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Our core values are the guiding principles under which we operate. Faced with a difficult decision,
we choose options that best meet our core values.

Welcome to Wood Group PSN (WGPSN),
this brochure will tell you a little about our
business, the services we offer and the
unique way we operate. We are a young
business with a long history, and if that
seems a little contradictory, well that’s just
the beginning of what makes us unique.
WGPSN is the new face of the two leading
global asset management providers.
It brings together the Production Facilities
part of engineering giant, Wood Group,
with leading independent brownfield
contractor, Production Services Network.
We have a shared heritage of pioneering
many aspects of the North Sea industry
and being global leaders in developing
local talent. Merging allows us to focus our
best practises and combined strengths
to create a unique exceptional delivery
service; the power of two.
We are structured as a network to ensure
the most flexible approach to meeting our
customers’ needs and to allow maximum
engagement for all our employees.
Our aim is to be the best production
services business in the world. To achieve
this, we put our core values at the centre
of all that we do.
This brochure covers the basics, the who,
what, where and how of our operation, all
we need from you is the when.
For more information visit:
www.woodgroup-psn.com

WGPSN enhances the performance and extends the life of production facilities
around the world, from engineering and construction, to operations, maintenance
and decommissioning.
WGPSN has a reputation for safety and integrity with an excellent operational track
record. Our global network employs over 22,000 people in 35 countries and 5 continents.
WGPSN sources, nurtures and deploys the best people, ensuring that the talent of the
entire network is available to customers wherever they need it.
Headquartered in Aberdeen, WGPSN has over 30 years of experience.

“
Our experience has enabled us to develop a service
that is focused on the global market and truly aligns with
and supports the technical and commercial objectives of
our customers.
”

Our engineering strength
combines innovation
with tradition. Our innovative
approach to design, execution
and contracting is balanced
by a commitment to best practice that runs
across all the disciplines of engineering. With
chief engineers in primary disciplines and a
strong engineering network, we deliver creative,
smart and functional solutions to our customers.
Safety engineering
Our safety engineering team has expertise in all
areas of hazard management from the preparation
of design philosophies, across all stages of a
project, through to the quantification of risk using
quantitative risk analysis techniques. Using bespoke
packages, in house tools and specially selected
third party consultants we can provide guidance,
advice and perform studies on:
• Leak modelling.
• Gas dispersion modelling.
• Toxic gas analysis.
• Fire modelling.
• Explosion modelling (also supported by
third party consultants).
• Smoke and gas ingress analysis.
• TR and EER analysis.
Environmental engineering
Our environmental engineering team can provide
support and guidance at each stage of the project
lifecycle, including environmental impact assessment,
best available technology assessment, design review,
training packages, liaison with regulators and external
consultants. We can provide bespoke stand-alone
documentation to support a permit application
through to longer term dedicated placements on
major design projects or operational support positions.
We have extensive experience in the development of
contractual documentation to ensure compliance of
third parties to company, national and international
environmental requirements, co-ordination of
socio-economic strategy and reporting, audits and
inspections. Our specialist engineers come from a
diverse range of industries, onshore and offshore, with
experience gained around the world in some of the
harshest and environmentally sensitive areas in which
we operate.

Project Datasheet
BAKU – Azerbaijan
DURATION
2004 - 2011
LOCATION
Baku, Azerbaijan Assets. Natavan
office, central Baku Sangachal
terminal, approx 50km south of
Baku. Logistics base, approx
30km south of Baku
manhours
Over 4 million
DISCIPLINE
Project management,
Engineering, Procurement and
Construction Services EPC,
Project management
Despite this project being located
in a challenging environment, we
are responding with engineering
excellence, increasing productivity,
lowered costs, and most importantly,
an excellent safety performance.
SCOPE
We provide project management,
engineering, procurement,
fabrication management,
construction and commissioning
services in support of the Caspian
onshore operational assets.
This includes:
• Project implementation,
including project management,
engineering, design,
procurement, installation
and commissioning.
• Engineering studies and design
activities to identify improvements
in the efficiency of the process
plant and equipment.
• Designing modifications
to installations to deliver
improvements in process and
plant efficiency or safety.
• Procurement of all
project materials.
• Provision of construction
and commissioning personnel
to execute modifications
at facilities.
• Management of contractors
that perform modification
related work.
Background
There is competition for high
quality local workers among
the contractors and operators
in the Caspian region. We have
successfully recruited a competent
and multinational team.
APPROACH
• Keeping everyone working as a
team, across diverse nationalities
and many isolated worksites.
• Employing local people who
have done an excellent job of
training subsequent newcomers
from the area.
• Our HSE team has been
commended for their
coaching of less experienced
subcontractors to keep the
worksites incident free.
• Our engineering excellence
and brownfield knowledge
has produced impressive
efficiencies.
• Our culture of flexibility and
responsiveness, embodied
in our core values of respecting
people, building good
relationships, and innovation,
is turning a challenging job into
a showcase project.
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Over 4 million manhours
without a lost time incident,
that is, no LTIs for the duration
of the project.
• Over 1.4 million miles driven
without a vehicle incident.
• WGPSN Core Value award
for localisation, awarded to
the document control and
information management team.
• 92% of our spending on
subcontracts goes to wholly
owned national companies or
Azerbaijan-based international
companies.
• Since the start of the contract
there has been a growth in
revenue of approximately
500%, achieved wholly through
generic growth, built on a
reputation for delivery. h
Value systems
Value Systems is the decision making and risk
management consulting group within WGPSN. We
support our clients to define strategies that will best
deliver value and cost efficiencies for their assets, through
an integrated approach of risk management, value
management and decision analysis. We deliver bespoke
methodologies for our clients, challenging issues through
the application of qualitative and quantitative techniques
and critical thinking. Our capabilities include:
• Enterprise risk management.
• Qualitative option selection.
• Strategic/quantitative decision engineering.
Central engineering
This group of detailed design engineering, procurement,
construction and commissioning support, deliver single
or multi-discipline projects or second people to projects
when expertise is needed. They give existing projects
the capacity to deliver on additional workloads, without
compromising their current contractual commitments and
are an engineering hub that can be deployed anywhere
within our network.
Advanced integrity
The advanced integrity group is WGPSN’s centre of
excellence for structural integrity management and
pressure systems corrosion management. The group
also provides advanced engineering and analysis
services, including but not limited to: fire and blast, boat
impact, wave and ice loading, dynamic, fatigue and
fracture assessments and weight control management.
The group has experience in the complete life cycle
of a facility, from design, commissioning, operations
support, life extension and cessation of production,
to decommissioning. The group has performed life
extension assessments of ageing facilities to enhance
return value through tie-backs to newly discovered fields
or reserves. Studies are also regularly carried out to
optimise topside and subsea inspection activities with
associated cost savings. Recently the group has been
supporting decommissioning activities in the North Sea
and worldwide via production of cost estimates and
structural integrity assurance during decommissioning
operations. The group serves all parts of the WGPSN
network globally via its multi-disciplinary integrity team.

