A Whole Lot of Structural Integrity Tools

Aker BP is already using AI to shape the future of its subsea infrastructure integrity management. The company plans to more than double its subsea infrastructure by 2027 and is moving toward a new operational paradigm.

“Our vision is to deliver world-class operational performance with high production efficiency, low environmental discharges, and low costs,” says Camilla Leon, VP Subsea, Aker BP. “We believe we can achieve this by liberating and sharing data, applying automation and advanced analytics, and building a common situational awareness across our ecosystem of partners and internal stakeholders.”

Leon is a board member of Elementz, a software-as-a-service company that is supporting that vision with its integrity management software. Elementz CEO, Jason Brown, says structural integrity and inspection is undergoing a fundamental transformation, moving from traditional time-based strategies to data-driven approaches. This evolution is being accelerated by advances in real-time monitoring, autonomous inspection, and predictive analytics.

For Elementz, the change is best understood through the lens of its Blue Digital Ecosystem, an interconnected digital infrastructure where data, systems, and stakeholders work seamlessly together. “Integrity is no longer an isolated discipline,” says Brown. “It is becoming an intelligent, always-on layer that connects inspection gathering technologies, asset data, and decision-making across