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News, View and Letters of Diamond Offshore
Ocean Epoch
Very High Level of HSE Performance, No Recordable Incidents,
No Reportable Environ-mental Incidents
BHP Billiton would like to thank all personnel on the Ocean Epoch for their commitment to achieving and maintaining a very high level of HSE performance during our Pyrenees development drilling campaign to date.
The HSE performance during the drilling of the three Stickle development wells has been excellent with no recordable incidents and no reportable environmental incidents. From the initial campaign inductions, and throughout the start of the campaign, the commitment and leadership from all personnel involved to aspire to our goal of zero harm undoubtedly created a culture that ultimately is delivering real HSE success. In addition, many new initiatives, such as the After Action Reviews and hands-free lifting, have been fully embraced and are now an effective part of the HSE system on board the Epoch.
We also achieved some excellent operational performance during the campaign, which we believe is a by-product of the efforts that go into ensuring a safe operation. Three high-quality subsea wells were successfully drilled and completed meeting all required objectives.
The incentive scheme that is in place for the Stickle-6H3 and Stickle-4H1 wells was based on performance against a set of HSE objectives as outlined in the HSE plan. All these objectives were met, and as a result eligible personnel will receive a bonus payment. A similar incentive scheme is in effect for the next two wells.
Manuel Sessink Drilling Supt.,
Rob Stomp D&C Engineering Supv.,
Doug Berean Drilling Mngr.,
BHP Billiton
Ocean Patriot
Job Well Done
ROC senior management would like to extend their congratulations to the team for successfully landing and locking the completion string in Basker-7. This week has been challenging with a spanner thrown in the works, and the decision to continue to run the completion was not made lightly, but it was the less risky option. This represented one of the many challenges that we have overcome during the program using risk management and a team approach.
Now that we have installed the completion, it is a big sigh of relief.
As we approach the final operations for the BMG 2009 Ocean Patriot program, let’s continue to maintain high vigilance for HSE issues around the rig, vessels and shorebase.
We want everyone to go home safe and proud of what we have achieved.
Cheers,
Bradley Stout Drilling & Completion Mngr.,
Australia Roc Oil Company LTD
Ocean Victory
Outstanding Safety, Performance
Just a quick note to thank you and the crew personally for doing a good job for ATP on the MC 942 #2 BP #3, MC 941 #4 and MC 941 #3 wells. It was a pleasure working with both the rig and office staff from Diamond and your subcontractors on this project for ATP. I appreciate the hard work, the safety, the excellent hole making, etc., that you put forth these last few months. It was everything I knew the Victory and her crew to be capable of based on your reputation. Take pride in the fact that you lived up to both your reputation and my expectations.
I am looking forward to seeing and working with you again sometime in Dec. We’ll be tying back and completing a 15K, three-zone, smart completion subsea well when you get back. I am confident that if we give you a good plan, you’ll again do a good job of executing it. Stay safe while you are away.
Regards,
William T. ( Bill ) Daugherty Drilling Mngr.,
GOM ATP Oil & Gas Corp.
Ocean Nomad & Princess
Sword of Honour
I am delighted to confirm that both the Ocean Nomad and Ocean Princess have won the coveted, HSE recognized, prestigious British Safety Council “SWORD of HONOUR” award. Please accept my warmest congratulations for you and the staff and all the hard work that you have put in to win this award. Great news for all concerned.
Alex Lovie Scottish Division,
Acct. Mngr., British Safety Council
Editors Note — The Sword of Honour is one of the most prestigious international health and safety accolades that a company can receive, and it is designed to encourage and reward organizations that work to best practice. It was inaugurated in 1979, and every year only 40 Swords are awarded worldwide ( out of some 600 rigs ). For Diamond Offshore to receive two Swords out of a possible 40 demonstrates the commitment of all concerned and that we are an industry leader.
Ocean Guardian
Admirable Performances; Safe and Successfull Drilling
Now that the Ocean Guardian is off contract to AGR / Serica, on behalf of AGR / Serica, we would like to thank you all for your efforts and commitment to the safe and successful drilling of the Bandon Exploration well. Obviously this has been an extremely positive result for Serica, and I would like to acknowledge the important part you all played as part of the team. We really value the relationship we have built up with Diamond over the past few months, and we wish you all the very best for your future drilling campaigns and look forward to working with you again in the future.
Thanks again,
Laurie Phillips Sr. Drilling Engineer,
AGR Petroleum Services
Ocean Lexington
Safely Delivering Beyond Expectations
It’s with mixed feelings that I…announce the Ocean Lexington departed from PhPC and BP Egypt this week at 0900 hrs on 5 September after more than three years with us. Sad to see her depart, but proud to reflect on the last three years.
