Downstream Oil and Gas Applications

Oracle Provides Comprehensive Functionality for Increasing Downstream Revenue Growth

• Oracle has an integrated suite of downstream applications for refining and marketing.
• Oracle's JD Edwards fuels management solution integrates petroleum supply chain systems and manages bulk product storage and transportation.
• Oracle Process Manufacturing integrates least cost formulations and superior cost accounting, allowing multiple simultaneous costing types.
• Oracle provides process-specific advanced supply chain planning, strategic network optimization (SNO), and production scheduling to optimize sales and operations (S&OP) planning decisions.
• Oracle delivers best-in-class oil and gas CRM solutions for the downstream commercial and retail sales divisions.
• Oracle Retail helps C-stores maximize the profit from their inventory—from optimizing the initial merchandise and assortment to pricing and promotion.

Refining and delivery operations present a host of challenges including seasonality, scheduling challenges, and supply disruption risks due to political instability. Oracle for Oil and Gas enables companies to achieve total productive maintenance and maximize uptime with an integrated suite of asset and operations applications. Firms can take advantage of advanced tools to optimize supply and distribution networks, and use state-of-the-art modeling and planning tools to manage risk related to supply disruptions. They can also gain control of refining operations with Oracle's leading process manufacturing solution.

• Gain real-time visibility of financial and operational refining processes. Oracle's unique process manufacturing for refining capabilities include mass balancing, yield calculations, and integrated LIMS.
• Ensure 24x7 refinery operations and reduce refinery turnaround times. Oracle integrates refinery maintenance operations using mobility solutions for refinery workers.
• Evaluate supply and transportation costs to make optimal sourcing decisions. Oracle's integrated supply chain suite provides optimization, collaboration, and analytics.

Oil and gas companies looking to improve profits in commercial and retail operations can depend on Oracle for help. Firms can build and maintain strategic customer relations by using industry-specific pricing and contract management tools, and they can provide superior service by predicting and managing demand with Oracle's industry-leading demand planning tools. The Oracle Demantra solution is extremely scalable and can incorporate retail feedback even at the POS level. Oracle Oil and Gas can also help companies determine ways to increase non-fuel revenue by helping C-stores maximize the profit from their inventory—from optimizing the initial merchandise assortment and quantities, to pricing and promotion.

• Drive growth in retail by increasing high margin non-fuel revenue. Oracle Retail for C-stores is a fully intelligent demand-based solution that optimizes C-store pricing and promotions for gas stations.
• Build strategic relationships with global petroleum customers. Oracle offers market-leading CRM software that provides industry-specific agreements and pricing to improve oilfield customer service relationships.
• Accurately predict and respond to demand. Oracle's market-leading demand management tools predict the impact of external factors on demand.