Our engineering capability includes:
Studies
• Problem identification.
• Screening and feasibility.
• Front end engineering and conceptual design.
• Process simulation and optimisation.
• Debottlenecking solutions.
• Field life extensions.
• Decommissioning.
Specialist technical services
• Advanced structural analysis.
• Linear and non-linear finite
element analysis.
• Structural dynamics.
• Fracture mechanics.
• Materials engineering.
• Explosion modelling.
• Pipe stress analysis.
Technical support & design
• Detailed design.
• Workpack production.
• Construction management.
• Operational support.
• Commissioning engineering.
• Certification.
• As-building.
• Weight control.
Technical integrity
• Integrity management.
• Corrosion management.
• Structural integrity management.
Safety engineering
• Safety case management.
• Legislation compliance.
• Safety assessment studies
(HAZOP, HAZID, HAZENG).
• Human factors assessment.
• Environmental impact assessments.

Our construction experience and capability
covers operating plants and facilities,
offshore and onshore, in both greenfield and
brownfield projects.
To ensure early constructability input during
design, our construction and commissioning
engineers and experts form part of the project
teams from the start. This ensures the most cost
effective and safest methods of construction,
installation and completion are adopted.
We use a comprehensive portfolio
of processes, procedures and data
management tools to define the work
and ensure all necessary materials, plant,
equipment, tooling, manpower and specialist
resource requirements have been identified
and put in place. This integrated approach
is adopted worldwide by WGPSN to ensure
consistent construction and commissioning
methods are applied across our network.
We have an ongoing programme of continual
improvement to our processes, procedures
and data management tools. Our programme
includes a lessons learned database,
construction excellence networking portals
and our annual lessons learned workshops,
which are attended by all of our key
construction, commissioning and shutdown /
turnaround management team leaders.
Our bespoke shutdown/turnaround
management tool, ONtrack, captures our
unparalleled expertise. ONtrack has enabled
us to deliver best practice on hundreds
of safe and successful shutdowns and
turnarounds around the world. At the heart
of this tool is our ability to clearly highlight
risks prior to the event and manage change
effectively throughout the preparation phase.
ONtrack’s main areas of focus are:
• Deployment of effective, shutdown strategies.
• Shutdown tools and processes.
• Accountable leadership.
• Visible audit and review processes.
• Clearly defined work scopes and plans.
We manage discrete construction and
commissioning activities during the
preparation phase, execution phase or
as part of a fully integrated construction
and commissioning service using our
bespoke CMS system that assists with the
management of construction,
pre-commissioning, commissioning,
handover, start-up and operation of new
or existing assets whilst retaining safety and
technical integrity.
CMS stores tracks and reports on the
completion of inspection and Test Records
(ITR’s) and assists in the management of
system handover for mechanical completion,
pre-commissioning and commissioning.
CMS is a web based completions system
which is accessed directly through any internet
connection via any user’s internet browser.
Our construction management
capability includes:
• Lifting and installation studies,
including heavy lifts.
• Job card and work pack development.
• Construction HAZID reviews.
• Constructability reviews and site surveys.
• Commissioning philosophies
and procedures.
• Completions management.
• Fabrication management.
• Estimating and resource scheduling.
• Construction campaign working.
• Shutdown / turnaround management.

