The energy industry's trusted innovation ecosystem
B4E brings operators, technology companies, and industry leaders together to build, validate, and scale interoperable digital solutions — improving the way energy works, on neutral infrastructure the whole industry can trust.
Governed by ExxonMobil · Chevron · ConocoPhillips · Repsol · Expand Energy
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Applications
B4E support@b4e.netB4E Carbon
Turning emissions data into trusted, verifiable carbon registry records.
Launch application
B4E Digital Wallet
Decentralized identity and interoperability across solutions.
Launch application
B4E Logistics
Real-time validation of field activity, operations and cost.
Launch application
B4E Balloting
AFE balloting fully on-chain, auditable and DiD-integrated.
Coming soon
B4E Seismic
Digital management of seismic assets with automated controls.
Coming soon
Live One network · Five applications Interoperable by default
- Live production solutions
- SOC 2 Type 2
- ISO/IEC 27001
- Governed by energy leaders
- 6 active programs
- 72 contributors
Founded and governed by leaders across the energy industry
Shared problems are draining the industry. Solving them once changes the math.
Energy companies face the same friction — manual reconciliation, fragmented systems, duplicated technology efforts, delayed settlement, and growing pressure for trusted environmental data. B4E helps the industry solve these problems together, through shared digital infrastructure, validated data, interoperable applications, and member-led governance.
Shared challenges
- Manual reconciliation between counterparties
- Fragmented, disconnected systems
- Duplicated technology spend across companies
- Delayed settlement and cash flow
- Pressure for trusted, verifiable emissions data
How B4E responds
- Shared digital infrastructure, owned by the industry
- Validated, tamper-evident data every party can trust
- Interoperable applications, not another silo
- Automated settlement on a common record
- Member-led governance — no single point of control
The industry's hardest problems are shared. The solution should be too.
Energy companies face the same administrative friction, the same reconciliation overhead, the same lack of trusted data between counterparties. As a non-profit, B4E is where the industry solves those problems once — together — then partners with technology companies to commercialize the results, so the whole industry benefits.
B4E
The non-profit at the center. Creates, governs, validates, and stewards trusted industry capabilities — shared infrastructure no single company should build alone, owned by the industry.
Technology partners
Implement, commercialize, support, and extend those capabilities into market-ready offerings — putting the shared work into the hands of every operator.
Operators & suppliers
Adopt shared, interoperable-by-default capabilities — cutting cost, duplication, and friction across the value chain.
B4E is a non-profit industry consortium. Every capability we develop exists to better the energy industry as a whole — reducing duplication, improving interoperability, and accelerating adoption — not to profit from it.
Independently certified
SOC 2 Type 2 · ISO/IEC 27001 — audited by A-LIGN
One ecosystem. A clear next step for every role.
Operators, technology companies, suppliers, and industry leaders each plug into B4E differently — here's where you fit, and where to start.
For operators
Reduce reconciliation, improve visibility, validate field activity, and participate in shared industry standards.
Explore production solutions →For technology companies
Build on trusted infrastructure and bring interoperable solutions to the energy market.
Build on the B4E Network →For suppliers & service providers
Connect to shared workflows that reduce friction and improve data trust across counterparties.
Propose a use case →For industry leaders
Shape the digital standards that can improve how energy works — and govern the infrastructure the industry runs on.
Become a member →Production solutions, running on shared infrastructure
The trusted digital registry for carbon records.
Turning emissions data into trusted, verifiable carbon registry records — created, verified, issued, transferred, and retired through one controlled digital workflow the operator owns.
Commodity transport you can trust, end to end.
Merges Industrial IoT with a shared record no single party can change after the fact — so every counterparty sees the same account of what moved, and settlement runs on it automatically.
Verified contractors, subcontractors, and workforce.
Confirm that every company in the chain holds the organizational credentials the contract requires — and fields a workforce whose qualifications are current — verified in seconds, without collecting a single PDF.
The shared infrastructure for industry-led applications.
A versatile, expandable ecosystem that deploys the full range of B4E solutions and enables seamless digital financial transactions across members.
Capabilities the industry has already built — and proven
Not slideware. B4E capabilities run live in production — on the same shared network, trusted data, identity, and settlement layer that technology partners can build differentiated offerings on.
One shared record of every commodity movement
IIoT data fused on-chain gives every counterparty the same immutable truth — eliminating reconciliation and unlocking automation across scheduling and settlement.
Methane abated
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Total reductions
tCO₂e
Credits issued
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Credits retired
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Carbon records auditors, regulators, and markets can trust
Source data, calculations, engineering evidence, and independent verification become trusted, verifiable carbon registry records — then credits are issued, transferred, and retired under operator control, across oil & gas, geothermal, hydrogen, CCUS, and LNG.
One network. One platform. Every B4E solution.
The B4E Network & Platform is the shared, expandable ecosystem every solution runs on — enabling new industry-led applications, verified digital identity, and seamless financial transactions between members.
In plain terms: it's the shared digital foundation behind every B4E solution — letting energy organizations work from trusted data, verified identities, and a common transaction record, instead of each company building separate systems for the same industry-wide problems.
Bring your use case. Build on the foundation.
The Network & Platform is designed as an infrastructure layer applications are built on. Reuse the trusted data, verified identity, and settlement layer the industry has already built — integrate faster, without duplicating systems — and add your use case to a growing ecosystem.
