At the SIS Global Forum 2019, Schlumberger, Chevron and Microsoft announced a three-party collaboration to accelerate creation of innovative petrotechnical and digital technologies.

Siemens is planning to acquire Process Systems Enterprise (PSE), a technology supplier of software and services for advanced process modelling.

Schlumberger is bringing flare and process simulation software together to create an all-inclusive software package for flare system analysis.

Baker Hughes, a GE company and C3.ai announced the launch of BHC3 Reliability, the first artificial intelligence (AI) software application developed by the BakerHughesC3.ai joint venture.

Nokia, NTT DOCOMO, INC. and OMRON Corporation have agreed to conduct joint field trials using 5G at their plants and other production sites.  As part of the trial, Nokia will provide the enabling 5G technology and OMRON the factory automation equipment, while NTT DOCOMO will run the 5G trial.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced the signing of an agreement with UK-based RAP International Ltd. (RAP) for Yokogawa to acquire all shares of the company and make RAP a wholly-owned subsidiary.

The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and the Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG) announced they have agreed to a liaison to help further the development of the industrial internet.

SAP SE announced its latest partnership with Chronicled Inc., a software company, to provide blockchain technology to help pharmaceutical companies to verify prescription drug authenticity, thus complying with the U.S. Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA).

Gotianun family-led Filinvest Development Corporation （FDC）and Hitachi Aqua-Tech Engineering Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. signed a joint venture agreement for a new water solution company to provide overall water solutions across the Republic of the Philippines.

Foxconn and Johnson Controls announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding forming a global technology strategic partnership.  Johnson Controls and Foxconn Industrial Internet (Fii) will collaborate to transform building data analytics through artificial intelligence and machine learning to advance smart building and smart-city technologies and achieve comfort, security and sustainability goals