How an independent refiner migrated 85+ SAP PI/PO interfaces to the cloud
A leading independent US petroleum refiner and marketer migrated 85+ interfaces from SAP PI/PO to SAP Integration Suite on SAP BTP. The project introduced an API-based architecture and real-time data exchange across refinery and supply chain systems, and reduced integration maintenance effort by 40%.
- Organization
- A leading independent US petroleum refiner and marketer (5,000+ employees, US South)
- Industry
- Oil and gas refining and marketing
- Size
- 5,000+ employees
- Region
- US South
- Project type
- PI/PO to Integration Suite Migration, API Management Strategy, Integration Strategy and Architecture
- SAP technology
- SAP Integration Suite, SAP Cloud Integration, SAP Process Orchestration, SAP BTP, SAP ECC
- Other technology
- REST APIs, EDI system
The challenge
The refiner ran its integrations on an on-premise SAP PI/PO platform that limited scalability and cloud adoption and carried a high maintenance burden. Batch-based processing and the lack of real-time data exchange across refinery and logistics systems delayed critical business operations.
Results
- 85+
- Interfaces migrated to SAP Integration Suite
- 40%
- Reduction in integration maintenance effort
- 10 months
- Migration duration with a 5-member team
Questions
How many interfaces were migrated from SAP PI/PO?
More than 85 interfaces were migrated from SAP PI/PO to SAP Integration Suite. The work was delivered in 10 months by a 5-member team and covered both SAP and non-SAP connections, including ECC, REST APIs and an EDI system.
What business results did the refiner achieve?
Integration maintenance effort fell by 40%. The company also gained real-time visibility across refinery and supply chain systems, lower operational complexity, and better performance and scalability than the batch-based PI/PO setup.
What did the new integration architecture include?
It was an API-based architecture for SAP and non-SAP systems on SAP BTP. It came with a migration roadmap, monitoring, logging and governance, and reusable integration assets that support future growth.
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