Health & Safety Report 2018

Fluctuations in the quarterly figures are apparent: 2016 and 2017 both saw increases in backlog between quarters one and two. However, each quarter in 2016 was lower than any in the preceding year, and lower again in each quarter of 2017.

Figure 20: Average Number of Preventative, Corrective and Deferred Safety-Critical Maintenance Man-Hours in Backlog per Installation

3,000

3

Deferred Maintenance

Corrective Maintenance in Backlog

2,500

Preventative Maintenance in Backlog

Three-Year Rolling Average

2,000

1,500

1,000

500 Average Number of Man-Hours in Backlog per Installation

0

Q4 2012

Q1 2013

Q2 2013

Q3 2013

Q4 2013

Q1 2014

Q2 2014

Q3 2014

Q4 2014

Q1 2015

Q2 2015

Q3 2015

Q4 2015

Q1 2016

Q2 2016

Q3 2016

Q4 2016

Q1 2017

Q2 2017

Q3 2017

Q4 2017

Source: Oil & Gas UK

Given the maturity of the industry asset integrity KPI scheme, Oil & Gas UK set up a task and finish work group to review the scheme with a view to identifying and implementing any potential improvements. The major finding from this work was that although there are differences among operators in how they classify the hours, the information that they have been regularly reporting to Oil & Gas UK has been consistent. Therefore, the trends in performance shown remain a valid indicator for the industry. The above graph includes an annualised rolling average to clearly illustrate the changes in performance.

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