SLB and Vår Energi have expanded their collaboration to enhance well and field development planning on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
Vår Energi will leverage SLB’s Delfi digital platform to integrate various aspects of exploration and production (E&P).
The platform offers a cloud-native environment that connects exploration, subsurface evaluation, well planning, subsea design and production.
By enabling teams to collaborate simultaneously using shared data and standardised workflows, this approach reduces handovers and rework. It also supports more consistent and timely decision-making from the early evaluation stage through to development planning.
The partnership expansion highlights a move towards cloud-based planning, which facilitates quicker transitions between key phases of development. It also enhances coordination across different sectors and optimises resource use in mature basins.
SLB noted that collaborative well planning has already shortened cycle times significantly, from months to days.
The expanded use of integrated field development planning is expected to bring similar advantages, promoting quicker and more consistent decision-making.
This approach aims to help operators maintain production from mature offshore fields while addressing growing development complexities.
SLB digital business president Rakesh Jaggi said: “As offshore developments become more complex, performance increasingly depends on how quickly teams can align, evaluate options and make decisions using trusted data.
“By bringing disciplines together in an integrated digital environment, operators can shorten planning cycles and improve the speed and quality of decisions needed to progress opportunities, including marginal subsea tiebacks.”
The Delfi platform offers a suite of applications, AI tools, data management and physics-based technologies. It is designed to enhance collaboration by seamlessly integrating people, data and advanced software.
Last month, SLB reported its results for the first quarter of 2026, posting net income attributable to the company of $752m, a 6% decrease from $797m in the same period of 2025. However, total revenue for the quarter ended 31 March 2026 rose to $8.72bn, representing a 3% increase from $8.49bn in the corresponding quarter of the previous year.
