AMSTERDAM/PHOENIX - October 2nd - SBM Offshore, the global leader in floating production (FPSO) solutions, and Cognite, the global leader in Industrial AI, today announced an acceleration of their strategic collaboration. This new initiative deploys the Cognite industrial AI and data platform across SBM Offshore's entire Brazilian fleet, leveraging unified AI and data to significantly enhance operational efficiency and fuel further innovation in floating production systems.
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 standardize 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 industrialize 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:
- Prioritize 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.
- Optimize lifecycle costs: Prioritize 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 contextualized data with deep domain expertise to modernize 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 digitalization. Together with SLB as a strategic partner, 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.
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About SBM Offshore
SBM Offshore is the world’s deepwater ocean-infrastructure expert. Through the design, construction, installation, and operation of offshore floating facilities, we play a pivotal role in a just transition. By advancing our core, we deliver cleaner, more efficient energy production. By pioneering more, we unlock new markets within the blue economy. More than 7,800 SBMers collaborate worldwide to deliver innovative solutions as a responsible partner towards a sustainable future, balancing ocean protection with progress. For further information, please visit our website at www.sbmoffshore.com.
About Cognite
Cognite makes Generative AI work for industry. Leading energy, manufacturing, and power & renewables enterprises choose Cognite to deliver secure, trustworthy, and real-time data to transform their asset-heavy operations to be safer, more sustainable, and profitable. Cognite provides a user-friendly, secure, and scalable industrial data & AI platform that makes it easy for all decision-makers, from the field to remote operations centers, to access and understand complex industrial data, collaborate in real-time, and build a better tomorrow.
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SBM Offshore Media Contact
Giampaolo Arghittu
Head of External Communications
Tel: +31 (0) 6 212 62 333
Email: giampaolo.arghittu@sbmoffshore.com
Cognite Media Contact
Michelle Holford
Global Vice President of Public Relations, Cognite
Email: michelle.holford@cognite.com