Industry:Energy and Utilities
Client:ConocoPhillips
Region:North America
ConocoPhillips is fueling innovation with automation
$14.5 million
ROI to date
800
citizen developers
60+
automation developers and coaches
Client Overview
ConocoPhillips is an American oil and gas company that explores, produces, transports, and sells energy worldwide. They achieved early success with UiPath on-premises. But scaling its automation program beyond 50 automations revealed challenges. The need for custom solutions to fill in missing features made it hard to support. Additionally, equipping citizen developers with the tools and skills to automate numerous smaller processes was essential, as these were beyond the capacity of the center of excellence (CoE) to support. With global automation adoption as the goal, the business looked to the cloud. ConocoPhillips revolutionized its well monitoring process by introducing automation, enhancing safety and efficiency, reducing workloads, and solidifying operational reliability while preventing the risk of costly well failures.
Unlocking business value with citizen-led automation
With support from the UiPath enterprise success team, moving to UiPath Automation Cloud™ has unlocked advanced tools like UiPath Apps and UiPath Insights and reduced the support burden of custom solutions. The move has also allowed ConocoPhillips to strengthen its citizen developer program. By leveraging user-friendly tools like UiPath StudioX and targeted training through UiPath Academy, teams across the business can automate smaller processes and free the CoE to focus on high-value projects.
One of our biggest early wins with UiPath automation was tracking well-drilling trajectories. Before, we had people manually monitoring reports around the clock to prevent collisions that could cost millions. Now, with UiPath, we’ve automated those alerts, reducing human workload and ensuring safer, more efficient drilling. That’s the kind of impact that gets leadership excited about automation.
Outcomes:
Automated well monitoring: ConocoPhillips leveraged automation to continuously track well trajectories and provide real-time alerts to prevent collisions, enhance safety, reduce manual oversight, and improve operational efficiency
Enhanced efficiency and scalability: Migrating to UiPath Automation Cloud eliminated the need for custom code, reducing overhead significantly. This also enabled business users to create automations independently, allowing the center of excellence to focus on high-value projects
Expanded automation impact: Citizen developers automated smaller, previously deprioritized processes, increasing automation’s reach and driving value in underserved areas
Additional resources:
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