Contract signed for seawater lift pumps

In 2018, the two companies, along with technology company Cognite, began a digital pilot project for predictive maintenance of the seawater lift pumps on the Aker BP-operated Ivar Aasen field. Following the successful conclusion of the pilot, the maintenance contract has been signed and covers all five field centres where Aker BP is operator.

“A considerable effort has been made on the part of Aker BP and Framo to establish a full-fledged smart contract,” said Aker BP head of operations and field development, Kjetel Digre. “The contract represents a huge step within digitalisation and predictive maintenance. Going forward, algorithms and sensor data will help us to increase uptime and reduce maintenance on our seawater lift pumps.”

The contract has a duration of six years, with an option for an additional six years and marks a milestone as Aker BP and pump supplier Framo take the digital pilot work one step further into a long-term collaboration using Aker BP’s smart contracts where compensation is determined by the systems’ reliability and performance.

Since the first smart contract was signed 18 months ago, large volumes of data have been sent back to the mainland. Digital dashboards have now been developed based on sensor data from Cognite Data Fusion and algorithms from Framo.