SAP for Oil and Gas is used by more than 97% of Fortune 500 Oil and Gas companies (over 750,000 users). It is a complete, integrated, open, e-business solution for companies at all points in the upstream-to-downstream industry value chain. With this solution, companies can operate globally at all levels. This portfolio includes mySAP Business Suite solutions and industry-specific applications. SAP for Oil & Gas is powered by SAP NetWeaver. Its industry-specific features include:

 

Upstream

SAP for Oil & Gas Upstream applications address upstream business needs such as production volume decisions and critical incident response, in addition to managing all aspects of upstream operations, logistics and finance

SAP Production and Revenue Accounting integrates transaction processing to provide consistent, accurate information to everyone. Users can model complex networks, and calculate extraction quantities, and control plant accounting .

SAP Remote Logistics Management supports materials supply to remove production operations offshore or onshore.

SAP® Joint Venture Accounting provides an accounting system to meet the reporting and business requirements of joint venture operations. The application provides data capture, cash calls, partner billing, overhead calculation and cost allocation.

SAP Production Sharing Accounting supports the reporting requirements of companies operating under contractual arrangements with governments.

SAP xApp™ Integrated Exploration and Production (SAP xIEP) is a packaged composite application for optimizing upstream oil exploration: at all stages of the exploration and production (E&P) life cycle

 

Downstream

SAP's downstream supply chain management applications improve planning, scheduling and execution of bulk movements; tracking inventory levels.

SAP® Trader's and Scheduler's Workbench monitors current and future supply chain activity, including trading, inventory and scheduled movements.

Bulk Transportation handles the full execution cycle for all transport, including marine, rail, truck and pipeline.

The Terminal Automation system interface provides seamless integration between SAP for Oil & Gas applications and external terminal automation systems.

The Transport Planning interface helps planning shipments.

Inventory Management of Hydrocarbon Products tracks inventory levels in several units of measure and in parallel using a sophisticated quantity conversion tool.

 

Sales and marketing

Order Management includes tax handling, fast order entry, industry-specific contract processing and pricing features.

 

Service Station and Convenience Retailing

The convenience retailing feature supports merchandising activities in retail networks

The fuel management feature handles petroleum products at the retail level. Fuel sales quantities can be derived from point-of-sale (POS) data or calculated from meter readings and reconciled against physical dip readings.

Site and headquarter accounting features integrate financial accounting with supply chain execution.

Business analysis and reporting supports management decisions with detailed information about the financial and operating performance of the entire network. Alerts about critical situations can be accessed at the site using SAP® Enterprise Portal, a component of SAP NetWeaver.

 

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