WGPSN was the first in our industry
to achieve ISO 9001 for hook-up and
commissioning (HUC) services and is one
of the most experienced HUC providers.
We have undertaken over 45 major
greenfield HUC projects.
Our success is built on working with the
best people and using industry-leading
management systems. Our procedures
integrate the definition and planning of
work, materials and resources to ensure
efficient delivery.
The HUC process is often complex, some
systems need to be built in isolation, others
need to be brought online for testing alongside
existing processes, robust organisation is
needed to ensure every discipline, process and
system is timed and orchestrated correctly.
Our experience enables us to balance these
competing demands.
Our range of planning and scheduling tools
provide our supervisors with the appropriate
level of safety, quality, scope and materials
information they need. Our tools also enable
the scheduling of relevant safety toolbox talks
and indicate the necessary interfaces with other
disciplines, to help with project communication.
hook-up and
commissioning

Our HUC personnel understand the working
requirements of all offshore and onshore disciplines
and carry out their own work to the highest
standards. During design for any hook-up, we
integrate our HUC construction team into the
design group and ensure they work closely with
the operations people. This early involvement helps
minimise possible conflicts and ensures that the
best design is applied to the most workable, safe,
and cost effective solution. We also take a seamless
team approach to working with vendors and
subcontractors.
Our HUC capability includes:
• Lifting and installation studies.
• Job card and work pack development.
• Constructability reviews and site surveys.
• Commissioning philosophies and procedures.
• Fabrication management.
• Estimating and resource scheduling.
• Heavy lifting plant and equipment requirements.
• Campaign working.
• Completions management system.
• Work planning system.
• Temporary systems design.
• System P&ID preparation.
• Pressure test work packs.
Project Datasheet
OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, ENGINEERING AND MODIFICATIONS
PROJECT
Buzzard Enhancement Project
DURATION
32 months
REVENUE
£46m revenue
WGPSN was responsible for
the execution of the offshore
modifications, hook-up and
provision of commissioning
labour for the Buzzard
Enhancement Project.
SCOPE
• Buzzard PS platform hook-up.
• Bep existing facilities
(ef) modifications.
• O&M facilities modifications.
• Planned shutdown 2009.
• Carry over scope from
fabrication yard.
• The provision of onshore and
offshore commissioning labour.
• Provision of WGPSN
management, supervision,
services, labour, material
and equipment.
• Procurement, expediting and
planning services.
• Onshore fabrication
– managed by WGPSN.
• Offshore WGPSN
construction/ hook-up /
construction management.
• Management of services
contractor (scaffold, paint,
insulation, abseilers etc).
• Limited POB.
• Extensive hot work on a
live platform.
• Large unplanned carryover
from fabrication yard.
• Schedule deadline from
export pipeline operator.
Background
To maximise Buzzard production,
additional oil treatment facilities
were provided to remove the
increased H2S levels and achieve
export specification to Forties
Pipeline System. The additional
facilities were located on the
new Production Sweetening
(PS) Platform. The PS Platform
is linked via a 70 metre bridge
to the north-east corner of the
existing Production Platform.
Challenges
Client would not allow
bolted solutions.
Approach
• We maximised our POB at all
times by effectively planning
the offshore trade mix required.
There was only one integrated
plan, managed by WGPSN,
which everyone worked to.
All construction, services and
commissioning scopes were
linked in the plan.
• The offshore scope was
minimised by pre-assembling
and pre-rigging fabrications
where possible to ease
installation.
• Pressurised habitats were
used to facilitate the required
hot work.
• The late carryover was
managed by surveying the
remaining scope at the yard
when it became obvious that
they would not finish on time.
This was then job carded and
added to the plan.
• The onshore construction team
moved offshore during the
HUC to allow local decision
making wherever possible.
Main Achievements:
The project was completed
on schedule and budget.
“
Over
60% of our recruitment is managed through re-deployment so our
experience is retained even in our ad-hoc workforce.
”

WGPSN provides a full range of managed
operations and maintenance services to
offshore and onshore facilities as part of our
core business. In our portfolio of contracts,
we provide these services through a range of
engagement levels from discrete services to
facility management.
WGPSN can provide all on-site and home
office support personnel to safely operate and
maintain a facility. We challenge convention
to reduce overall costs and optimise the
performance and productivity of existing
facilities by capitalising on best practices, new
tools and new techniques learned from leading
complex projects worldwide.
WGPSN offers fully integrated operations and
management services worldwide. Customers
are able to maintain control of day-to-day
operations while relying on WGPSN for
maintenance support provided by technicians,
schedulers and other trained personnel. Our
experienced production teams embrace the
full spectrum of skills – from well operations
through to plant management – and will rapidly
align with business drivers to deliver sustainable
improvements in performance.

