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Energy operators and investors driving operational excellence with data, AI, and the Microsoft platform.

Energy customers face operational challenges — production optimization across distributed assets, supply chain visibility across complex value chains, capital project management, AI applied to reservoir and asset analytics, ESG reporting and sustainability data, and (for many customers) operational technology cybersecurity and regulatory framework alignment. NOVO's approach is structurally different: operational modernization, AI-enabled analytics, cybersecurity, and regulatory framework alignment delivered end-to-end on the Microsoft platform — at single-operator scale or across investor portfolios.

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The NOVO difference

Operational modernization. Data and AI as competitive advantage. Cybersecurity and operational resilience. Three pillars on a single Microsoft platform — instead of stitching together multiple operations vendors, AI tooling providers, and cybersecurity platforms.

What energy customers navigate

  • Production optimization
  • Distributed asset management
  • Capital project execution
  • AI for reservoir and asset analytics
  • ESG and sustainability reporting
  • Supply chain visibility
  • OT cybersecurity
  • NERC CIP / TSA / IEC 62443

The Energy reality

The context behind "we serve energy."

Energy operators and investors face operational challenges that most technology services don't understand. NOVO's vertical depth is concrete in three specific directions — operational excellence and modernization across distributed assets and complex value chains, data and AI as competitive advantage for both operations and investment decisions, and (for many customers) cybersecurity, compliance, and operational resilience under specific regulatory frameworks.

Block 1 · Operational excellence and modernization

Energy operations are distributed, capital-intensive, and operationally complex. NOVO's vertical depth is calibrated to that reality.

Energy operators face operational challenges across the value chain. Upstream operators manage production across distributed wells and processing facilities. Midstream operators run pipeline networks, storage, and transportation systems with multi-site coordination requirements. Downstream operators run refining and distribution with complex supply chain dependencies. Oilfield services firms support customers across the value chain with their own multi-site operational realities. NOVO's vertical depth means understanding of these operational realities and the Microsoft platform configurations that support them — Microsoft 365 for collaboration and operational systems, Power Platform for procurement workflows and capital project management, Azure for operational compute and analytics, SharePoint for document governance across distributed teams.

Energy investors face portfolio-level operational reality. Multiple operating companies under one investor relationship; technology infrastructure that needs to standardize across acquisitions; operational visibility that needs to span portfolio holdings. The Microsoft platform supports both single-operator deployments and investor portfolio architectures — multi-tenant configurations with per-operating-company governance, consolidated operational analytics across portfolio companies.

Block 2 · Data and AI as competitive advantage

Energy customers face complex data challenges that AI addresses. NOVO's vertical depth applies AI where it creates value.

Energy operations generate data — production telemetry, asset performance data, supply chain logistics, capital project execution, ESG and sustainability metrics, financial performance across operations. For operators, AI addresses production optimization (reservoir analytics, well performance modeling), predictive maintenance (asset performance modeling, failure prediction), supply chain analytics (demand forecasting, logistics optimization), capital project intelligence, and ESG reporting workflows.

For investors, AI addresses portfolio-level analytics — consolidated operational performance across portfolio companies, M&A integration analytics, divestiture preparation, ESG portfolio reporting, and capital allocation analytics. The Microsoft AI platform supports both — Microsoft Azure AI Foundry for custom AI models, Microsoft 365 Copilot for operational and analytical workflows, Power BI for operational analytics, Azure ML for predictive maintenance and reservoir analytics.

Block 3 · Cybersecurity, compliance, and operational resilience

For customers under regulatory framework pressure or with substantive OT cybersecurity exposure, NOVO's vertical depth is calibrated to that reality.

Many energy customers operate under specific regulatory frameworks. NERC CIP applies to energy operators with electricity-grid-connected infrastructure. TSA pipeline directives apply to midstream pipeline operators. API standards (including API 1164 for SCADA security) apply across the petro value chain. IEC 62443 / ISA-62443 establish international standards for industrial automation and control systems security.

The Microsoft platform converges OT and IT cybersecurity onto one coherent platform — Microsoft Defender for IoT for OT-specific cybersecurity (passive monitoring, asset discovery, threat detection tuned to industrial protocols), Microsoft Sentinel for converged IT/OT SIEM, Azure IoT for operational technology cloud integration, Azure Arc for governance across on-premise OT infrastructure, and Microsoft Compliance Manager for NERC CIP / TSA / IEC 62443 framework mapping. For investor portfolios, multi-tenant architecture supports portfolio-wide cybersecurity posture — shared Sentinel SOC service, consolidated compliance posture documentation.

How NOVO delivers for Energy

Cross-portfolio NOVO services — calibrated to operational excellence, AI-enabled analytics, and (where applicable) cybersecurity and compliance.

Energy operators and investors engage NOVO across three layers: the foundational layer (License, Cloud, Care), the strategic entry point (Compass) that delivers the operational modernization and AI work, and the vertical specialty (Compliance and Secure) that delivers regulatory framework alignment and converged IT/OT cybersecurity for customers under specific regulatory pressure. The heart of energy engagements typically sits in Compass.

Foundational layer · License → Cloud → Care

  • Foundational · License

    NOVO License

    Microsoft 365 with E5 Security and Compliance for energy operators; Azure subscriptions for operational compute, AI workloads, and analytics; Microsoft AI Foundry licensing for custom AI models. For investor portfolios, multi-tenant licensing architecture supporting both consolidated portfolio operations and per-operating-company independence. Microsoft Direct CSP relationship that typically produces immediate licensing discount opportunities. License optimization analysis surfaces consolidation opportunities.

