Crescent Petroleum implements advanced SAP Oil & Gas solution

Crescent Petroleum, based in Sharjah, has rolled out a specialised Oil & Gas solution tailored to its operations, provided by global technology firm SAP.

This implementation is part of Crescent Petroleum’s broader solutions roadmap, which began in 2020 with the initial phase. At that time, it became the first company worldwide to deploy SAP S/4HANA Oil & Gas Model Company 1809, integrating essential functions such as plant maintenance, procurement, project systems, finance, human resources, and health, safety, and environment (HSE).

Achieving operational efficiency

The second phase was delivered through a hybrid approach, where activities such as solution workshops, user acceptance testing, and cutover were conducted on-site, while the build phase was managed remotely.

Ravi Kumar, chief corporate officer of Crescent Petroleum and board member of the Crescent Group, said, "Having completed the Phase 1 of the SAP roadmap in a record eight months, we set out to integrate Crescent Petroleum's operations, providing a seamless flow of data, from Wellhead to Customer, in Phase 2. The benefits are significant as we have integrated data across disparate parts of the plant, allowing us to seamlessly integrate plant systems with SAP systems and ensure a single source of truth across the company."

Kumar added that digitising the processes has accelerated Crescent Petroleum's broader objectives of determining real-time visibility of information across the entire company and providing insightful data for a range of digital initiatives planned for the future.

Sergio Maccotta, senior vice president of SAP Middle East & Africa - South, said, "We enjoy a strategic relationship with Crescent Petroleum, which is a strong advocate of 'best practice adoption' in the Oil & Gas industry, as confirmed when it won the SAP Quality Gold Award for best implementation in 2021 for Phase 1 of this project.

"A large part of the success of Phase 2 has been due to the close collaboration of all the team members involved. The result is an integrated solution delivering relevant and reliable data, streamlined processes, enhanced operational efficiency and easily managed reporting for compliance purposes. This plays a crucial role in the next phase of Crescent's digital transformation."