• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
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  • March 10 - 14, 2025

André Backen

Oliasoft

Chief Executive Officer

André Backen serves as the CEO and co-founder of Oliasoft, a pioneering software firm dedicated to creating engineering solutions for the oil industry. Their flagship product, Oliasoft WellDesign, offers comprehensive end-to-end engineering capabilities for well planning, distinguished by its truly open APIs. These APIs enable seamless 24/7 data exchange and communication with other software providers, marking a significant advancement in the digitalization and automation of workflows within the Drilling & Well sector.

Mr. Backen boasts an impressive entrepreneurial background. Shortly after graduating from university in 1992, he established a computer games company that swiftly expanded and went public on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Subsequently, he ventured into the financial technology sector, founding a company that was later acquired by MasterCard, and in 2015, he leveraged his extensive experience to co-found Oliasoft. Oliasoft - A soft catalyst for hard change.

Sessions With André Backen

Thursday, 21 March

  • 05:30pm - 06:00pm (CST) / 21/mar/2024 10:30 pm - 21/mar/2024 11:00 pm

    Oliasoft | Enabling Digital Value Chain for Drilling & Wells

    Oliasoft is redefining the future of well planning with its main product Oliasoft WellDesign, which  is a modern E2E engineerings platform, offering unparalleled automation and efficiency in well planning and design. Oliasoft WellDesign calculation engines and data structure are built for two-way data sharing and flow using open APIs. This enable integration with company specific well and project management software, or any 3rd party application.

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