Project Datasheet
Sangu , Bangladesh
Duration
1998 – present with
5 year rolling contract
locATION
Offshore, Bay of Bengal,
Onshore, Chilimpur,
Chittagong, Bangladesh
assets
Sangu A wellheads platform;
50km, 20” gas pipeline;
Chilimpur Gas Terminal,
capacity 260 mmscfd
DISCIPLINE
Engineering, operations and
maintenance services, GPC,
operations and maintenance,
project management.
Sangu is the first offshore gas
field development in Bangladesh.
WGPSN is achieving world class
results on performance and safety
with a predominantly national
workforce that had little gas
processing or industry experience
prior to the project.
SCOPE
The development phase,
where we provided project
management, engineering
and design, procurement, and
construction management is
complete. We are currently
responsible for field management,
provision of operations and
maintenance personnel,
operations and technical
support, including asset integrity,
management of all surface
operations and implementation
of a training and competence
assurance program to continue
increasing the percentage of
national and regional personnel.
background
Bangladesh is estimated to lose
$1billion each year in economic
output due to unreliable energy
supplies, therefore securing a
safe and sustainable gas supply
is an ongoing urgent priority.
CHALLANGES
• Our main worksite is in a
remote location that is prone to
monsoons and severe flooding.
• Gas production is a
comparatively new industry in
Bangladesh, so the available
workforce is relatively new to
this type of work.
• After nine years of production,
the field is in decline and one
of the new challenges includes
revising operating costs.
APPROACH
• We share the same building
as our customer and have an
integrated management team.
• We have paid careful attention
to selecting the right staff to
run the competency assurance
programme, so that the right
mix of technical skills and
behaviours are learned.
• We work with service providers
to raise their awareness of
health, safety, environment and
quality assurance, and quality
control standards, so expanding
our positive impact on the local
community, and have rolled
out an employee Aids/HIV
awareness programme.
• Government-provided
social care is limited and
unemployment is an issue.
We have increased the local
labour pool and assisted
those employees who support
extended families by providing
financial and practical support
to a local hospital, orphanage, a
pre-school education program,
a non-formal primary education
program, and an unemployed
adolescent project. We hire
graduates of the adolescent
project through an apprentice
training scheme.
Achievements
• World class plant uptime
and safety performance.
• Over 7 million man-hours
without a lost time incident.
• Nine years without a lost
time incident.
• 400 billion cubic feet of
production has been achieved
with zero LTIs and 99.7% uptime.
• Three years recordable case free.
• In November 2006 the project
team successfully completed a
planned shutdown twenty-two
hours ahead of schedule.
• We have project managed
the fabrication, installation and
successful commissioning of a
gas bypass line, and improved
production processes at the
gas plant, both of which have
increased the availability of
saleable gas.
• By 2007 we had replaced
almost all expat workers with
local people at our project in
Bangladesh.
• Development of the field was
only two years from initial
discovery to first gas, and
boasts world class performance
for safety and uptime.
We offer a comprehensive range of maintenance
engineering solutions which include the
application of maintenance criteria at design
state, the preparation of maintenance policies and
philosophies, and the development of complete
maintenance strategies based on reliability centred
techniques which ensure the achievement of
performance targets.
WGPSN’s unique Operations Delivery Framework
(ODF) is at the heart of our service delivery. The
ODF contains the policies, procedures, processes,
guidance, tools and forms necessary to provide
operational excellence. The ODF operates in a
continual improvement loop to ensure that best
practice is identified, captured and implemented.
Our operations and maintenance
capability includes:
• Facility-specific operations
philosophy documents.
• Production operations procedures manuals.
• Start-up philosophy and procedures.
• Operations optimisation.
• Performance management.
• Safe system of working.
• Permit to work procedures.
• Isolation philosophy.
• Emergency procedures.
• Personnel competence.
• Risk assessments.
• Cost and budget management.
• Maintenance strategies and procedures.
• Computerised maintenance
management systems.
• Criticality assessment.
• Availability modelling.
• Whole life/life cycle cost modelling.
• Defect elimination of key production areas.
• Root cause analysis.
• Planning and scheduling.
• Maintenance execution – first line and specialist.
“
WGPSN is built on a global reputation
for providing highly skilled services to
the oil, gas, and process industries. We
are delivering outstanding maintenance
services on contracts around the world.
”

Our aim in project management is to define
and follow the process by which projects
are planned, monitored, controlled and
delivered and in so doing reduce costs
for our customers and improve the cost
effectiveness of our work, achieving the
desired outcome for all involved. Projects
bring about change and project management
is recognised as the most efficient way of
managing such change.
Procurement
We perform, lead and manage all procurement
activities, providing our customers with the
required materials, equipment and services
in a timely manner, whilst enabling the scope
of work to be delivered within given project
milestones and budgets. We stringently control
procurement activities in each location by
working to robust documented procedures
which contain clear financial thresholds and
guidance on competitively bidding work. We are
also committed to developing and maintaining
strategic supplier relationships to enable
effective commodity management and work
with them to identify areas of cost reduction.

