Quorum Software manages production, logistics, accounting, and planning activities – Krishnan
Radhika Krishnan, Chief Product & Technology Officer, Quorum Software, speaks with Ndubuisi Micheal Obineme, Managing Editor, The Energy Republic, in this interview, sharing insight on the company’s software, which provides a wide range of tools to help companies manage production operations, logistics, measurement, accounting, and planning activities across their assets. Excerpts:
TER: Please tell us about Quorum Software and your company’s value propositions for the energy sector.
Krishnan: Quorum Software provides purpose-built software that energy companies rely on to run critical operations across the energy value chain, including land and well management, production operations, logistics, measurement, accounting, and planning. Our solutions are designed specifically for the complex workflows that energy operators manage daily.
Today, more than 1,500 energy companies across over 50 energy-producing countries rely on Quorum solutions, ranging from emerging operators to supermajors and national oil companies. These systems manage operational data and workflows that drive billions of dollars in production, transportation, and revenue across the global energy industry.
Our value proposition is helping operators move from fragmented systems and manual processes to a connected digital foundation. Based on what our customers have told us they need most, our investments are focused on three areas. First, we are modernizing our cloud infrastructure so operators have a scalable, secure, and modern foundation for their operations. Second, we are investing in data and AI so that trusted operational information can be transformed into actionable intelligence. And third, we are building for extensibility so customers and partners can extend and build on top of the Quorum platform. Together, these investments bring operational data, domain workflows, and enterprise systems into a connected environment that helps companies run their businesses more efficiently, respond faster to operational changes, and make higher-confidence decisions.
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly important across the energy sector, Quorum believes the real opportunity is building the AI infrastructure for energy planning and operations. In our view, the true infrastructure for AI in energy is not just models or tools, but operational data that is trusted, connected, and decision-ready. Quorum Software already sits at the center of how operators plan, produce, move, and account for hydrocarbons, bringing together cross-domain operational data and workflows. That foundation allows AI to move beyond experimentation and into real operational use, where trusted data and domain expertise can be embedded directly into the workflows that run the business, enabling automation, intelligence, and faster operational decision-making.
TER: Which specific role does Quorum Software play in enabling energy companies and enterprises to deploy AI to run and optimize their business? How proactive is the software in solving complex issues?
Krishnan: Quorum plays a foundational role because many of the operational workflows that run the energy industry already sit inside our software. Energy companies use Quorum solutions to manage critical processes such as land agreements, well operations, production management, logistics scheduling, measurement, and hydrocarbon accounting.
While these capabilities exist across a portfolio of specialized solutions, together they represent the operational systems that many energy companies rely on to run their assets and manage their business. Because those workflows and the underlying domain data are already in place, AI has a natural environment where it can operate with real operational context.
Instead of analyzing isolated datasets, AI can work directly inside the tools and workflows that engineers and operators already use. In that environment, it becomes a force multiplier, helping teams surface insights earlier, automate routine analysis, and evaluate operational decisions faster. This approach works especially well at Quorum because our software sits at the intersection of the operational decisions that run an energy company, from the wellhead to the boardroom. We manage the workflows where those decisions are made and bring together the domain-specific operational data that informs them, while giving customers the flexibility to extend and adapt the environment to their needs. As we said at CERAWeek, computing without context is just expensive guessing.
As the industry evolves, we expect these systems to become increasingly proactive, continuously analyzing operational conditions and assisting teams with real-time insights and recommendations.
TER: What makes Quorum Software a unique solution for AI deployment? Can it be customized for specific tasks?
Krishnan: What makes Quorum unique is the depth of energy industry workflows embedded in our software. Our solutions support the operational processes that energy companies rely on every day, including land management, well operations, production management, logistics scheduling, measurement, hydrocarbon accounting, and planning.
Because these workflows already exist inside our systems, AI can operate with the right operational context. Instead of being applied to disconnected datasets, AI can assist directly within the tools that engineers, operators, and analysts use to manage assets and run the business.
Another important differentiator is extensibility. Energy companies operate in very different environments, with unique asset portfolios, regulatory requirements, and operating practices. Quorum solutions have always been designed to accommodate those differences so customers can run their business the way they need to.
Across the energy value chain, operators are already using Quorum solutions to integrate critical workflows across their business. For example, Venator Resources has publicly shared how it used Quorum’s upstream solutions to connect planning, operations, and financial workflows, enabling teams to coordinate decisions across departments and support rapid production growth while improving operational efficiency. In the midstream sector, Tallgrass Energy has described how it uses Quorum Pipeline Transaction Management to manage pipeline scheduling, contracts, and billing workflows in a unified system. These types of integrated operational environments are where AI can deliver the most value because it can operate directly within the workflows that manage assets, infrastructure, and business processes.
TER: How can the Quorum Software, alongside AI, be integrated into existing assets, facilities, and industrial plants to boost operational excellence?
Krishnan: Energy companies already operate complex digital environments that include field sensors, control systems, engineering tools, and enterprise applications. The challenge is often not a lack of data, but connecting that information across operational and commercial workflows so teams can act on it effectively. Operators generate massive volumes of operational data across these systems, and when that data is properly structured and governed, it becomes the fuel that powers AI. Unlocking that value requires bringing workflows and data together in a connected environment rather than trying to stitch together dozens of disconnected point solutions.
Quorum Software helps bring these workflows together. Our solutions integrate with existing operational systems and provide the tools companies use to manage production operations, logistics, measurement, accounting, and planning activities across their assets.
When AI is embedded into these operational workflows, it can analyze data from across the organization and assist teams in identifying operational issues, coordinating activities, and improving performance. This allows companies to move from reactive operations toward more informed and responsive decision-making.
The result is improved operational visibility, faster coordination across teams, and better use of the data already generated by assets and facilities.
TER: How sustainable is the Quorum Software in terms of its durability and capacities?
Krishnan: What makes Quorum unique in the era of artificial intelligence is the operational foundation our software provides and the durability of that position. Energy companies rely on our solutions to run mission-critical workflows across land, production operations, logistics, measurement, accounting, and planning. Many of these workflows act as systems of record that feed downstream financial reporting, creating deep integration and high switching costs.
Over more than 25 years, operators have run their businesses on Quorum Software, generating a massive body of operational data within these governed workflows. That data creates compounding value and provides the context required to deploy AI responsibly in industrial environments where traceability, reliability, and regulatory compliance matter.
As AI capabilities evolve, we are embedding them directly into the same governed workflows that teams already rely on, while allowing customers and partners to extend the platform around their operations. The result is an environment where automation can increase while domain experts remain firmly in control of critical operational decisions.
TER: What strategic partnerships has your company established with the software so far? Who are your clients, and how is the Quorum Software used in their operations?
Krishnan: Quorum works with many of the world’s leading energy operators, ranging from emerging producers to supermajors and national oil companies. These companies rely on Quorum solutions to manage critical operational workflows across their business, including land management, well and production operations, logistics coordination, measurement, and hydrocarbon accounting.
We also collaborate closely with technology partners and cloud providers to help energy companies modernize their digital infrastructure and adopt advanced analytics and artificial intelligence capabilities. Our work with companies such as Chevron, along with technology providers like Microsoft, reflects the growing collaboration between energy operators and technology companies as the industry modernizes its operational systems.
Across these environments, Quorum Software helps operators manage the workflows that connect field operations, infrastructure, logistics, measurement, and accounting so they can run their businesses more efficiently and make faster, better-informed decisions.
