Birbal AI

Basira · بصيرة · Process safety

See every barrier. Fix every root cause.

Basira is barrier management and root cause analysis software for energy and industrial operations. Basira Barrier gives the shift, the Technical Authority and management one live picture of barrier status, operational risk and ORAs. Basira RCA takes each event to a verified root cause and effective action.

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  • Barrier states refreshed every 5 minutes
  • Live BowTies and ORAs with priority 1–4
  • RCA with logic tree, 5-Why and fishbone

Basira Barrier · Unit 2

1 barrier impaired

Operational risk

43

▲ 12 this shift

ThreatsTop eventConsequences
SIF-2013 bypass2 h past its permit limit · preventive barrierReview

Birbal suggests

Open an ORA for the SIF-2013 bypass, or restore the barrier before the shift hands over.

Illustrative screen with sample data

Authorized vendor to

  • Ministry of Finance
  • Ministry of Interior
  • DGE Abu Dhabi
  • Etihad Aviation
  • EDGE Group

Delivered for

  • Hindustan Unilever
  • Nokia
  • Linde
  • USA Today
  • JSL

Procurement-ready

  • Abu Dhabi Government Procurement Gate
  • UAE Ministry of Finance, federal procurement
  • Registered ADNOC vendor
  • National ICV certificate

Product tour

See Basira at work

Real screens from Basira Barrier, shown with sample data for a gas processing plant.

Basira Barrier shift view with cumulative risk gauges per train, alerts needing action and a recommended action
Shift view: cumulative risk for each train and unit, the alerts that need action, and a recommended next step with its reasoning.
Basira RCA logic tree with failure modes and hypotheses marked verified, open or not true
Basira RCA: a logic tree where every hypothesis is verified or ruled out, down to the root cause.

  • Risk you can see for each train

    Impairments, bypasses and overdue tests roll up into one cumulative risk score for each train and unit.

  • Recommendations with reasons

    Basira suggests the next action, shows why and how confident it is. Your team decides.

  • Built on your systems

    Barrier status comes from ERP work orders, control system inhibits and overrides, and permits to work.

Why it matters

Barriers rarely fail all at once

Serious incidents seldom have a single cause. They follow barriers that were degraded, bypassed or overdue for a while.

BowTies go out of date

BowTies are drawn for the safety case, then rarely show what is true on site today.

Bypasses outlive their permits

Overrides and bypasses stay in place past their limits, and nobody sees the combined risk.

Investigations stop at the symptom

Root causes go unverified, actions go unfinished, and the same event comes back.

Two modules

Basira Barrier and Basira RCA

Use one, or run both on the same platform. Events flow from Barrier into RCA with the same people and the same record.

Basira Barrier

Live barrier status, cumulative and operational risk, and operational risk assessments (ORAs), in one picture for the shift, the Technical Authority and management. Barrier states refresh every 5 minutes.

Basira RCA

From event to verified root cause to effective action: one record for investigators, approvers and leadership, with Birbal finding the evidence and the patterns.

Basira Barrier

Barrier management, live on every shift

Live BowTies

A BowTie library with import, an editor and reviews under management of change, plus a Swiss cheese view.

Barrier and SCE registers

Every barrier and safety-critical element, with overdue assurance and deferrals in plain view.

Impairments and bypasses

Request, approve, verify in the field and restore, with compensatory measures for every shift.

Operational risk assessment

Register, initiate, test what-if options, decide and close out each ORA, with priority 1 to 4.

Shift handover

Open actions, compensatory measures and barrier status, reviewed and signed at every handover.

Field and control room

Basira Field on a tablet for field rounds and checks, and a wall display for the control room.

Basira RCA

Root cause analysis that closes the loop

Event triage

Events arrive from Basira Barrier and your systems and are triaged by rules. Dismiss one with a learning note, or trigger an RCA.

Guided investigation

Agree the charter, let Birbal draft the sequence of events, and work through a logic tree, 5-Why or fishbone.

E-signature approvals

Investigations and corrective actions are approved with electronic signatures, on record.