Project Datasheet
Project Management and Procurement
Duration
2009 – 2014
locATION
Aberdeen, UK North Sea
assets
Heather and Thistle
Offshore facilities
DISCIPLINE
Engineering, procurement,
project management services,
construction, commissioning
WGPSN was awarded this
engineering and construction
contract based on the quality
of our people and systems, our
culture and our ability to be flexible
in terms of the service we provide.
BACKGROUND
Our customer is keen to invest
in its current mature assets.
Finding cost effective solutions
to maintain asset integrity and
achieve the desired Life of Field
targets that can be safely and
efficiently implemented is a key
part of the service WGPSN
is expected to provide. The
delivery model is flexible such
that work on other assets can
be accommodated as and when
they are added to the portfolio.
CHALLENGES
Ensuring we can deliver to both
cost and schedule is key to
supporting the achievement of
these targets. In addition, our
ability to be flexible and to respond
at short notice is important to
maximising the benefit of any
opportunities that arise.
APPROACH
• We have significantly grown
the size of the core team
based at Craigshaw in line with
the lookahead work program.
• We have used our WGPSN
Network to provide specialist
expertise and to support
the core team to deliver the
work program.
• We were first to use Value
Systems in a project
management role for a
concept select study looking
at a particular power system
problem on Thistle.
• We have brought our systems
to good use to support the
delivery of the work.
ACHIEVEMENTS
• Successful contract transition
and start-up with minimal
disruption to ongoing business.
• Successful contribution
to the Heather 2010 planned
shutdown with additional
workscopes to avoid 2011
shutdown.
• Testing ground for introduction
of new WGPSN systems
(Project Dashboard, Primavera
P6 and Hard Dollar) as part
of the WGPSN strategy to
improve the tools we use.
• Promoting the use of
WINSketch to further optimise
how we deliver simple Tier 1
piping jobs. Over half of the
piping integrity repair orders
have been executed in this way.
• Improvement in key metrics
such as productive offshore
day and technical close-out.
Some of the core elements of our project
management processes are the process
tools we use, for example:
4D solutions challenge
We fundamentally challenge all aspects
of each potential work scope to eliminate
unnecessary activities.
Right Size
This is at the core of the WGPSN management
system and provides predictable, scaled, execution
processes for project delivery. Also provided are
the engineering tools, standards designs, change
control process, and estimating methods, to ensure
efficient engineering delivery.
Organisational effectiveness
We have developed pod teams to focus attention
on assets and key deliverables.
Management leadership
We have invested in training and coaching for all
of our project leaders to focus their attention on
delivery, quality, and customer relationships.
Communications
We prioritise two-way communication between
all members of the team and between the team
and others.
Management reporting
We provide a suite of KPIs that show evidence of
engineering efficiency, and highlight areas of both
good performance and areas for improvement.

Decommissioning is a key part of WGPSN’s ‘life of field’ services; we have been
active in the decommissioning sector both in the UK and international for more
than 15 years. Our experience and corporate commitment guarantees clear
focus on cost effective decommissioning solutions.
Our extensive experience in mature asset management gives us the ability to manage
decommissioning as part of the total field value. Our large engineering and offshore
construction wokforce allows us to manage projects of any size. Our unique
experience with many clients across the globe gives us the ability to use best
practice from any service to add value.

Project Datasheet
Brent Spar Project
PROJECT locATION
Buzzard Brent Spar, Enhancement Norway Project
locATION
complete
Brent 2000 Spar, Norway
complete
2000 Features
WGPSN was the lead partner
WGPSN in an Anglo/Norwegian was the lead partner JV to
in take an full Anglo/Norwegian responsibility for JV the to
take decommissioning full responsibility and for disposal the
decommissioning of the Brent Spar. and disposal
of the Brent Spar.
project
project Take delivery and liability of the
Take Sapr delivery at a safe and mooring liability in of Norway. the
Sapr Specify at a and safe manage mooring the in Best Norway.
Specify Practicable and Environmental manage the Best Option
Practicable (BPEO). Environmental Option
(BPEO).
SCOPE
Through a variety of proven and
innovative processes, WGPSN
had to dismantle and dispose
of the Brent Spar.
The scope comprised:
• Project Management.
management.
• Detailed Engineering.
engineering.
• Marine spread using the
world’s largest jacket launch
barge, the H851, as a floating
decommissioning facility.
• Waste treatment and disposal.
• HS2 H2S treatment of 50,000
tonnes of contaminated water.
- LSA treatment and disposal.
- Transformer PCB disposal.
- Asbestos.
- Hydrocarbon.
- Waste management monitoring.
• Disposal of redundant
equipment and structure.
• Building a 120m x 25m
daught draught quay.
• Reputation management.
• De-ballasting services and
waste transfer pumping.
• Strand jack heavy lifting
designed to 10,000 tonnes.
• Flotel services.
• Marine services.
• Safety case preparation and
regulation and regulation consultation.
• Environmental impact
assessment studies and
progressive monitoring.
• HSE Risk risk assessment.
Achievements
• Completed the work to the
highest of HSE standards
worth with no no lost lost time incidents
or pollution incidents.
• Reuse of redundant structure
as a deep water quayside with
further 50yr life.
• Highest standards of planning
and discipline integration involving
circa 40 major subcontractors.
WGPSN offers total end of life of field capability including
decommissioning, duty holding, and optimising end of
production based on NPV assessment of overall asset.
We can ensure all legal obligations are met and conduct
community and market environment awareness, and
stakeholder and partner consultations.
Using our extensive experience and commitment to
HSE, WGPSN will ensure there is minimum impact to the
environment through use of appropriate license regulations,
procedures and proper planning.
Our decommissioning capability includes:
• Project management and engineering.
• Environmental impact assessments.
• Alternative heavy lift solutions.
• Offshore construction support solutions.
• Sub-sea capabilities through sister companies.
• Offshore hook-down engineering, de-construction,
cleaning and material management.
• Development of decommissioning plan including
management and control of 3rd party consultants
and contractors.
• Cost estimating studies for GAAP provision updates
and DCPD negotiations.
• Decommissioning feasibility and concept studies
for decommissioning planning.
• Provision of experienced personnel for specific
decommissioning and hook down projects.

