ConocoPhillips deploys Mendix application development platform

Oil and gas major ConocoPhillips has deployed Mendix low-code application development platform across its operations.

A business of German technology firm Siemens, Mendix enables companies to create in-house applications without the need to appoint outside developers.

The low-code application development platform requires minimal or no coding knowledge.

The Mendix platform is the core application development technology at the ConocoPhillips’ centre of excellence (CoE) to build digital solutions.

ConocoPhillips chief information officer Mike Pfister said: “This shift in our approach enables our IT team to deliver solutions that provide differentiated value to ConocoPhillips in select capabilities.

“Our focus is on innovating in the areas that give us a competitive edge.”

ConocoPhillips has so far launched 20 enterprise-grade applications since it started using Mendix 18 months ago.

The oil and gas major has now gained enough experience to develop applications five times faster.

Mendix founder and CEO Derek Roos said: “ConocoPhillips is modelling what the future of software development looks like.

“Empowering developers and business users with the right low-code and no-code tools, with the appropriate governance, is the key to creating solutions that deliver real business value and brings velocity and relevance to digital transformation initiatives.”

In May this year, ConocoPhillips sold its subsidiaries that hold its Australia-West assets and operations to Santos for $1.265bn.

In March, ConocoPhillips sold two oil assets in the Permian Basin and the southern Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin to undisclosed buyers.