Reducing Deep-Water Well Delivery Times and Cost - A Look at the Bonga Wells Journey to Competitiveness

摘要

In 2012, a benchmarking exercise was conducted to assess the performance of Bonga wells, a Deepwater (DW) project in Nigeria. The review revealed that the average Bonga well ranked fourth Quartile when compared with similar DW wells globally. After reflecting on the benchmark results, the Bonga Wells team concluded that something drastic needed to be done urgently to reverse the trend otherwise future projects will become unattractive and the profitability of the Bonga Field will be impacted negatively. Late 2012, a clear steer was given by Bonga Wells Leadership to reverse the performance trend. The mantra for the team was to beat the best performance anywhere in the world and there was a very strong leadership commitment to make it happen. The team concluded with a target to deliver ‘best in class' wells consistently within 24 months. During planning the wells for 2013/2014/2015/2016, the Wells team came up with several opportunities to close the performance gap. A strategy to implement the identified opportunities was developed and this resulted in the remarkable improvement in performance. The strategy employed could be divided into six main groups 1. Optimization of well operational steps with focus on elimination of waste and maximizing efficiency. 2. NPT reduction. 3. Rig operational efficiency. 4. All for the Driver - A formula one Inspired Team Spirit. 5. Clean and Efficient execution. 6. Collaboration with contractors.