Lean Implementation Drives Improved Performance in Days, Dollars and Barrels Sustained with a Culture of Continuous Improvement
Context and Challenge
Large growth in demand for well services: 60% of 2015 planned production expected to come from new wells
History of missing Business Plan commitments
900+ rig-days delay/year over past 2 years in well delivery
Non productive time of 40% over past several years
Falling oil price required dramatic improvement in cost and to competitively scope well design
Wells more expensive and complex, managed by a well delivery process with multiple stakeholders resulted in siloed data and poor transparency:
Regulatory environment includes 21 new global standards/24 months)
Stakeholders include Asset teams, Well Engineering, Finance, C-suite and abundance of service companies
Great crew change underway: proportion of less experienced staff increased from 40% to 55% requiring embedding continuous improvement as a new way of working
Approach
Leadership committed to driving and supporting Lean implementation with a goal of improving safety, quality and cost
Tasked two core teams (Completions and Well Interventions Engineering) with identifying and implementing best practice in design and delivery of their core process with the intent to:
Improve performance in quality and efficiency
Accelerate development of less experienced staff
Standardize improved processes to provide a baseline from which to drive sustainable and continuous improvement
Standardized guidelines and templates were implemented enabling improved efficiency, consistency and quality
Introduced visual management and an escalation process to identify and escalate off-schedule situations quickly, and drive timely problem resolution
Utilized performance data to identify and prioritize further opportunities, and implemented a comprehensive tracking system to ensure delivery and sustainability of results, and continued standardization of improvements
“The program provided a framework that enabled us to understand key issues and to confront them.”