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Lessons from pan-industry collaborations in the offshore oil and gas industry. Chris Dudgeon OTM Consulting Ltd www.otmnet.com. How important is offshore wind?. Source: The World Offshore Wind Database. Operator (oil company). Operator (oil company). Operator (oil company).
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Lessons from pan-industry collaborationsin the offshore oil and gas industry Chris Dudgeon OTM Consulting Ltd www.otmnet.com
How important is offshore wind? Source: The World Offshore Wind Database
Operator (oil company) Operator (oil company) Operator (oil company) Contractor/ service co. Contractor/ service co. Contractor/ service co. Tier 1 supplier Tier 1 supplier Tier 1 supplier What’s unusual about theoil and gas industry? ‘Competing against nature’
Examples of pan-industry collaboration What will people share? • Funding • Technical expertise • Data • Knowledge/ experience
Collaborative funding • Joint Industry Projects (JIPs) • High leverage on R&D funding • Fairly unique to oil and gas sector • Shared needs and expertise • Varying sizes of project • Studies • Major development programmes
Sharing technical expertise • Development of standards • IWIS • Intelligent Well Interface Standardisation • International collaboration • Section of revised ISO standard • Members contribute in-house expertise instead of money • Need a neutral facilitator • Risk of going on for ever • Saves operators money • Cuts supplier lead times • Plug and play • Standardised interfaces
Sharing data • Shut Off Knowledge System (SOKS) • Members provide case histories • Powerful knowledge resource • Benchmarking, reliability analysis • Effort and time required to find, gather and input data • Independent facilitator good for prodding members • Remarkable willingness to report successes, failures, actual vs planned costs etc
Sharing knowledge and experience • Knowledge-sharing forums • Drilling Engineering Association • 27 oil companies • Expandable Technology Forum • Knowledge and experience sharing • Ensure narrow technical area • Time-burden to travel and attend • Proliferation of forums • Most successful are focused on narrow issue with clear objectives • EEEGR • ‘Shared purpose and passion’
Growth Peak Status quo Enthusiasm/ commitment Competition Initiation Status quo Death Adoption Conception Time • Critical success factors • Narrowly-defined topics • Gamechangers • Hot topics • Vital or critical • Minimum time burden • Independent facilitation • Energy • Relationships • Constant activity • Long-term objectives • Evolving membership • International/ EU focus How do pan-industry collaborations evolve?
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