Case Study: ConocoPhillips achieves operational excellence and real-time process safety with Sphera

The ‘Secret Sauce’ Driving ConocoPhillips’ Operational Excellence

ConocoPhillips faced fragmented operational visibility that led to inefficiencies, long wait times for frontline teams, unplanned downtime and elevated process‑safety risk. To address an aging, highly customized in‑house electronic permit‑to‑work (ePTW) system and accelerate digital transformation, ConocoPhillips partnered with Sphera to deploy its Operational Risk Management Control of Work solution as a cloud‑based SaaS.

Sphera implemented a cloud Control of Work platform plus governance—an executive sponsor, global steering committee and frontline champions—to standardize processes, reduce custom maps and inefficient workflows, and enable analytics and safer, more consistent execution. The Sphera solution delivered measurable gains in standardization, frontline adoption and operational efficiency, helping ConocoPhillips lower its cost of supply, improve safety practices and increase resilience through market and COVID‑era disruptions.

ConocoPhillips

Mark Hutcherson

Director Operational Excellence