Complex industrial projects like commissioning new facilities or decommissioning old ones are typically resource-intensive, time-consuming, and prone to human error. However, with the integration of AI-powered solutions, these challenges are being significantly mitigated, leading to faster execution and substantial cost savings.
Bravura AI’s Plant Unity has demonstrated its transformative impact in real-world scenarios:
• Commissioning New Facilities: In a new BP facility project, Bravura AI’s Plant Unity, in conjunction with Intergraph Smart® Completions, digitally prepared the commissioning process. This reduced the project time by 50% (from an estimated 8 man-weeks to just 4), significantly cut costs, and minimized human errors inherent in manual processes. The system handled complex documentation review and identified commissioning steps for instruments, linking them to control modules and procedures.
• Decommissioning Utility Plant Equipment: In another case, Plant Unity played a critical role in a decommissioning project, achieving over 55% in cost savings compared to traditional methods. The solution enabled safe implementation even with junior engineers and facilitated easy reviews across teams using detailed spreadsheets, drastically reducing errors. This approach allowed for the efficient removal of unnecessary channels, code, and graphics without causing plant shutdowns, a high-risk scenario in manual processes.
• Control System Modernization: For an offshore oil rig upgrading its control system, Bravura AI provided automation, standardization, and reporting tools. This resulted in a 60%+ reduction in manual work and eliminated over 10% of engineers’ overhead, cutting weeks of effort in standardisation and reporting, leading to hundreds of thousands in cost savings and faster project execution.
These examples underscore how AI transforms control system migrations, commissioning, and decommissioning – reducing time, cost, and risk, while empowering engineers to focus on higher-value tasks.
