CASE STUDY

Lifting operations management CLIENT BP

during major outages ASSETS Andrew, Clair, ETAP

LOCATION North Sea

Specialist lifting support

ensures efficient
changeout of critical
equipment during
turnarounds (TARs)

BENEFITS

Efficient changeout of approx. 1,000 pieces

of critical equipment

Optimised productivity through quick

turnaround

Risks mitigated with comprehenisve

planning

24/7 onshore support of subject matter

experts

DELIVERY ASSURED
CHALLENGE SOLUTION SUMMARY

• BP was carrying out major North Sea asset • A lifting operations specialist was integrated • Over 30,000 work hours were undertaken by Integrated solutions
outages to implement essential maintenance into each of the asset’s onshore team in the Sparrows personnel (onshore and offshore) • Crane and lifting services
and improve productivity, efficiency and client’s office without incident management
performance • Sparrows’ operations, HR, logistics, rigging, • Over 300 lifting plans were developed • Deck operations
• With production shutdown it was critical inspection, recruitment and supply chain and executed throughout the projects and management
to ensure that the correct planning, risk departments all coordinated through the outages • Mechanical handling
assessment and appropriate mitigations lifting operations specialist to identify • Approximately 1,000 pieces of critical
were identified and applied to all activities. and define the procedures, resources equipment were successfully changed out. Capabilities / services
Quick and efficient turnaround of scopes and materials required for each scope. • Multi-discipline engineering
was essential. Each campaign included the supply of / design
• Lifting operations and mechanical handling lifting procedures, rigging equipment • Crane operations
are considered a high-risk area so BP and personnel to carry out offshore • Rigging / lifting
required competent specialists to ensure implementation. • Inspection / testing / rope
all scopes would be implemented without • Each project or outage’s work scope changed access
incident. in the planning stages, but Sparrows was • Site surveys
• There was no defined work scope so we had able to react through re-prioritisation of • Training / coaching
to prepare for a variety of activities and be deliverables and delivery of alternative
ready to execute the work when required. solutions at the earliest stages, using the Equipment sale and rental
• All levels and complexities of lifting that lifting specialist as a conduit between both • Rigging / lifting equipment
might be required were identified - from organisations. • Mechanical handling
routine deck lifting operations through to equipment
complex rigging and lifting operations.
• Time constraints were a major challenge,
especially during the ETAP firewater outage
as no helicopters were allowed to land
on the platform until all valves had been
changed out.

AOG valve work scope.

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