As part of our vision to be the leading
global energy services provider we offer a
range of consultancy services to provide
the most comprehensive support to our
clients. By tapping into these services,
our clients are assured the highest quality
offerings with the best value for money.
Our world renowned advanced structural
integrity capability offers clients first
class structural integrity management
programmes. This extends to advanced
modeling techniques including non-linear
structural and dynamics analysis, risk based
inspection, weight control, development
of protection systems and corrosions
monitoring and control.
WGPSN has a dedicated Safety and
Environmental Engineering Group to provide
all aspects of safety case and compliance
support. We have developed a number of
techniques and tools to help clients decide
on the right plant and equipment to maximize
operational capability while minimising
the emissions footprint. To ensure that we
provide clients with a streamlined end-to-end
engineering support, our engineering solutions
team are dedicated to the demanding, and
often complex, conceptual to FEED studies.
The team provides seamless transitions from
up-front engineering studies to detailed design
and project execution, maximising the ability to
meet cost and time demands.

WGPSN provides expertise in the
development, management and
delivery of technical information and
procedural documentation relating to
maintenance, production, operations
and training. We have adapted best
working practice and used the most
up-to-date technology and software
to provide offshore and onshore
documentation and systems solutions.
Through our facilities commissioning
services, we provide our customers
with complete peace of mind that
any new equipment and systems
are safe, fit for purpose, and comply
with all regulatory requirements. We
perform complete function checking
and prove the integrity of all systems
after construction is completed
and prior to the introduction of
hydrocarbons. Using our Complete
Certification Management System
we track all phases of construction to
ensure all systems are checked and
all procedures are completed prior to
hand over to operations.
WGPSN offers customers exceptional
quality in safety, security, emergency
and operations training programmes.
We employ the latest equipment and
internationally accredited training
standards while remaining sensitive
to local cultures and behaviours.
All our training programmes can be
tailored to our customers’ requirements
incorporating a mix of learning
environments such as instructor-led,
web-based, computer-based and
site-specific.
Our consultancy
capability includes:
Technical Services
• Structural integrity management.
• Safety engineering.
• Environmental engineering.
• Reliability engineering.
• Conceptual, pre-FEED and
FEED studies.
• Maintenance development
and management.
• Production operations.
• Document mapping.
Information Services
• Graphics and multimedia.
• Publications.
• Document and data management.
Commissioning Services
• Project commissioning management.
• Commissioning consulting, planning
and development.
• Commissioning technicians.
• Commissioning system leads.
• Commissioning materials
coordination.
• Commissioning logistics
coordination.
• Commissioning HSE/PTW
coordination.
• Commissioning certification
and handover.
• Commissioning punch
list coordination.
• Commissioning QA/QC.
• Operations support.
Training Services
• Programme management.
• Needs analysis and strategy
development.
• Programme design and development
(site specific, fundamentals).
• Programme delivery (classroom,
OJT, computer, virtual).
Competency
• System development (standards
and assessment materials).
• System implementation (provision of
assessors, training and development
of client assessors).
Recruitment and Nationalisation
• Strategy/programme development
and implementation.
• Job description development/
verification.
• Screening, competency
assessment, placement.
Project Datasheet
STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT
DISCIPLINE
Engineering
Structural integrity
Structural analysis
location
UK and International
WGPSN provides a diverse range of
high-end engineering integrity services
through its advanced integrity group,
to ensure the safety of personnel and
the technical integrity of facilities both
in the UK and internationally.
We offer advanced structural analysis
and complete structural integrity
management services for both
offshore and onshore assets. This area
of work is increasingly significant as
assets reach the end of, or exceed
their original design life.
STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT
Our structural integrity management
capability includes:
Legislation
• Provision of technical authority role.
• Managing structural verification and
HSE challenges.
• Development of performance
standards.
• Structural support of the
safety case.
• Emergency response services.
Inspection
• Development of subsea
and topside inspection
strategies and workscopes.
• Inspection result reviews and
maintaining inspection record
databases.
• Defect assessments and
developing repair solutions,
both topside and subsea.
Management of change
Development and maintenance of
weight control databases.
Robust structural integrity management
is of critical importance to ensure:
• Continued production.
• Safety of those working offshore
• Protection of the environment.
ADVANCED STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
We use advanced analysis techniques
in support of daily platform operations,
and to demonstrate continued
structural integrity throughout the
operational and decommissioning
phase of an asset. We use these
techniques to increase asset
value, through demonstrating
enhanced structural capacity.
Our advanced structural analysis
capability includes:
Operational Support
• Jacket and topside reassessment.
• Code compliance assessment.
• Deck noise and vibration
assessment Floating structures
including FPSOs.
Integrity Assurance
• Boat impact and redundancy
analysis.
• Concept studies for platform
development.
• Platform life extension analysis.
• Linear and non-linear finite
element analysis.
• Seismic analysis to latest API\HSE.
• Progressive collapse and
pushover analysis.
• Structural dynamics and post
buckling response.
• Explosion and fire studies
including blast wall analysis.
• Fracture mechanics and fatigue.
• Online structural monitoring.
Navel Architecture
• FPSO/Floating structure.
• Hydrodynamics.
• Motion assessment.
• Structural/fatigue assessment.
Advanced Utilisation
• 3D animation.
• PDMS/drafting.
Decommissioning
• Platform removal technology.
• Decommissioning projects.
• Decommissioning cost estimates.

