Baker Hughes Expands Cordant™ with Antea’s Mechanical Integrity Technology to Advance Asset Performance and Industrial Reliability
Baker Hughes, a global leader in energy technology, announced the integration of Antea’s mechanical integrity (MI) capabilities into its Cordant™ Asset Performance Management (APM) software platform. This enhancement, slated for general release in the first quarter of 2026, represents a major leap in digital asset management, combining Baker Hughes’ industrial expertise with Antea’s advanced inspection and integrity technology. The integration will provide customers with a unified solution to monitor, manage, and optimize the health, safety, and performance of complex energy and industrial assets.
A New Chapter in Digital Asset Management
Cordant™, Baker Hughes’ AI-powered, modular industrial software suite, is designed to optimize assets, processes, and energy consumption across enterprises. By acting as a digital thread that connects operational data across an organization, Cordant™ enables predictive decision-making, improves reliability, and fosters more sustainable performance. The inclusion of Antea’s MI tools deepens this capability, allowing customers to seamlessly integrate inspection data and integrity assessments into their broader asset management strategies.
This collaboration underscores Baker Hughes’ ongoing strategy to expand Cordant™ as a comprehensive digital platform for the energy and industrial sectors. As operations grow more complex and sustainability pressures increase, the ability to align asset performance with safety and compliance standards has become a defining competitive advantage. Through this partnership, Baker Hughes positions Cordant™ as a cornerstone solution for enterprises seeking to merge engineering excellence with digital intelligence.
Leveraging Antea’s 36 Years of Integrity Expertise
Antea, a globally recognized leader in mechanical integrity and inspection data management software, brings more than three decades of industry experience to the collaboration. Its portfolio encompasses risk-based inspection, pipeline integrity, corrosion monitoring, and inspection planning—capabilities critical to maintaining asset safety and extending operational life.
By embedding Antea’s MI functionality within Cordant™ APM, Baker Hughes will provide an end-to-end digital environment where inspection data directly informs asset strategies, maintenance schedules, and performance evaluations. This integration empowers operators to make faster, data-backed decisions while ensuring compliance with stringent industry regulations.
Key Benefits of the Integration
The initial release of the integrated system will deliver several advantages to operators across industries, including oil and gas, chemicals, power generation, and manufacturing.
- Enhanced Asset Reliability and Safety – Critical equipment such as pressure vessels, piping systems, and rotating machinery can now be continuously monitored and assessed against regulatory, engineering, and risk-based standards. Real-time access to MI data allows operators to detect potential issues early, reduce unplanned downtime, and uphold safety standards.
- Optimized Maintenance and Cost Efficiency – By embedding MI data into Cordant™’s analytics and asset strategy modules, organizations can shift from reactive or time-based maintenance to condition-based and predictive maintenance. This reduces operating expenses (OPEX), extends asset life, and minimizes unnecessary inspections or repairs.
- Persona-Driven Workflows for Seamless Collaboration – The integration respects the unique needs of different operational roles. Mechanical integrity inspectors can continue working in Antea’s specialized interface, while reliability engineers, asset managers, and strategy teams can access enriched MI data within Cordant™. This creates a more connected and collaborative workflow that enhances decision-making without disrupting established processes.
- Digital Transformation of Asset Integrity Management – The combined platform unites inspection, performance, and maintenance data into a single, intelligent ecosystem. This alignment improves asset transparency, helps standardize integrity processes across sites, and drives consistent, enterprise-wide improvements in reliability and safety.
Industry Collaboration and Implementation Support
Accenture, a global consulting and technology services company, is serving as the systems integrator for the project. Leveraging its extensive expertise in mechanical integrity, asset management, and digital transformation, Accenture will support the seamless deployment of the integrated Cordant™–Antea solution across customer operations worldwide. The company’s role ensures that customers experience a streamlined transition and gain full value from the integration.
Executive Perspectives on the Integration
“We remain committed to continuously investing in and evolving Cordant™ to meet the growing complexity of energy and industrial operations,” said Aravind Yarlagadda, Senior Vice President of Industrial Solutions at Baker Hughes. “The integration of Antea’s mechanical integrity capabilities enables more holistic, data-driven decision-making that empowers our customers to optimize performance, enhance safety, and drive sustainable outcomes.”
Floyd Baker, Vice President of Antea, added, “This alliance marks a significant step forward for asset integrity management. By integrating Antea’s 36 years of MI expertise with Baker Hughes’ Cordant™ solution, we create a seamless bridge between inspection data and enterprise decision-making. Together, we help operators enhance reliability, safety, and sustainability—while maintaining the workflows that engineers and inspectors rely on every day.”
Supporting the Energy Transition Through Digitalization
This integration reflects Baker Hughes’ broader vision of combining its century-long engineering legacy with cutting-edge digital technology. As the global energy industry accelerates its transition toward lower-carbon operations, digital platforms like Cordant™ play an increasingly vital role in improving operational efficiency, reducing emissions, and supporting long-term sustainability.
Through partnerships with technology innovators such as Antea, Baker Hughes is reinforcing its role as both a technology provider and a transformation partner for the industrial sector. Cordant™’s evolution demonstrates how integrating digital intelligence with proven engineering principles can create meaningful progress toward safer, more efficient, and more sustainable industrial systems.
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