NIS-AD

NIS-AD improves its oil operations with AVEVA System Platform

NIS a.d., one of the largest integrated energy companies in Southeast Europe, operates oil fields spread over 15,000 km², mainly in Vojvodina, and has expanded its commercial activities to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. This geographic dispersion, combined with a wide variety of integrated equipment, hindered operational efficiency and called for a truly customized solution. NIS selected AVEVA System Platform, AVEVA InTouch HMI, AVEVA Measurement Advisor and AVEVA Reports for Operations to provide industrial monitoring by collecting data from all its sites, transferring it to headquarters in Novi Sad and visualizing it as directly actionable information. The platform is transforming the group's performance, cutting labor costs by 20% while increasing overall production by 0.2% and reducing losses by 300%. NIS now has a digital foundation suited to its regional ambitions and the complexity of its operations.

Objectives

Improve operator response time and reduce labor and on-site travel costs
Improve real-time optimization, collaboration, decision support, data integrity, and overall efficiency

Solutions

AVEVA System Platform
AVEVA InTouch HMI
AVEVA Measurement Advisor
AVEVA Reports for Operations

Results

Reduced labor costs by 20%, while increasing overall production by 0.2%
300% reduction in losses

Integrated AVEVA software

AVEVA System Platform

NIS-AD uses the AVEVA System Platform to centralize the oversight of its oil and gas operations. This industrial platform unifies control systems and enables efficient management of refining processes.

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AVEVA InTouch HMI

NIS-AD deploys AVEVA InTouch HMI to efficiently control its production facilities. The modern interface allows operators to view equipment in real time and react quickly to abnormal situations.

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AVEVA Reports for Operations

NIS-AD uses AVEVA Reports for Operations to generate customized reports on its operations. This solution simplifies the creation of production reports and makes it easy to share information with teams through a web portal.

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Testimonials

"In the beginning, the idea was a rapid expansion. We wanted to cover as many oil wells as possible to collect and collate the data without putting too much emphasis on standardization. However, with the release of the AVEVA™ System Platform, everything changed.

Nenad Kovacevic
Assistance and Support Engineer, Automatic Control Engineering Today, NIS-AD runs AVEVA™ System Platform, AVEVA™ InTouch HMI, AVEVA™ Measurement Advisor and AVEVA™ Reports for Operations across its operations. The main system components are located at its command center in Novi Sad, but NIS's AVEVA solution has impacted oil production throughout the province. The solution covers a total of 64 platforms, with 40 supervisory clients as well as 25 InTouch Access Anywhere clients for remote access. Through a centralized deployment strategy, NIS has achieved enterprise-wide standardization compliance across processes, functional teams and sites. In addition, the automatic and systematic propagation of changes between projects helps NIS reduce risk and downtime during deployment and commissioning. The solution has also improved situational awareness for NIS operators by managing the facility through real-time parameters.

FAQ

How does AVEVA System Platform unify oil fields spread across 15,000 km²?

AVEVA System Platform acts as a unified industrial supervision platform at NIS-AD, collecting data from all sites in Vojvodina and regional operations in Bosnia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. The data is transferred to the Novi Sad headquarters and visualized as actionable information. This consolidation turns a geographically dispersed infrastructure into a coherent operational system that can be managed from a single center.

How can centralized monitoring cut labor costs by 20%?

The 20% reduction in labor costs at NIS-AD comes from eliminating unnecessary site visits and improving operator response time thanks to AVEVA InTouch HMI. Teams operate remotely through centralized monitoring and only intervene on site when strictly necessary. This transformation of the operating model is typical of oil companies managing assets spread across vast territories.

What role does AVEVA Measurement Advisor play in the oil industry?

At NIS-AD, AVEVA Measurement Advisor ensures the accuracy and reliability of the flow, pressure and volume measurements that are critical for billing and regulatory compliance in the oil sector. The solution detects measurement discrepancies, flags instrument drift and optimizes verification protocols. This metrological discipline helped reduce losses by 300%, turning measurement accuracy into a direct lever for financial performance.

How does AVEVA Reports for Operations transform reporting for a regional oil group?

At NIS-AD, AVEVA Reports for Operations automates the generation of operations, production and compliance reports from the data consolidated on the platform. Management teams receive up-to-date analyses without depending on manual processing by operators. This automation frees up staff time, improves the quality of decision-making and ensures consistent reporting across the subsidiaries in the five countries NIS-AD covers.

Why is a 300% reduction in losses a strategic KPI in oil and gas?

Losses in oil exploration and production come from leaks, measurement discrepancies, theft or spills. With AVEVA, NIS-AD reduced these losses by 300%, which translates immediately into additional margin and a lower environmental impact. Rapid anomaly detection through centralized industrial monitoring and Measurement Advisor secures both the economic performance and the regulatory compliance of a major regional energy company.

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