Bring your use case
Start with a real industry problem. If more than one organization feels the same friction, it belongs on shared infrastructure — not in another siloed system.
Build on the foundation
Plug into B4E's shared validation, digital identity, and on-chain settlement instead of standing up your own stack. A neutral coordination layer every party can trust.
Explore together
Co-develop in the open with members, partners, and standards bodies — turning a single use case into a reusable capability and, over time, an industry standard.
An ecosystem already building together
Beyond its governing members, B4E collaborates with technology partners, advisors, academia, and the standards bodies shaping how energy data is modeled, exchanged, and trusted.
Industry working groups turning use cases into standards
Programs are where members tackle specific industry challenges together — defining the standards and applications that run across the network.
ESG
Auditable environmental, social & governance data.
Learn more →Digital Identity
Verified identities for organizations and assets.
Learn more →Commodity Transport
Trusted movement of water, chemicals & commodities.
Learn more →Seismic Entitlements
Verifiable ownership & usage rights for seismic data.
Learn more →Procure-to-Pay Digital Contracts
Streamlined contracting from PO to payment.
Learn more →Integrated Joint Venture Management (IJVM)
AFE balloting and Joint Interest Billing on a shared ledger.
Learn more →Not a whitepaper. A track record.
B4E has moved from idea to production — a governed consortium, live applications, shared infrastructure, and enterprise-grade trust standards.
- Built a trusted industry consortium governed by major energy leaders.
- Launched production-ready applications across logistics, carbon, digital identity, and network infrastructure.
- Created shared infrastructure that supports interoperable energy solutions.
- Established active industry programs across ESG, digital identity, commodity transport, seismic, procure-to-pay, and joint venture management.
- Achieved enterprise-grade trust standards including SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO/IEC 27001.
A board drawn from the energy industry's leaders
Raj Rapaka
Chairperson of the Board
ExxonMobil
Christopher Milliet
Vice Chairperson of the Board
Chevron
Rebecca Hofmann
Executive Director & Founder
B4E
Jason Jones
Treasurer
ExxonMobil
Roger Bhalla
Manager, ERP Strategy
ConocoPhillips
Blockchain for energy, in plain language
Common questions about B4E, its solutions, and how the energy industry participates. More on the About page.
What is Blockchain For Energy?
Blockchain For Energy (B4E) is a member-led, non-profit consortium building trusted digital infrastructure for the energy industry. It brings operators, technology companies, and industry leaders together to build, validate, and scale interoperable energy applications on neutral, shared infrastructure.
How does B4E help the energy industry?
B4E solves shared industry problems once, together — replacing manual reconciliation, fragmented systems, and duplicated technology spend with validated data, digital identity, and automated settlement. The result is trusted digital infrastructure for energy that any member can adopt instead of building alone.
What is B4E Logistics?
B4E Logistics is a production solution for energy logistics automation. It fuses Industrial IoT data with blockchain to create one shared, immutable record of every commodity movement — powering oil and gas logistics and produced water logistics with automated matching and settlement across counterparties.
What is B4E Carbon?
B4E Carbon is the operator-controlled digital registry for carbon records. It turns source data, calculations, engineering evidence, documentation, and independent verification into trusted, verifiable carbon registry records — then issues, transfers, and retires carbon credits through one controlled digital workflow, across oil & gas, geothermal, hydrogen, CCUS, and LNG.
How is a carbon registry different from digital MRV (dMRV)?
Digital MRV describes capturing emissions data and validating it in real time. That is an input to B4E Carbon, not the product. B4E Carbon is a registry: it takes source data, calculations, engineering evidence, and documentation, locks them into an auditable carbon record, submits that record for independent validation and verification body (VVB) review, and then issues, transfers, and retires the resulting carbon credits with on-chain proof.
What is a Carbon Record Complete?
Carbon Record Complete is the milestone an operator reaches in B4E Carbon when every required input — source data, calculations, engineering evidence, and supporting documentation — is locked into a single, immutable, auditable carbon record. It is the state a record must reach before independent VVB review, credit issuance, or any market activity.
What is B4E Credentialing?
B4E Credentialing lets an operator verify that contractors and their subcontractors hold the organizational credentials a scope of work requires — insurance, prequalification, licences, safety-program and ISO attestations — and that the workforce those companies field holds current individual qualifications. Every credential is cryptographically verifiable against a shared registry, so verification takes seconds and works across every tier of the contractor chain without collecting or storing the underlying paperwork.
Why does the energy industry need neutral digital infrastructure?
Because the industry's hardest problems are shared. Neutral, interoperable infrastructure lets energy companies work from the same trusted data and smart contracts for energy transactions — with no single vendor lock-in and no duplicated systems for the same industry-wide problems.
Who governs B4E?
B4E is governed by its members. A board of representatives from leading energy companies — including ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Repsol, and Expand Energy — sets strategic direction, while member-led working groups define standards and ship solutions.
How can energy companies participate?
Energy companies can join as members to help govern the ecosystem, adopt production solutions, and lead programs. Technology companies can build interoperable energy applications on the B4E Network, and any organization can propose a use case to solve on shared infrastructure.
Help shape the digital infrastructure of energy
Membership puts your organization at the table — co-developing the standards, solutions, and platform the industry will run on.