Corrective actions

Every action has an owner and a due date and is tracked on a board until it is closed.

Lessons learned

A knowledge base of lessons, with patterns and trends across sites and RCA performance KPIs.

Works offline

Investigators keep working without a connection, and changes sync when they are back online.

How it works

From live signal to lasting fix

  1. 01

    Watch

    Basira reads barrier states every 5 minutes from your historian, control system journal, permits and ERP.

  2. 02

    Understand

    It updates live BowTies and the risk score, and explains every score in plain language.

  3. 03

    Recommend

    It suggests the next step: restore a barrier, open an ORA or trigger an RCA.

  4. 04

    You decide

    Operators, the Technical Authority and HSE approve, edit or escalate. Every step is signed and logged.

Who it’s for

Built for high-hazard operations

One record for panel and field operators, team leaders, the Technical Authority, HSE and leadership.

Oil and gas

Upstream, midstream and downstream sites, gas plants and gathering facilities with major accident hazards.

Petrochemicals and refining

Process units where barriers, permits and bypasses change every shift.

Power and utilities

Generation, water and grid assets that have to keep running safely.

Heavy industry

Metals, cement, mining and manufacturing sites with process safety risks.

Track record

Trusted by UAE government entities and global brands.

Authorized vendor to five UAE government entities, with projects delivered for Hindustan Unilever, USA Today, Nokia and Linde.

Startups and enterprises served by our engineering teams
150+
Startups and enterprises served by our engineering teams
Average rating on Clutch, Trustpilot and Glassdoor
4.9/5
Average rating on Clutch, Trustpilot and Glassdoor
Client satisfaction rate
98%
Client satisfaction rate
UAE government entities we are an authorized vendor to
5
UAE government entities we are an authorized vendor to

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Control

Built for safety-critical operations

Birbal explains, people decide

Ask why a risk score changed and get an answer with its sources. Birbal suggests within guardrails you set.

Full audit trail

Every status change, decision and action is signed, time-stamped and searchable.

Single sign-on and MFA

Sign in with your company’s single sign-on and multi-factor authentication, with role-based access.

Fits your systems

Connects to your ERP, process historian, control system journal, permits, LIMS and document control.

Book a demo

See Basira on one of your own units

Bring a BowTie or a recent event. A product specialist will show you live barrier health, an ORA and a root cause investigation on a call, in Arabic or English.

  • A live demo, not slides
  • Built around your own BowTie
  • A reply within one business day

4.9/5 average rating · 98% client satisfaction · 150+ clients served

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FAQ

Questions buyers ask

What is a BowTie in process safety?

A BowTie is a diagram of how a hazard could turn into an incident. Threats sit on the left, consequences on the right and the top event in the middle, with preventive barriers on one side and mitigating barriers on the other.

What is barrier management?

Barrier management makes sure the safety barriers in each BowTie are in place and working, and shows when one is degraded, bypassed or overdue.

What is an operational risk assessment (ORA)?

An ORA assesses the extra risk when a barrier is impaired, bypassed or overridden, and sets the conditions and compensatory measures under which operation can continue. In Basira each ORA has a priority from 1 to 4 and is tracked from initiation to close-out.

What is the difference between Basira Barrier and Basira RCA?

Basira Barrier shows barrier health, operational risk and ORAs on every shift. Basira RCA investigates events, finds the verified root cause and tracks the corrective actions. Each works on its own or together.

Which root cause analysis methods does Basira RCA support?

Logic tree, 5-Why and fishbone. Birbal can draft the sequence of events from your records, and investigators decide what is accepted.

Does Basira replace our existing systems?

No. Basira reads from the ERP, process historian, control system journal, permits, LIMS and document control you already run, and our engineers connect them.

Is Birbal AI a registered ADNOC vendor?

Yes. Birbal AI is a registered ADNOC vendor and holds a National In-Country Value (ICV) certificate, which ADNOC and UAE government entities use when evaluating bids.

See every barrier, on every shift

Book a live Basira demo built around one of your own BowTies.

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