SBM Offshore and Cognite Partner to Scale AI Across Brazilian FPSO Fleet to Cut Downtime and Costs

SBM Offshore and Cognite expand AI and data collaboration to optimize FPSO operations

News | 02 October 2025

SBM Offshore is scaling its partnership with Cognite by deploying Cognite's industrial AI and data platform across its entire Brazilian FPSO fleet. The goal is simple: unify data, speed up decisions, and raise operational efficiency across engineering and operations.

What's new

Over the last 18 months, the teams built an AI-ready data foundation using Cognite Data Fusion®. The next step unifies and standardizes fragmented datasets across the full asset lifecycle so field and onshore teams see the same facts, in context, without manual consolidation.

Why it matters for operations

Data-driven workflows cut delay from routine tasks, reduce handoffs, and create a single source of truth for maintenance, integrity, and production teams. The foundation also enables Cognite Atlas AI™, a low-code AI agent workbench, giving experts predictive and diagnostic tools they can apply directly to day-to-day decisions.

"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," said Øivind Tangen, CEO at SBM Offshore.

Early operational focus

• Prioritize maintenance: Use AI to predict and protect the availability of critical FPSO components and spare parts.
• Reduce unplanned downtime: Apply real-time, risk-based insights to prevent disruptions.
• Optimize lifecycle costs: Target interventions and learn continuously from 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."

How it will be rolled out

The platform is scaling across SBM Offshore's Brazilian fleet with shared ontologies, reliability models, and context-rich data to align engineering, maintenance, and operations. Teams will gain risk-based monitoring, faster root-cause analysis, and closed-loop learning that feeds future interventions.

Strategic context

This effort supports SBM Offshore's broader digital ambition to lead offshore digitalization. Together with a strategic partner like SLB, SBM Offshore and Cognite are growing an ecosystem where AI-driven solutions can scale across the offshore industry. Hear more from SBM Offshore at Cognite's Industrial AI and Data Conference Impact 2025.

If you're new to FPSOs, see an overview here: What is an FPSO?

Learn more about Cognite's industrial data and AI platform: cognite.com

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About SBM Offshore

SBM Offshore is a deepwater ocean-infrastructure expert. The company designs, builds, installs, and operates offshore floating facilities that enable cleaner, more efficient energy production and new opportunities in the blue economy. More than 7,800 employees collaborate globally as a responsible partner focused on safety, performance, and ocean stewardship.

About Cognite

Cognite makes GenAI work for industry. Energy, manufacturing, and power and renewables companies use Cognite to deliver secure, trustworthy, real-time data and transform asset-heavy operations to be safer, more sustainable, and profitable. Explore the platform at cognite.com.

Media contacts

SBM Offshore
Giampaolo Arghittu, Head of External Communications
Tel: +31 (0) 6 212 62 333
Email: giampaolo.arghittu@sbmoffshore.com

Cognite
Michelle Holford, Global Vice President of Public Relations
Email: michelle.holford@cognite.com