Aberdeen-based performance improvement business Exceed has worked closely with the team on a Transocean-owned rig to achieve significant operational benefits.

The continuous improvement project helped play a part in the rig’s performance increasing by 16% from a 72% baseline to an average of 82% productive time in the first 12 months and 88% productive time realised during the second half of the wells campaign.

The rig also improved 27 positions in Transocean’s fleet rankings. In terms of savings, the increase was equivalent to 65 additional productive days.

The project involved Exceed’s performance improvement coaches working on rotation with rig personnel off Angola.

Exceed director Ian Mills said: “We entered the continuous improvement project with five goals which included deliver a return on investment of 5:1 or greater, embedding sustainable internal capability and improving the rig’s position in the fleet table.

“The step change was realised not by us but by the rig team. We didn’t change technology, introduce new systems or make other capital investments; we simply worked with the most important asset, the rig team. We helped to provide consistency and continuity across the leadership team, introduce a culture of planning and learning, and establish rig best practice through the lessons learned. The rig team embraced the project and took the rig to new performance levels both in planning and execution.”

Tags: Exceed, Transocean Inc.