtime risk, and create a scalable blueprint for digital operations. Cognite is proud to partner with SBM Offshore as they expand AI and data-driven work processes across their fleet.”

This collaboration supports SBM Offshore’s broader digital ambition to harness industrial data and AI to establish its leadership in offshore digitalisation. Together with a strategic partner like SLB, both SBM Offshore and Cognite are expanding a wider digital ecosystem where AI-driven solutions can scale faster and deliver greater impact across the offshore industry.

Image: Øivind Tangen, CEO at SBM Offshore.

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