Delivering for ExxonMobil in the UK

Overview
This project is a great example of what PSN does best: performance free of lost-time safety incidents, innovation through engineering, retention of a strong local workforce and a focus on delivery and customer satisfaction through traditional brownfield project management.

Scope

• Brownfield modifications that require:
• Engineering
• Design
• Construction
• Commissioning
• Project management

Background
As North Sea assets reach the end of their original design lives and reservoirs’ characteristics change, PSN’s brownfield expertise is invaluable to operators. The modifications required on this project showcase our ability to extend the productive life of plant, increase productivity, enhance safety and integrity, and maximise recovery of hydrocarbons.

PSN's approach

• We work collaboratively and cooperatively as part of the ExxonMobil team
• Our matrix approach means that each person in the PSN project team reports to a discipline lead for technical expertise, development and resourcing, and to a project engineer, who ensures delivery on time, on budget and to specification
• Our can-do attitude, together with the PSN Core Values has resulted in innovative approaches to items such as billing, close-out, offshore rotas and recruitment
• The team’s mix of experience and new industry talent creates an excellent proving ground for both new resources and innovative ideas
   

Achievements

• Free of lost-time safety incidents for over 3.5 million manhours
• Two-year contract extension achieved in 2007
• We have introduced a close-out procedure which sets the best practice across PSN
• Our team at the St Fergus SAGE plant are all from the local community
• Our customer has recently commended our information management and document control team for the quality of its customer focus  
• Working with ExxonMobil, we have reduced average days-to-pay from over 50 to 33, enhancing ExxonMobil’s standing as a customer