Our vision for Operations Excellence is that
WGPSN will become: “The leading provider of
operations management services, ensuring
production operations, engineering and asset
integrity excellence across the energy sectors
within which we operate.”
WGPSN currently has contracts for operations and
maintenance service provision across the whole
spectrum of services, from manpower supply to duty
holder. WGPSN has a diverse and extensive client
base for both on and offshore facilities. The offshore
facilities for which we are duty holder include both
fixed and floating installations.
A major feature of WGPSN’s success, as the leading
duty holder service provider in the North Sea, lies
in our commitment to the establishment of healthy,
trust based and collaborative long-term relationships
with our clients that produce real results. WGPSN’s
contracts are all specifically aligned and incentivised
to deliver performance, in line with our client’s
business objectives.

Project Datasheet
Duty Holder and Asset Management Services
LOCATION
Central North Sea, Chestnut Field
DURATION
2006 - Ongoing
Chestnut Hummingbird SSP 300
WGPSN was contracted as operator
and duty holder for their Floating
Production Storage and Offloading
vessel (FPSO) in the Chestnut Field,
UK central North Sea.
Features
WGPSN was initially contracted as
duty holder for 2.5 years, and with
several contract extensions are still
fulfilling the role. As duty holder,
WGPSN has complete responsibility
for operations management including
onshore technical, logistical and
supply chain support. This entails
the provision of the entire offshore
operations team up to and including
the position of OIM, encompassing
operations, maintenance, marine and
logistic functions together with a full
onshore operations support team.
Provision of duty holder and asset
management services including:
• Safe operations management.
• Asset integrity and maintenance
management.
• Production facilities management.
• Onshore and offshore
support services.
Scope
• Maximise oil production.
• Maximise water injection rates.
• Achieve and maintain good
HSE performance.
• Ensure asset integrity is maintained.
• Ensure facility has a fully trained
and competent crew.
• Develop and implement a vessel
sand washing programme.
• Develop and implement a Nitrogen
lift programme for P2 well.
Achievements
• Oil targets are in excess of 100%
of the monthly KPI’s over the last
three months of operation.
• Water injection has been at 100%
of monthly KPI over the last three
months, rate limited by design.
• No LTA’s or significant incidents in
last six months.
• Close to Zero maintenance
backlog, no reds on monthly
A and I report.
• Competence and training
programme in place supported by
full time competence supervisors.
• Worked with vendor to develop
a procedure to sand wash
production vessels on line,
operation carried out successfully
on three occasions.
• Developed a method of Nitrogen
lifting P2 well working in
conjunction with vendor. Vendor
has a permanent facility and crew
on Hummingbird and has lifted P2
on several occasions.
Our Duty Holder capability includes:
• Proven well established processes and procedures
necessary for delivering the full range of services for
duty holder provision.
• A cost effective duty holder service through the preoperations,
commissioning, start-up and operational
phases of an asset’s lifecycle.
• A professional and practiced operations organisation,
underpinned by an experienced corporate functional
support team of discipline experts.
• Extensive experience in asset transition management
and operations readiness and assurance support to
green and brown field projects.
• The capacity and ability to transfer people, lessons
learned and experience from our other duty holder
contracts, as part of our continuous improvement focus.
Operations Excellence Framework
To help realise our vision, we have an Operations
Excellence Framework so everyone in our organisation
understands what success looks like and how we will
achieve our stated goals. The Operations Excellence
Framework supporting our asset operations is based on
the key pillars of asset integrity, maintenance, production
and cost management. These key pillars are tied together
by processes for integrated asset planning, operational
readiness assurance, people and risk and assurance.
WGPSN Corporate Function Groups in the areas of
HSE, engineering, human resources, business system
and information management, commercial and finance
and supply chain management support the delivery of
operations excellence across our managed assets.
WGPSN business success depends on us working with
our clients and other key stakeholders in accordance with
the Operations Excellence Framework and meeting the
expectations that are derived from it.

We go wherever our customers need us, tried and tested systems
let us start up quickly and tap into our network anywhere in the
world. Our sustainable business methods mean that we look to
develop a local workforce, imprinting our values and training up
local talent to deliver your projects. Our dynamic and changing
project portfolio means we have operating experience in all
climates and across all the major regions of the world.

“
WGPSN operates an expanding global network of offices
across five continents. Our unique network structure enables
us to target projects in some of the worlds most difficult
operating environments.
”
List of countries:
• Algeria
• Angola
• Australia
• Azerbaijan
• Bangladesh
• Brazil
• Brunei
• Cameroon
• Canada
• Chad
• Chile
• China
• Columbia
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• France
• Gabon
• Germany
• Ghana
• India
• Indonesia
• Ireland
• Kazakhstan
• Korea
• Malaysia
• Mexico
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Nigeria
• Norway
• Oman
• Papua New Guinea
• Peru
• Philippines
• Romania
• Russia
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapore
• South Africa
• Switzerland
• Thailand
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• UK
• United Arab Emirates
• US
• Venezuela
• Vietnam

Managing safety
Our online management system
(WGPSN MS) includes a full range of
processes and procedures for all aspects
of the services we provide. WGPSN MS
is certified to ISO9001:2000 by Lloyds
Register Quality Assurance.
Our HSE processes are further certified
in accordance with ISO14001:2004.
We are the first in our peer group to have
our environmental performance accredited
with OHSAS 18001:1999.
We use the industry respected Synergi and
TapRoot systems for incident management,
to retain and classify incident information,
generate incident frequencies and analyse
root causes.
Health and safety is WGPSN’s number one
core value. Our safety culture has enabled us
to maintain consistently high safety standards
at locations worldwide.

