KNPC expands digital upgrade for efficiency
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KUWAIT CITY, June 26: The Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) has made strenuous efforts to enhance the digital transformation process in all its operations to protect assets, develop operational efficiency and maintain its competitiveness in global markets. In a statement to KUNA, Manager of Information Technology Department at KNPC Eng. Naji Al-Marri said that KNPC’s journey in the field of digital transformation and the accumulated experience it has gained since its establishment in 1960 have brought it very close to declaring itself a “paperless company.”
Al-Marri added that the company has achieved advanced levels of mechanization of its operations in its various facilities, including the main building, Mina Abdullah and Mina Al-Ahmadi refineries, local marketing, Sabhan and Ahmadi warehouses. He noted the efforts of successive generations of employees in the company that stand behind achieving this technical institutional excellence, pointing out it has given them the opportunity to present their ideas and development projects in the technical field. He explained that the company is currently moving towards building a modern digital infrastructure to accommodate artificial intelligence technologies and other technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
He stated that the digital transformation has led to improving performance of technical work in refineries and administrative departments through the use of latest modern technologies and working to simplify and unify operations and procedures in all fields of the company. For his part, KNPC Chairman of the Digital Transformation and Innovation Committees Eng. Bassam Al-Shammari said in a similar statement said that various digital transformation initiatives have been adopted by the company. He added that among these initiatives are the integrated hydrocarbon supply chain, the digital twin, smart asset management, improving current systems, smart energy management, smart monitoring, smart connected workforce, smart automation and smart procurement.
He pointed out that the company developed an operational structure for the digital transformation strategy and formed committees to manage the plans, including the Supreme Steering Committee and the Digital Project Management Office. He explained that the tasks of the Supreme Steering Committee include monitoring the progress made on established and approved operational plans and reviewing performance and achieving goals.
Al-Shammari added that the tasks of the Digital Project Management Office include providing reports of timeline, benefits, budget, achieved return, work requirements and guidance on issues and challenges that arise during project implementation. KNPC conducted the largest search for local and global markets to find the best solutions, information and partnership with local and international companies with experience in managing and implementing digital transformation projects. The company currently has a single digital community with a membership of 130 employees from various administrative and technical departments of the company, and coordinates with the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) regarding the implementation of this strategy.(KUNA)
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