According to a news report, the companies have started to operate the blockchain-based trading application alongside its existing live trading platform. The decision to simultaneously operate both the platforms was made following an earlier 12 week-long trial conducted by both BP and Eni in association with another Austrian energy company, Wien Energie.
The energy majors are operating Interbit blockchain platform provided by BTL Group. The spokesperson for BTL Group informed the media about a trial instance where the blockchain based trading system was able to identify differences in the allocated volumes of French gas sold to BP by its partner, Eni. The same report also quotes Andrew Woosey, a partner at EY who was involved in the early testing phase of BTL Group’s Interbit blockchain based trading platform.
Woosey reiterated the benefit of distributed ledger based trading platform over the conventional ones by saying,
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“Use of such technology can help by streamlining back office processes, leading to reduced risk, better protection against cyber threats and ultimately significant cost savings.”
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