As we come to the end of this contract with Diamond and the Lexington, I would just like to deliver personal thanks to all the people, the offshore rig teams, service providers, onshore coordinators and onshore planning teams, and supporting functions involved in making this such a successful partnership. The rig has delivered beyond expectations and you should all be extremely proud of your contribution to that. Right up until the last anchor was racked, the commitment shown by all involved has been excellent.
Amongst many other achievements, the rig has delivered 14 wells including four subsea completions, much of which underpins our future in the Mediterranean for years to come.
- Carried out a successful and accident-free shipyard and upgrade program in Mobile, Alabama.
- Drilled the discovery well for the Giza field.
- Valuable appraisal of the Giza, Taurus, Libra and North Alex fields.
- Completed four subsea sand control completions on Taurt and Hapy, delivering in excess of our contracted gas commitments.
- Safely and successfully completed well tests and well cleanups on the Libra, Hapy and three Taurt wells.
- Safely carried out multiple simultaneous operations with construction vessels and production facilities on the Taurt field.
- Introduced or developed the successful use of new or emerging technologies in Egypt such as riserless mud return, trees-on-wire, jetting and expandable screens.
- Developing a multinational and multicultural organization, promoting national talent.
- Continuously improving drilling and completion performance, reduced NPT and great lessons learned as reflected by the later NAB, Hapy and Taurt wells.
- Most recently, since returning from Libya, the rig has completed the 2009
- Taurt and Hapy field extension program for Pharaonic Petroleum. This has been completed with P10 performance coming in 36 days ahead of the planned time and under budget. This work has delivered all the well objectives without a single LTI ( DAFWC ). This was truly world- class performance.
I wish the rig, rig crews and our service providers the best in the future.
With thanks,
Kevin Walter Wells Team Leader,
Ocean Lexington Team, UK BP
Ocean Shield
Extremely Professional Work From Shore-based Personnel
I am aware that you are leaving Australasian operations very soon and would like to offer you some feedback on my experience working with the Diamond Ocean Shield shore-based management team over the last 14 months or so. This feedback is from a purely personal point of view and is not written from an Eni company perspective.
This feedback is in particular regarding Duncan Coulson ( Operations Manager, Ocean Shield ), Ben Devlin ( HSE Manager ), and to a lesser extent Ben Lawrance, Jay Crocker and Daniel Ziglar ( though only because my dealings have been slightly less with them ).
As you are aware, the last year has been a hectic year for the Eni proposed operations with many changes often at short notice, and that has meant we have placed considerable demands on the OS shore-based management team. This has meant numerous meetings, changes to plans, redoing the meetings because of changes, regulatory meetings, queries to Diamond from me, follow- up required by Diamond on our behalf and so on. What I have received back from Diamond is an extremely professional approach, always endeavouring to attend a meeting ( even at short notice ) and, if they could not attend, then assisting in getting someone with relevant rig knowledge to the meeting, all the while keeping a good sense of humour in their interactions with the Eni HSE team.
They have demonstrated repeatedly that safety is a priority for them and provided us with backing and knowledge when we were trying to convey the importance of issues to some members of meetings. They have highlighted issues, assisted in getting equipment and brought to our attention the need for backup items, always doing that bit extra to ensure we had a smooth operation.
Duncan, Ben, Ben, Daniel and Jay have made working with them very easy and, pleasant, and they display a wonderful professional approach.
I believe this has been a big contribution to the successful campaign we have had to date.
Kind regards,
Alix Hinchliffe Sr. Health & Safety Specialist,
Eni Australia Limited
Ocean Guardian
Admirable Performance;
Safe and Successful Drilling
On behalf of Serica, I would like to thank everyone involved from Diamond. The rig ( Ocean Guardian ) has performed admirably and the offshore team and onshore support staff have provided a safe, professional service. I would like to think that this is not the last time we work together.
Regards,
Mitch Flegg Gen. Mngr., Ops. & Projects,
Serica
Ocean Patriot
Delivering a Safe, Efficient Operation
On behalf of Beach Petroleum and Australian Drilling Associates, we would like to thank the management and crew of the Ocean Patriot for their significant contribution to the safe and efficient drilling of the Spikey Beach-1 well.
It was very refreshing to work with a team that was focused on delivering an efficient operation, and worked with our supervisors to effectively overcome any operational challenges that presented themselves. This operation was safely completed with 2.5 hrs of NPT in 17 days ( 0.5% ), which is an excellent result.
Michael Giuliano Drilling Ops. Mngr., Beach Petroleum,
Iain Robertson Drilling Supt., Australian Drilling Associates
