PETRONAS Carigali signs third JDA with IBM and Tridiagonal.AI to advance TriCipta AI
- PETRONAS Carigali signed a third Joint Development Agreement with IBM Malaysia and Tridiagonal.AI to advance TriCipta AI across the Upstream value chain.
- The joint initiative targets Surface Equipment Optimisation with AI to improve operational efficiency and optimise production and maintenance decisions.
- Earlier JDAs in 2025 delivered AI.SEEK and an AI-enabled Global Exploration Basin Screening & Analysis (GEB) tool to transform geoscience data into geospatial AI intelligence.
- Signatories and attendees included CEO Hazli Sham Kassim, TriCipta AI head Ina Czarina Arief Tham, IBM Consulting Malaysia managing partner Devabalan Theyventheran, and T.AI CEO Pravin Jain.
Agreement
PETRONAS Carigali has signed its third Joint Development Agreement to advance TriCipta AI across the Upstream value chain, expanding the programme into Surface Equipment Optimisation with AI.
Partners and scope
The collaboration brings together IBM Malaysia's AI-powered information technology solutions and Tridiagonal.AI's engineering domain-driven AI to develop a comprehensive suite of upstream capabilities aimed at enhancing operational efficiency, optimising production and maintenance decisions, and maximising asset value.
Prior deployments
Following two JDAs signed in 2025, PETRONAS Carigali has deployed AI.SEEK and an AI-enabled Global Exploration Basin Screening & Analysis (GEB) tool that transform and unify complex geoscience data into automated geospatial AI intelligence to accelerate actionable insights and improve exploration chance of success.
Leadership and rationale
At the signing, CEO Hazli Sham Kassim said the company is embedding AI to drive bottom-line performance, asset reliability and speed-to-value while empowering the workforce to address operational challenges and make faster critical decisions. The ceremony included senior representatives from PETRONAS Carigali, TriCipta AI, IBM and T.AI.
Source: Petronas
