Case Study: Leading Energy Supply, Oil and Water Pipeline Company achieves up to 48 days' early failure detection and reduced unplanned downtime with Aspen Technology's Aspen Mtell

Leading Energy Supply, Oil and Water Pipeline Company - Customer Case Study

Leading Energy Supply, Oil and Water Pipeline Company was facing costly, recurring failures of a hypercompressor in its LDPE process that caused high maintenance expenses and risked missed orders and significant production loss. To improve early detection and reduce unplanned downtime, the company piloted Aspen Technology’s Aspen Mtell predictive maintenance software on the unit.

Aspen Technology deployed Aspen Mtell to identify failure signatures and extend lead times for actionable alerts — delivering 27 days of advance notice for a central valve failure and 48 days for an HP packing seal issue by incorporating additional upstream sensors. The pilot eliminated false positives after tuning, enabled rescheduling to avoid product loss, reduced maintenance costs, and demonstrated transfer learning for rapid rollout across similar assets.