“We were able to mitigate that risk,” Shutt says.
“We were able to isolate where they were going to do the hot work in a very quick manner and logistically a lot cheaper, and create that safe environment so they can still operate safely in that hazardous location.” The principle was straightforward: control the environment immediately surrounding the work instead of unnecessarily shutting down the entire environment around it.
SAFETY WITHOUT LOSING THE OPERATION
The economics become especially clear when the asset being maintained is producing significant value every day. Shutt points to a platform in West Africa that served as a production hub for several others. Over roughly two and a half years, PetroHab built close to 500 enclosures there. The platform was producing approximately 80,000 barrels of oil per day. “If that platform was to shut down just so that they could perform these necessary maintenance operations or the tie- ins or any of that work, you’re losing 80,000 times a hundred per day,” Shutt says, using a simplified oil-price example. At an illustrative oil price of $100 per barrel, that output represents approximately $8 million in daily gross production value, showing why operators seek safe alternatives to an unnecessary shutdown. Against that level of potential production loss, the economics surrounding a controlled hot-work enclosure change quickly.
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