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Industries: Oil & Gas, Energy & Utilities

Cortexa is deployed in refineries, generation plants, transmission networks, and utilities operations where permit-to-work compliance, process safety, and shift continuity are critical.

Key use cases in oil and gas / energy

• Permit-to-work verbal compliance: Hot work, confined space entry, lockout-tagout, and cold work permits are verified verbally in the field. Cortexa confirms that spoken communications match permit conditions in real time.
• Process safety monitoring: HAZOP-defined hazard language, abnormal operating conditions, and emergency responses are detected from radio traffic automatically.
• Shift handover integrity: End-of-shift handovers are transcribed, summarised, and checked for completeness — missing equipment states, unresolved permits, or open work orders are flagged before the shift ends.
• Operator round verification: Operators confirming readings and checks over radio are logged and attributed, providing a timestamped record of rounds completion.
• Gas and fire alarm response tracking: When a gas detector activates, Cortexa tracks every verbal response across all channels — acknowledgements, evacuation calls, and muster confirmations — in real time.

Regulatory alignment

• ISO 45001
• API standards alignment
• IOGP recommendations
• OSHA PSM (Process Safety Management)
• HSE COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards)

Operating environment

Cortexa handles the specific challenges of energy and utilities radio environments: multilingual contractor crews, high-noise environments near rotating equipment, ATEX-zone radio use, and multi-site operations across a single management plane.