Newsletter

QUARTERLY RECAP
COST SAVINGS:
Full throttle from
the rig teams
Photo: Maersk Drilling
The Profit Optimisation Programme is well on track and is
looking to exceed the expectations set for 2015 by 30%. So far
in 2015 the lion’s share of effective cost reductions stems from
operational savings. There are many contributing factors to
this achievement. The new offshore compensation scheme is
the single highest contributor so far, yet it is the sum of many
initiatives and efforts – offshore as well as onshore – which
brings the savings toll as high as this. “The recipe has been to
turn every stone – both in relation to what we do and how we do
it. There have been some good central initiatives such as riser
management, NDT (Non Destructive Testing) reduction and a
number of procurement initiatives. In addition to this I am proud
to see the all hands on deck mindset in the rig teams challenging
every dollar we spend”, explains Claus Bachmann, Deepwater
Asset Manager.Other savings come from sourcing improvement
towards suppliers, insurance optimisation, changed travel and
training policies, HQ refit, fewer and less costly overhead projects
and reduced use of external consultants.
Maersk Viking’s first year
Since the start of operations on 6 July last year, Maersk Viking
has had an operational uptime of no less than 99%, and is
currently one of the front-runners when it comes to Maersk
Drilling’s consolidated rig KPI score. Maersk Viking started
operations in the Gulf of Mexico last year on ExxonMobil’s Julia
project. Maersk Viking and her crew have been delivering an
outstanding performance ever since.
Shorter skirts
for the Giant
Strong forces had managed to twist and bend
some of the inner and outer skirts – ‘spudcans’ in
oil-industry lingo – on one of Mærsk Giant’s ‘feet’.
“During a routine inspection of the two aft
spudcans during the voyage from Norway to
Nini in the Danish sector, we discovered that we
were unable to empty the water out of one of the
spudcans,” explains Harsh Environment jack-up
Asset Manager Per Gobel.
After a yard stay near Rotterdam, Mærsk
Giant is now on assignment in the Danish sector
of the North Sea, where she is working for Danish
energy utility DONG Energy on the Nini and Siri
fields for 150 days .
Photo: Maersk Drilling
Maersk Discoverer
takes the lead in Egypt
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a three-year contract extension
for the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible Maersk Discoverer
with oil major BP.
This means that Maersk Discoverer will be working offshore
Egypt until August 2019. In a difficult marketplace with very few
fixtures, this contract extension is a remarkable achievement
which Unit Director Thomas Falk attributes to the successful
collaboration between BP and Maersk Drilling and the impressive
operational results achieved with the Atoll well and the West Nile
Delta drilling programme.
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