Semco Maritime has been awarded a contract on Atex Management Services including software supplied by SafeEx for inspection of approximately 30,000 pieces of equipment in Maersk Oil's Culzean project.
After a bidding round, it is official that Semco Maritime will be suppliers of a system based on the SafeEx Software for inspections in Maersk Oil's Culzean gas field. The software will be used to perform the initial Ex-inspections on a production platform, which consists of a residential platform, a process platform, a wellhead platform and a FSO operating in the field.
Though the system initially will be used for Ex-inspections, there is a further desire to use it for mechanical completion and other maintenance and inspection tasks. The system will be integrated to Maersk Oil’s ERP systems SAP and technical completion system PIM360.
SafeEx’ tablet-based inspection and maintenance software allows you to perform all routines in one procedure.
- The advantage of the SafeEx Software is that the system provides a uniform way to make inspections that increases safety and save 30 to 60 percent on man-hours, says Market and Business Development Manager Erik Grønborg from Semco Maritime, who for years has designed and produced equipment for Maersk Oil.
All routines in one procedure
SafeEx’ tablet-based inspection and maintenance software allows you to perform all routines in one procedure. Technologically it is the leading solution on the market right now.
A standard rig or platform typically have 30 to 40 different checklists for inspections, but the SafeEx Software converts these checklist into electronic tasks. The tasks are conducted in guidance from the hand-held tablet using integrated layout drawings. This gives a significant reduction in the number of man-hours.
Each piece of equipment has a RFID chip installed, which is approved for Ex zone 1. This enables the software in the handheld device to create an electronic time-stamp and a full electronic audit trail. After each completion of an inspection, all information is instantly available online both off-shore on the unit and among the onshore management.
- Our mission with the tablet-based software solution has been to streamline work procedures of inspections, in order to make them faster, easier and more cost-effective in performance. In addition, there is the whole safety aspect in which our software provides a full overview of the maintenance condition, explains CEO Henrik Andersen from SafeEx.
The contract with Maersk Oil is one of the largest installation in terms of number of equipment that SafeEx has ever won. Besides the fact that the system will be used at Maersk Oil, the DNV GL-verified SafeEx Software is being used for inspections at among others Petronas, Statoil, Dong Energy, Seadrill, Noble, BW Offshore, Aker Solutions and Arla Foods.
One of the largest discoveries
The Maersk Oil operated Culzean project is located about 145 miles east of Aberdeen and is one of the largest gas discoveries in the UK North Sea.
The first gas from the project is expected in 2019 and it is expected to provide for around five percent of UK’s total gas consumption by 2020/21 with a peak production rate of 400 to 500 million standard cubic feet per day.
