KUALA LUMPUR (April 12): Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas), which is partnering UK-listed IT firm AVEVA Group plc in the former's digital transformation push, said Malaysia’s national oil company is continuously looking to create value with disruptive technologies that offer optimum solutions. 

"Utilising AVEVA Unified Supply Chain software, we have been able to adopt a more integrated business process, that optimises our productivity, allowing us to deliver with less,” said Petronas vice president of refining and trading Yusri Yusof in a statement on Friday (April 9).

Petronas has jointly issued the statement with AVEVA.

The statement said Petronas has partnered industrial software specialist AVEVA to provide a modern enterprise solution that promotes integration across Petronas’ entire value chain.

“Petronas selected AVEVATM Unified Supply Chain in the cloud to enable simplified business processes and deeper collaboration, while reducing value leaks and sustaining productivity,” the statement said.

According to the statement, AVEVA solutions have helped four Petronas refinery and petrochemical sites improve safe operations while finding the best utilisation for feedstock. 

The technology also ensures the resulting production plan matches the real plant optimisation and reduces the gap between planning and scheduling, as well as actual refinery operations, the statement said.