Use cases

January 21, 2026

Delivering and expanding a large-scale Operations Training Simulator (OTS) portfolio

  • Industry: Upstream energy

  • Asset type: Multiple deepwater oil & gas assets with tie-backs

  • Solution: Operator Training Simulators

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Challenge

A major upstream oil and gas operator with an extensive OTS portfolio, powered by K-Spice and LedaFlow, needed to accelerate delivery and reliability with a growing digital ecosystem, facing four critical requirements:

  • Growing simulator portfolio required coordinated upgrades and validation.

  • Increased demand for remote execution and reduced on-site activities.

  • Need to maintain simulator reliability while accelerating new builds.

  • Desire to expand operator training capacity without increasing travel or facility impact.

Solution

By delivering new builds, critical upgrades, and 100% remote execution, we proved the ability to drive operational reliability and measurable training efficiencies at scale.

Key OTS program elements:

  • Expansion of the simulator portfolio with three assets to nine in total
  • Full remote Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) of one asset
  • Two new simulator builds initiated 
  • Water-flood upgrades on two simulators
  • Continued development and full updates of four of the simulators.
  • Pre-deployment code verification and testing on OTS to improve reliability.
Results

Benefits Achieved

  • Improved simulator stability and deployment confidence.
  • Increased operator training throughput across multiple assets.
  • Reduced dependency on on-site FATs and face-to-face coordination.
  • Enabled safer validation of control system changes prior to deployment.

Business value

  • >130 travel days saved in 2025 through remote connectivity and execution
  • Reduced schedule and operational risk through early code validation
  • Improved readiness and availability of training simulators
  • Scalable model for portfolio-wide simulator delivery and training

Training value

  • >60 Control Room Operators trained in 2025.
  • Several operators completed simulator training on a monthly basis.
  • ET/CAOs used OTS to safely practice DCS code loading, tuning, and step-response testing

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