AVEVA has acquired the intellectual property rights to the engineering design database and design productivity software known as EDD and PDMSi, developed by Royal Dutch Shell plc subsidiary Shell International Exploration and Production Inc.
The EDD solution tool has been developed by Shell to improve project efficiency by automating design processes that would lead to time and cost savings. The PDMSi application layer has been proven to reduce drawing production time by up to 85 per cent on past Shell Deepwater projects.
Cambridge, U.K.-headquartered AVEVA was the first to pioneer the concept of the digital asset. The agreement sees the company draw on its 3D visualization and digital data management expertise to further enhance the software both for Shell and other operators.
AVEVA will extend the EDD and PDMSi improvements and efficiency gains into its standard software portfolio to be made available to every plant operator and the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies that serve them. The software is applicable across a number of engineering industries including oil and gas and marine to pharmaceuticals, chemicals, power, mining and pulp and paper.
Shell and AVEVA have been at the forefront of digital innovations for decades, collaborating on the research and development of state-of-the-art 3D design solutions and intelligent visualisation software to create, manage and maintain physical assets, AVEVA said.
AVEVA’s vision is that for every physical asset, there should be a digital asset or digital twin. Such digital twins help improve the concerned assets’ operating efficiency by improving data quality and consistency throughout the asset life cycle.
“The majority of Shell’s upstream offshore and downstream operating assets were designed using AVEVA technology. Now, we are building on our strong foundations of proven project success and increased operational efficiency by extending our shared capabilities further still,” Steen Lomholt-Thomsen, chief revenue officer, AVEVA, said in a statement.
“Collaboration between world-class companies is crucial if we are to drive innovation in the oil and gas sector and create a safer and more efficient industry. AVEVA’s entire software portfolio can be used by EPCs on Shell capital and operational projects and may be used within the Shell ProjectVantage ecosystem platform,” added Bert Natalicchio, Shell VP Engineering & SMART.
