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The EY Digital Operations Services team helps Oil & Gas and Chemicals leaders achieve operational excellence and sustainable growth through combining business and digital innovation. By reimagining processes, operating models and leveraging advanced technologies and AI alongside strategic alliances, we help reimagine operations for long-term competitive advantage, safety excellence and profitability.
What EY Digital Operations Services can do for you
Because of the complex and rapidly evolving business and technology landscape, the energy industry is seeking resilient strategies to redefine operations and drive sustainable growth. The EY Digital Operations Services team brings industry experience, technology expertise and innovation mindset necessary to navigate these challenges effectively.
Our approach is tailored to address the unique technical and operational challenges you face, leveraging a robust digital operations strategy to deliver strategic insights and optimal outcomes. As trusted advisors, the EY Digital Operations Services team collaborates with you to address the following questions:
How can leaders and teams harness new digital and AI capabilities and innovation in the industry ecosystem to reimagine operations?
What is the future of operations? How do we transition our brownfield assets to autonomous operations profitably?
What strategic approaches within operations drive the ultimate integration of other business areas within a business unit that then creates additional competitive advantage?
How do we embed and scale business excellence and digital in processes, ways of working and culture? How can we build a business minded digital workforce at the front lines?
How can you grow while driving operational excellence, top tier safety performance and sustainability across your operations portfolio?
Focus areas
We empower subsurface leaders to redefine strategies by leveraging digital capabilities that enhance resource recovery and enable data-driven decisions. Our solutions integrate cutting-edge technologies to modernize workflows and boost operational efficiency. Our “Subsurface transformation” capabilities include:
Business transformation strategy, business case and roadmap development to define the field of the future
Post acquisition business integration strategy, roadmap and implementation services – operating model, processes, systems and data
Remote operations models to step towards autonomous operations
Sensors to insights, AI journey including process reimagination, digital and data twins development and implementation to unlock competitive advantage
Strategic field emissions and energy management
We reimagine development planning in upstream and new energies by integrating digital intelligence to navigate technical, commercial and organizational complexities. This approach enables smarter, more agile decision-making. Our “Intelligent development” capabilities include:
Select stage performance enhancement advisory
Advanced analytics for opportunity generation and well planning
Unconventional factory model enablement to enhance development efficiency
Integrated technologies for greater visibility and performance
We shape the future of oilfield services and equipment by leveraging data-driven strategies, digital enablement, next-generation manufacturing and supply chain optimization to elevate service quality and maximize value. Our “NextWave oilfield services and equipment” capabilities include:
Business transformation targeting productivity and profitability
Data-driven operational excellence
Digital maintenance and reliability management
Integrated operations planning
Next-generation manufacturing
We help capital projects organizations enhance delivery performance, modernize core capabilities, and scale efficiently. Through strategic recalibration, advanced technology integration, and smarter execution models, we enable our clients to delivery capital projects faster, more efficiently, and with sustained competitive advantage. Our next-gen capital project capabilities include:
Strategic Advisory- We reshape how organizations approach capital project development – identifying early-stage risks, redefining delivery models, and infusing outside-industry thinking to strengthen planning, alignment, and performance from the start.
Execution Enablement – Our focus is on bringing innovation to the field in ways that are practical, timely, and impactful. From modularization to advanced construction methods, we enable faster, more agile project execution and unlock measurable productivity gains.
Digital Innovation- We integrate data-driven intelligence into every phase of the project lifecycle. Leveraging AI, machine learning, and digital twins, we turn complex datasets into clear insights- accelerating decisions, improving predictability, and driving smarter outcomes.
Operational Excellence- We optimize how organizations are structured and how they work. By breaking down silos, aligning talent to emerging needs, and driving workforce readiness, we help build more agile, efficient teams equipped for next generation capital delivery.
We empower clients to redefine well delivery and field operations by harnessing digital innovations, unlocking new dimensions of asset profitability, production efficiency and recovery potential. Our capabilities include:
Strategic roadmaps enhancing drilling and completions performance, asset profitability and efficiency
Drilling and completions optimization to reduce cycle time, improve well placement, and enhance recovery
Business transformation strategy to enhance asset utilization and productivity
Data-driven insights for production optimization and downtime reduction
NextGen data products for cross-functional workflow integration
Remote operations models for improved communication and activity management
Strategic emissions management
We drive full-scale transformation to elevate refinery operations, optimize margins, maximize asset utilization and enhance energy management through digital enablement and business transformation. Our “Refinery of the future” capabilities include:
Strategy development and roadmap execution for operational transformation
Asset optimization across the value chain to enhance efficiency and margins
Real-time operational insights through Internet of Things (IoT) and edge integration
Digital twin deployment for simulation, training and remote troubleshooting
Energy optimization via intelligent upgrades and live performance monitoring
Emissions management and monetization through digital enablement
We help our clients transform their end-to-end chemicals value chain to enhance process efficiency, sustainability and digital-enabled operational excellence. Our “Chemicals reimagined” capabilities include:
Strategy and roadmap development for operational excellence and transformation
Asset optimization to improve efficiency, throughput and product quality
IoT- and AI-driven insights for proactive, data-led decision-making
Digital twin deployment for simulation, recommendations and remote support
Energy optimization through smart upgrades and real-time monitoring
Carbon management for emissions tracking, reporting and monetization