Lost time incidents (LTIs) are one of the main
measurements of safety performance in our industry.
Amongst our notable milestone HSE achievements are:
• Philippines Shell Tabangao Refinery LTI-free (Lost
Time Incident) for 15 years (10 million work hours)
and TRC-free for 2 years (1 million work hours).
• UK Shell Anasuria FPSO 12 years LTI-free
(2.3 million work hours) since start up.
Shell Anasuria had LTI dated 04-03-2010.
• Bangladesh Cairn Sangu 8 million work hours
LTI-free (10 years) since contract award June 1998
and over 3 years TRC-free (Total Recordable Cases)
since November 2003 – LTI in February 2009.
• Chad and Cameroon ExxonMobil pipeline and
pump stations, 7 million manhours LTI-free.
Chad LTI free since June 2006. Cameroon LTI free
since contract inception.
• Azerbaijan BP Caspian 3.7 million work hours LTI-free.
• UK ConocoPhillips 5 years LTI-free (3 million work
hours) for SNS capital projects. CoP Murdoch had
LTI dated 11-07-2009.
• Kazakhstan TengizChevrOil Atyrau LTI-free for over
1.8M work hours.
• UK Mobil St.Fergus Terminal over 3 million work
hours LTI-free.
• Canada HMDC Hibernia platform LTI-free
for 10½ years.
• UK INEOS Fluor Rocksavage Refrigerants Plant
Runcorn 16 years LTI-free now named Mexichem.
• Australia Esso Bass Strait 4 years LTI-free.
KTT offshore construction recordable injury free
for 2½ years & KTT project recordable injury free
1.8M manhours.
• USA BP America LTI-free and recordable incident
free for 3½ years.
• UK CNR Ninian North LTI-free for 1½ year including
during 2 major shutdowns.
• Canada Petro-Canada Terra Nova FPSO LTI-free
offshore for over 2 years – last LTI 11-02-2009.
• WGPSN UK RoSPA (Royal Society for the
Prevention of Accidents) Gold Medal Award
winners in 2011 and have achieved Gold medal
awards for 9 consecutive years.
• UK FPAL (First Point Assessment Ltd) WGPSN
attained a verified capability profile ratings of 9.2
(out of 10) for Health and Safety and 8.6 for
Environment (Nov ’09).
• Neal & Massy (Trinidad & Tobago, Caribbean).
recorded over 6M hours without a Lost Time Incident.
• SKS Wood 9.4M hours worked since last LTI.
• Total UK LTI free across all contract sites
for 12 months.
• Total Kharyaga 7 years LTI free.
• Ithaca Nigg 9½ years LTI free.
• Exxon Neftegas have been 4 years total recordable
incident free.
• Oxy Elk Hills WGPSN employees and management
staff assigned to support Occidental of Elk Hills Inc
were recognised for achieving 4 years & 2,000,000+
work hours without a Lost Time Incident.
• KNOC Rong Doi (Vietnam) achieved 3 years
LTI free working on 25 November 2010.
• Water Corp Australia recorded 1½ years
Lost Time Incident free.
• 22 million manhours without an LTI across our
6 Contracts with Exxon Mobil affiliates.
• Nexen Scott operations reported 2½ years
LTI free working.
“
In my previous experience, emphasis
has always been only on production,
so the most useful learning I have
experienced with WGPSN is the safety
culture. Safety concerns are given priority
over all other issues in the business.
”

Our outstanding recruitment figures are testament to our
extensive training and localisation programmes.
Our successful blend of on-the-job and off-the-job training
ensures that our local staff achieve the required level of
competence to move into roles that replace expatriate staff.
Our supervisors and technical leads play a major role in
developing the technical competence of the local workforce.
Key to this is our ability to transfer knowledge on technical skills
and we pride ourselves in developing training and nationalisation
programmes to achieve this.
Our industry-acclaimed career conversion, design academy
and graduate recruitment programmes give us the ability to
develop a larger, more competent skills pool.
Our exceptionally low turnover demonstrates
employee satisfaction.
We have extensive experience of providing training
and technology transfer to national workforces in Chad,
Cameroon, Canada, Philippines, Bangladesh,
Northern Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Egypt.
Training and competence programmes underpin each
contract nationalisation plan by determining the timescale
for transfer of expatriate roles to national employees.
Our detailed competency programme identifies training
requirements and shows what type of training we will
provide, its target audience, and the predicted outcome.
Our people work with us in developing the kind of training
they need and our regional directors and in-country
managers work with our global HR network to find or
develop appropriate resources.
We achieve skills transfer through:
• On the job training.
• Trade apprenticeships.
• Mentoring programmes.
• Business awareness programmes.
• HSEQ behaviour and leadership training.
“
The WGPSN competency
assurance framework is a
fantastic tool for training,
development and providing
ultimate competency. It also
gives our national workforce
ownership of their own
development which has been
met with much enthusiasm,
not just by our technicians
but by our client too.
”

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