Wireline Issue 44 - Spring 2019

The JV also builds on the companies’ track record in decommissioning, not least in their joint work on the Janice, James and Leadon subsea fields in the UK North Sea. Maersk Supply Service has provided the marine assets on all three fields and led the planning, logistics, subcontractor management and engineering elements of the project, while Maersk Drilling has performed several well decommissioning campaigns. Jens, who was then with Maersk Supply Service, played a pivotal role in assembling the integrated solution which was delivered via an Aberdeen-based joint project team. “This project was a very good test case to see how the combined knowledge, experience and asset base in Maersk could form a really comprehensive solution in the decommissioning space,” adds Jens. “It was decided to create a dedicated decommissioning company to allow us to take our new experience and learnings to the wider market.” With three years of decommissioning work now behind it — the Janice, James and Leadon project is scheduled for completion during 2019 — Jens says the JV is heavily focused on taking that experience into future contracts. “We are looking to develop continuously and create the most responsible and sustainable decommissioning solutions; from a safety and environmental standpoint, this is the most effective way of driving such projects,” he says. Jens explains that Maersk Decom deploys a lean organisational structure, based on a highly

experienced team of specialist leads in areas ranging from partnerships, contracting and procurement to wells and waste management. It reaches into the resources of both Maersk Drilling and Maersk Supply Service — and the wider supply chain — to assemble an integrated, fit-for-purpose solution for each individual project. “We have core project management capabilities, but we can scale on a project basis,” says Jens. “We believe it’s important for us to keep all the leading functions in-house to ensure we capture all the learnings from projects and incorporate those into planning for the next one.” Those same principles apply at Decom Energy, where its team of about 100 people reflects the holistic approach to the business. “We don’t have lots of people working for us,” says Graeme. “That’s not what we are about; we are proud of our team leading the way in the final stage of the industry lifecycle, excelling in project management, technical and commercial expertise — all with the added benefit of an operator background. Our goal is to provide end-to-end- support, effectively to be the decommissioning arm for the licence owners who can have confidence in our own operator credentials.” “A key advantage for operators is that they don’t have to build in-house decom teams, then subsequently disband them when the project is complete. Working with us means they don’t have switch their internal resources to decommissioning activity and to have to go through the decommissioning learning curve.”

Image overleaf: Decommissioning work at Janice, James and Leadon. Credit: Maersk Decom. Image top: The Maersk Inventor. Credit: Maersk Decom. Image right: Decom Energy managing director Graeme Fergusson.

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