UK Energy Company

The Challenge:

• A lack of urgency and ability in the organisation to execute production improvement actions
• Production performance was significantly impacted by both planned and unplanned outages
• Many of the processes/tools were in place but were not used to drive day to day production execution
• Levels of production losses were not visible. Data was available but the level of granularity was insufficient
• Root cause analysis was not systematically applied, reverting to historical experience and pre-conceived solutions
• Lack of challenge between function and asset around performance with a lack of clear operational targets aligned with the organisational structure
• Lack of clarity on who should drive what actions

Benefits:

• Identified over 20 tangible production improvement opportunities
• Methodical review and implementation of 11 production improvements that increased production by over 12,000 barrels per day
• Clear accountability for production performance across the organisation achieved
• Maximum production potential reviewed and established for every asset –increasing production targets by >15%
• Up to 30% improvement in 28 day plan attainment
• Stabilisation of the backlog in priority 1 and 2 activities

Deliverables:

• Clarified the accountability for production and the roles and responsibilities for production management across the organisation
• Developed the production management framework and production standards
• Improved production performance reporting and reviews
• Implemented integrated activity planning across operated assets and alignment / improvement across non-operated assets
• Developed production improvement plans for every asset
• Installed choke models and a robust maximum production potential setting process across all operated and non-operated assets
• Highly engaged the subsurface and asset community who are seeing and driving the tangible opportunities to improve production performance
• Upgraded processes and agreed best practice for managing losses and improvement from investigating the root causes
• Stimulated and drove volume improvement actions