Norway's Aker eyes listing, merger for its Cognite software firm

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OSLO: Norwegian investment firm Aker ASA aims to list its software firm Cognite on the Oslo stock market or find a merger partner for it to spur ...

OSLO: Norwegian investment firm Aker ASA aims to list its software firm Cognite on the Oslo stock market or find a merger partner for it to spur growth, AKER Chief Executive Oeyvind Eriksen said on Wednesday.

Cognite, which provides digitalisation services to oil companies and other industries, analyses data from operations and equipment sensors to help customers boost efficiency and cut costs."The short-term goal is to continue successful growth into a global software company," Eriksen told Reuters on the sidelines of an industry conference.

"Listing sometime after 2019 is our base case plan, but there are other alternatives including joining forces with other software companies," he added. Cognite, in which Aker owns a 65per cent stake, has about 30 customers in Europe, including oil and gas firms Aker BP, Lundin Petroleum, OMV and DEA Wintershall, as well as Norway's electricity transmission system operator Statnett and shipping firm Odfjell SE.

Eriksen said the expectation is that Aker BP should save more than US$100 million or about 15-18per cent of its operational spending in 2020 compared with 2019 by using Cognite's software and services.Cognite co-founder and Chief Executive John Markus Lervik said about 35per cent of the expected savings should come from improved maintenance and 15per cent from giving oil workers digital tools to do their jobs more efficiently.

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