Oil and gas asset management software keeps one record of every pump, compressor, separator, vessel, generator and vehicle an operator owns, and runs the maintenance, inspections, permits and audits that keep them safe and producing. It has to work across well pads hundreds of miles apart, offshore platforms with patchy connectivity, and refineries where a job cannot start until its isolations are proved.
General-purpose asset software often struggles with those conditions. Technicians lose signal in the field, rotating equipment wears by running hours rather than by calendar, and inspectors and regulators expect records that show who did what, and when. This guide explains what oil and gas asset management software is, why the industry’s assets are hard to manage, what the software should cover, and how to roll it out.
What Is Oil and Gas Asset Management Software?
Oil and gas asset management software is enterprise asset management software set up for upstream, midstream and downstream operations. It holds a hierarchy of fields, sites, units and equipment, plans preventive and condition-based maintenance, controls permits to work, records inspections, tracks mobile equipment and spare parts, and keeps an audit trail of every change.
Operators buy it when spreadsheets and paper permits can no longer show an inspector, an insurer or their own leadership the state of their equipment. The aim is simple: fewer unplanned shutdowns, safer maintenance, and records that stand up to an audit.
Why Oil and Gas Assets Are Hard to Manage
The industry combines several conditions that make ordinary asset tracking fall short:
- Remote, spread-out sites. Well pads, compressor stations and pipeline valves sit far from the nearest office, often with poor or no mobile signal.
- Rotating and pressure equipment. Pumps, compressors and turbines wear by running hours and condition, and pressure vessels and piping follow inspection intervals set by codes such as API 510 and API 570.
- Hazardous energy. Maintenance on live process equipment needs isolations and permits. In the US, OSHA’s standards for the control of hazardous energy (29 CFR 1910.147) and process safety management (29 CFR 1910.119) set expectations for procedures and records.
- Mobile and rented equipment. Generators, light towers and pumps move between sites, and rented equipment must be returned on time.
- Many owners of the same asset. Operations, maintenance, contractors, stores and finance each touch the same equipment, often in different systems.
What Oil and Gas Asset Management Software Should Cover
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| Capability | Why it matters in oil and gas | In Asset Infinity |
|---|---|---|
| Asset hierarchy | Cost, failures and downtime need to roll up from a pump to a unit to a field | Site, location, asset, sub-asset and fitted components in one tree |
| Meter and condition triggers | Rotating equipment wears with running hours as well as time | Preventive plans fall due by calendar, meter, condition or a date on the asset |
| Sensor limits | A vibration or temperature excursion should become work | Sensor limits can raise a work order when a reading crosses them |
| Permits to work | Hazardous jobs must not start before isolations | A job that needs a permit cannot start until one is issued and accepted |
| Inspections | Statutory checks need graded, retrievable records | Scored inspection rounds on a phone; failed checks raise corrective work |
| Offline mobile app | Field sites lose signal | iOS and Android app that records jobs, checklists and readings offline |
| GPS tracking | Mobile equipment moves between well sites | Trackers move the asset’s location, keep trips and feed engine hours |
| Spare parts | A missing seal stops a repair | Reorder recommendations count the parts planned maintenance will use |
| Contracts and warranties | Vendors should pay for repairs they owe | Cover is checked when work is raised |
| Audit trail | Inspectors ask who changed what, and when | An audit trail on every record |
| Deployment | Some operators cannot use a public cloud | Asset Infinity’s cloud or your own servers |
Oil and Gas Asset Management Across the Value Chain
Upstream: well pads and production sites
An upstream operator registers each field and well pad as a site, with wellhead equipment, separators, pumps and generators beneath it. Generators and light towers that move between pads carry GPS trackers, and each pad is drawn as an area, so the location updates when equipment arrives and engine hours drive servicing.
Midstream: pipelines and compressor stations
A midstream operator runs compressor stations and pipeline valves spread along a route. Compressors run on running-hour plans, vibration sensors raise work when limits are crossed, and valve inspections are scheduled rounds that technicians complete on a phone, offline if needed.
Downstream: refineries and terminals
A refinery’s priority is safe work on live units. Jobs that need isolation require a permit to work, and a planned shutdown shows whether its work fits the window. Graded inspection rounds keep records ready for the next audit, and a job’s readiness check shows whether its parts and tools are available before anyone is sent.
How to Roll Out Oil and Gas Asset Management Software
- Build the hierarchy. Import fields, sites, units and equipment from your existing lists, with criticality on each asset so maintenance knows what matters most.
- Tag the equipment. Fix QR, barcode or RFID labels so a technician’s scan opens the right record. Use tags rated for the environment.
- Load maintenance plans. Start with critical rotating equipment and statutory inspections, using running hours and condition where they apply.
- Put the app on phones. Technicians work jobs, checklists and readings offline and sync when they reach signal.
- Switch on permits. Mark the job types that need a permit to work, so hazardous jobs cannot start without one.
- Connect sensors and trackers. Add vibration or temperature limits on critical machines and GPS trackers on mobile plant.
- Count and reconcile. Run a verification round on each site, then bring in depreciation once the register is trusted.
How Asset Infinity Supports Oil and Gas Teams
Asset Infinity is enterprise asset management software in which operations, maintenance, stores and finance work on one record per asset. For oil and gas teams that means:
- Maintenance that matches how equipment wears. Preventive maintenance plans combine calendar, meter and condition triggers, such as every 90 days or 2,000 running hours, whichever comes first.
- Condition monitoring. Sensor readings arrive from gateways, and a limit can raise a work order on its own. See predictive maintenance software.
- Safer work. Lockout tagout and permit to work records tie isolations to the job they protect.
- Field equipment on the map. GPS asset tracking moves generators and plant between well-site areas and feeds their engine-hour meters.
- Reliability decisions. Each night, availability, MTBF, MTTR and downtime are rolled up per asset, and repeat faults and bad actors are flagged for review.
For how operators use it, read how Asset Infinity enabled proactive tracking for oilfields, or see the oil and gas industry page.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is oil and gas asset management software?
It is enterprise asset management software set up for oil and gas operations. It keeps a hierarchy of sites and equipment, plans maintenance and inspections, controls permits to work, tracks mobile equipment and keeps an audit trail.
How is it different from a general CMMS?
A CMMS plans and records maintenance. Oil and gas operators usually also need the asset register, permits, inspections, spare parts, GPS tracking and the financial record of each asset on one system, which is what enterprise asset management software adds.
Does it work at remote sites without signal?
It should. In Asset Infinity, the iOS and Android app keeps its own copy of the technician’s work, so jobs, checklists, inspections and readings are recorded offline and sent when the phone reconnects.
What are ghost assets in oil and gas?
Ghost assets are recorded in the books but no longer exist or cannot be found. Regular verification counts find them so they can be written off; see how to avoid ghost assets.
Can it run on our own servers?
Asset Infinity runs in its own cloud or on your servers, with the same product in both.