ABS and Akselos have announced a partnership to develop a technical assessment for structural digital twin technology.

This partnership is aimed at improving safety, extending asset life, and reducing costs in the offshore energy industry. FPSOs are complex and capital-intensive assets that need to perform beyond their original design life.

Akselos’ SPM software offers a high-fidelity, near real-time digital twin of the entire FPSO, combining inspection records, metocean conditions, and cargo operations into one dynamic model. This allows operators to gain a live, continuous view of structural performance, enabling real-time monitoring, stress concentration identification, and on-demand fatigue analysis.

When supported by ABS’ Condition Manager and Eagle Twin inspection data management and condition tracking software tools, the combined suite can monitor real-time load and condition information within a digital twin framework, enabling full life cycle support of an offshore asset.

The partnership builds on a long-standing collaboration between Akselos and ABS, including joint digital twin deployments in Brazil’s Cessão Onerosa oil field.

Enabling operators to simulate structural integrity of entire FPSO

Akselos’ SPM software also integrates with ABS’s Eagle Unified™ suite, providing operators with a unified platform for asset performance management and class compliance.

"This collaboration reinforces the role of high-fidelity digital twin technology in the future of offshore structural integrity management," said Matt Tremblay, Senior Vice President, Global Offshore at ABS. "By combining real-time operational data with advanced simulation, Akselos is enabling a more predictive and performance-based approach to asset management – fully aligned with the industry’s drive toward safer, more efficient operations."

"This joint work confirms the robustness of our software and reinforces the growing momentum for digital transformation in offshore oil and gas," said Claus Reimers, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Akselos. "We enable operators to simulate the structural integrity of the entire FPSO in real time and at full fidelity – supporting smarter, safer decisions across the asset lifecycle."