Case Study: Repsol Sinopec Resources UK achieves months-to-10-hour migration and one-third cost savings with NetApp copy-free transition

New NetApp Copy-Free Transition Helps Oil and Gas Producer Overcome Complex Challenges

Repsol Sinopec Resources UK, an oil and gas exploration and production company operating 38 fields on the UK continental shelf and headquartered in Aberdeen, needed to refresh a storage platform approaching end of life while operating under severe cost pressures from falling oil prices. The IT team required a low-risk, cost-justifiable upgrade that maintained operational continuity, supported critical workloads (ERP, seismic and modelling data, document control, Citrix), and positioned the business for hybrid cloud storage.

Using NetApp’s copy-free transition, Repsol Sinopec migrated to ONTAP clusters on FAS8040 with minimal data movement and reused existing shelves, completing production migration in just 10 hours—the first such deployment in EMEA. The approach cut migration time from months to hours, reduced support costs by about one-third, delivered a stable, high-performance platform ready for hybrid cloud, and achieved an expected ROI within 12–18 months with minimal business disruption.

Repsol Sinopec Resources UK

Andrew Bentley

Infrastructure Lead