Navigating complexity is business as usual in the oil and gas industry—making innovation not optional, but essential. From remote pipeline infrastructures to high-value assets spread across unforgiving terrains, operational efficiency is often challenged by distance, downtime, and data silos. Enter IoT (Internet of Things) – a game-changer that empowers companies to monitor, automate, and optimize field operations in real time.
But the real magic happens when IoT is seamlessly integrated with enterprise systems. That’s where SAP Leonardo IoT stands out — offering oil and gas companies a digital edge in pipeline monitoring, predictive asset maintenance, and operational control.
This blog unpacks how SAP’s IoT ecosystem is helping oil and gas leaders modernize field operations and build future-ready infrastructures.
The numbers don’t lie:
Field operations are often hampered by:
These pain points underscore the need for a digitally intelligent framework. With the fusion of SAP Leonardo IoT and cloud-driven SAP solutions, energy companies are now capturing real-time sensor data, automating decision-making, and significantly improving asset reliability.
Splisys delivers IoT-enabled SAP solutions to transform oil & gas operations—enhancing safety, boosting uptime, and ensuring real-time pipeline monitoring.
SAP Leonardo IoT is not just another monitoring tool — it’s an intelligent extension of your SAP ecosystem. Here’s what makes it unique:
It connects physical assets (like compressors, pumps, rigs) directly to SAP S/4HANA, SAP Asset Intelligence Network, and SAP Predictive Maintenance and Service. This gives you contextual insights by marrying operational data with business processes.
From temperature anomalies to pressure drops, SAP Leonardo IoT processes real-time data at the edge, reducing latency and enabling instant alerts and control commands — especially crucial in isolated oilfields.
Model and monitor the entire life cycle of your oil & gas assets using Digital Twins. This not only boosts visibility but helps simulate scenarios and optimize performance.
At Splisys, we don’t just implement SAP solutions — we engineer intelligent, connected ecosystems that transform how oil and gas companies manage field operations, optimize assets, and respond to real-time events.
Our IoT strategy for the oil and gas industry is grounded in a clear understanding of sector-specific challenges: harsh field environments, decentralized operations, pipeline integrity risks, and unplanned equipment failures. We deploy SAP Leonardo IoT and integrated SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) solutions that address these challenges head-on.
We help organizations implement SAP Leonardo IoT for 24/7 monitoring of pipeline infrastructure. Through smart sensors and edge computing devices, our systems capture pressure, temperature, and flow rate anomalies — enabling predictive alerts before a failure happens. In one recent deployment, our solution reduced unplanned downtime by 27% and saved over $2.1 million in incident mitigation costs annually.
Using SAP Asset Intelligence Network, Splisys integrates IoT data with enterprise asset management (EAM) systems. This allows for real-time equipment performance insights, maintenance triggers based on actual usage, and reduced Mean Time to Repair (MTTR). In offshore rigs, our clients reported a 30% improvement in asset utilization and 22% fewer emergency repairs within the first year of implementation.
IoT wearables and connected devices help monitor environmental hazards and worker vitals in high-risk zones. We design integrated safety dashboards and remote field management tools that reduce the need for manual checks. Clients have noted improved compliance and reduced on-site risks by over 35%, aligning with international HSE (Health, Safety, Environment) standards.
Unlike generic IoT vendors, Splisys brings domain and SAP expertise together. We ensure that all sensor data, workflows, and alerts are fully integrated with core SAP modules like SAP S/4HANA, SAP PM, and SAP BTP. This creates a seamless data flow from field to control center, enabling faster decisions and more accurate analytics.
Splisys understands the operational realities of refineries, remote pipelines, and offshore platforms. Our hardware choices, network configurations, and solution design consider extreme temperatures, vibration, moisture, and limited bandwidth — ensuring resilience and reliability where it matters most.
Let’s explore how SAP-powered IoT is transforming oil and gas operations:
Integrated IoT sensors continuously track key performance indicators such as pressure, flow rate, and vibration to support predictive maintenance and ensure operational efficiency. Using SAP Leonardo IoT, companies set up real-time alerts for leaks or unauthorized access. Enhanced compliance and early warnings through predictive alerts have led to a 70% reduction in pipeline-related incidents—mitigating risk and protecting reputation.
Field equipment (valves, drilling rigs, compressors) is monitored for usage patterns and degradation. SAP’s integration helps schedule maintenance just-in-time — no earlier, no later.
Impact: 25–40% cost savings through predictive maintenance over traditional models.
With IoT data available on mobile apps integrated with SAP Field Service Management, field crews receive tasks, equipment status, and analytics on the go — even in areas with intermittent connectivity.
Outcome: 30% increase in task efficiency and faster MTTR (Mean Time to Repair).
SAP’s strength lies not only in its ability to collect IoT data but in embedding that data into your existing operational and financial workflows.
SAP IoT solutions are actively transforming:
| Industry Segment | SAP IoT Impact |
| Upstream (Exploration & Drilling) | Monitor rig performance, reduce NPT (Non-Productive Time) |
| Midstream (Pipelines & Transport) | Real-time monitoring, route optimization, leak detection |
| Downstream (Refineries & Distribution) | Process control, asset utilization, predictive safety alerts |
Whether it’s a local refinery or a global pipeline network, SAP offers tailored IoT solutions for every layer of oil and gas operations.
Bridge your physical assets with intelligent insights using SAP Leonardo IoT and Splisys’ domain expertise in oil and gas digitalization.
SAP Leonardo IoT is an enterprise-grade IoT solution that directly integrates with your SAP core systems like SAP S/4HANA. Unlike generic IoT platforms, it brings real-time operational insights into the context of business processes, enabling smarter decisions.
SAP Leonardo IoT supports edge computing, which allows data to be processed on-site before syncing with central systems. This ensures timely alerts, even in areas with poor network connectivity.
Yes. SAP’s IoT framework is hardware-agnostic and supports standard protocols like OPC UA, MQTT, and REST APIs. This ensures compatibility with existing field infrastructure.
A typical SAP IoT rollout for pipeline monitoring or asset management can take 3 to 6 months, depending on the scale, integration needs, and existing infrastructure.
Absolutely. SAP is used by global oil majors and utility firms. It supports high scalability, multi-region data processing, and compliance with international safety and operational standards.
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