  • Foundational · Cloud

    NOVO Cloud

    Energy platform deployment — operational systems, AI infrastructure, and (where applicable) converged OT/IT cybersecurity as a single coherent deployment. Microsoft 365 tenant deployment with energy-aligned configuration. Azure infrastructure for operational compute, AI workloads, and analytics. SharePoint architecture and Power Platform for operational systems, capital project management, procurement workflows. For investor portfolios, multi-tenant architecture with consolidated operational analytics. Where regulatory pressure or substantive OT cybersecurity exposure applies, Microsoft Defender for IoT, Sentinel for converged IT/OT SOC, and Compliance Manager configured to the customer's framework set.

  • Foundational · Care

    NOVO Care

    End-to-end operational support across the deployed Microsoft platform configuration. Care package selection calibrated to the customer's operational reality and (where applicable) regulatory regime: Platinum Level 1-2-3 coverage for energy customers under NERC CIP, TSA pipeline directives, or with substantive OT cybersecurity exposure; Gold for mid-complexity engagements; Silver for IT-focused engagements. AI-augmented operations across the Care service portfolio.

Where many engagements start · NOVO Compass

Strategic entry point · Compass

NOVO Compass — operational modernization, AI delivery, and strategic technology services for energy operations and investor portfolios.

The heart of many energy engagements. Compass delivers operational modernization for energy operators — production optimization analytics, predictive maintenance modeling, distributed asset management, capital project intelligence, supply chain analytics across the value chain, ESG and sustainability data integration. Compass delivers AI-enabled analytics and agent development — reservoir analytics models, well performance prediction, demand forecasting, predictive maintenance AI, M&A integration analytics, AI agents for operational workflows that respect data governance. And Compass differentiates operator engagements from investor engagements. Operator engagements typically focus on production optimization, distributed asset automation, and operational technology modernization. Investor engagements typically focus on portfolio-level operational standardization, M&A integration analytics, ESG portfolio reporting, and capital allocation analytics.

Energy specialty · Compliance + Secure

  • Vertical specialty · Compliance

    NOVO Compliance — regulatory framework alignment for energy customers under specific regulatory pressure.

    For customers operating under regulatory frameworks. Control implementation mapped to NERC CIP, TSA pipeline directives, API standards, IEC 62443, or NIST CSF for ICS — control implementation, not checkbox documentation. Evidence accumulation through Microsoft Compliance Manager. Audit support — gap analysis, pre-assessment readiness, audit-week support for NERC audits, TSA directive assessments, and IEC 62443 conformance. For investor portfolios, portfolio-level compliance posture documentation supporting due diligence, acquisition integration, and divestiture preparation.

  • Vertical specialty · Secure

    NOVO Secure — converged IT/OT cybersecurity operations for customers with substantive OT exposure.

    For customers with substantive OT cybersecurity exposure. Managed converged IT/OT SOC running on Microsoft Defender for IoT and Microsoft Sentinel — threat detection across both IT and OT domains, incident response that respects OT operational continuity, threat hunting tuned to energy-sector threat intelligence. Distributed-asset cybersecurity at scale for energy operators with geographically dispersed operations. For investor portfolios, shared Sentinel SOC service across portfolio companies. AI-augmented SOC operations across the security service portfolio.

The services work together as one integrated Energy engagement — License procures the licensing, Cloud builds the energy platform configuration, Compass delivers the operational modernization and AI work, Care operates it day-to-day, and (where applicable) Compliance certifies it against the customer's framework set and Secure runs converged IT/OT SOC operations.

Energy in the NOVO portfolio

The full integrated technology partner — calibrated to operational excellence, AI delivery, and (where applicable) regulatory and cybersecurity reality.

Energy operators and investors don't engage NOVO for “operational analytics” or “AI advisory” or “OT cybersecurity” as discrete deliverables. They engage NOVO as the integrated technology partner that handles the licensing strategy, the platform deployment, the operational modernization and AI work, the operational managed services, and (where applicable) the regulatory framework alignment and converged IT/OT cybersecurity as one coherent engagement.

A typical Energy engagement flows across the portfolio

  • License procures
  • Cloud builds
  • Compass delivers (operations + AI)
  • Care operates
  • Compliance + Secure (where applicable)

Customers engaging across multiple services experience the architecture as one integrated relationship rather than as multiple separate engagements. Operations modernized, AI delivered, portfolio operations standardized, and (where applicable) regulatory frameworks satisfied and OT cybersecurity protected — same coverage, fewer vendors, end-to-end ownership of the customer's energy reality.

Ready when you are

The fastest way to know what NOVO can deliver for your Energy reality is to start a conversation.

Tell us about your Energy situation — the upstream petro operator implementing production optimization analytics, the midstream pipeline operator integrating operational data systems, the downstream refiner deploying AI for predictive maintenance, the oilfield services firm modernizing technology infrastructure, the energy investor standardizing operational technology and AI-enabled analytics across portfolio holdings (including M&A integration analytics and ESG reporting), the customer with substantive OT cybersecurity exposure (NERC CIP-regulated infrastructure, TSA pipeline directive compliance, or IEC 62443 alignment) needing converged IT/OT cybersecurity coverage. We'll talk through what makes sense for your specific reality.

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