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Previous Continuous Improvement Winners!
AUGUST
🏅 SMC Award Winner
Paul Powell Senior Mechanical Rotating Equipment Engineer
Paul submitted a technical justification to extend turbine service intervals from 100,000 to 125,000 hours. This eliminated the scheduled in 2025…
Resulting in £770k worth of cost saving!
GMOC Award Winner 🏅
Leo Cabrelli Senior Buyer
Leo challenged the need for purchase of materials.
Leading to a cost avoidance of around £50,070!
JUNE
🏅 SMC Award Winner
Phil Lees Mechanical Engineer
A new valve was purchased in 2022 and has remained in storage since. Although company policy requires valves stocked for over six months to be tested before use, this valve was still new and under warranty. A quote was received for £13,697. However, thanks to Phil Lees’ intervention, the engineer successfully challenged the need for testing, as the warranty covered the valve, resulting in the cost being removed.
Saving £13,697!
GMOC Award Winner 🏅
Jason McGillivray Buyer
In a 2024 Procurement Analysis Report, Jason identified Trillium was charging well above market rates for Dunbar EFWP changeout kit parts. Thanks to Jason, existing stock was used and cheaper fasteners were sourced from another vendor elsewhere,
Cutting the kit cost from £84k to £21k.
MAY
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🏅 SMC Award Winner
Sammie Fraser Maintenance Engineer Smartroom - CNS
A noise issue reported for valve 0523-V1001 led to an offshore inspection request. Upon review, this was a ‘special’ type valve in super duplex, therefore new the cost would be excessive. After consulting with the site team, Sammie confirmed that a new valve was not required. The work order has been closed with no further action needed.
This resulted in £50,000 worth of savings.
GMOC Award Winner 🏅
Andre Smith Acting Procurement Manager E&C
Andre successfully negotiated the removal of a 20% re-stocking fee from Redwing for unused and uncollected PPE.
This resulted in a cost saving of approximately £13,448.
APRIL
🏅 SMC Award Winner
Jim Geary Mechanical Supervisor - Elgin
Celeros were identified to mob offshore for the Condy Booster Pump work on Elgin. Jim proactively challenged the need for vendor support, highlighting that PBS already had the required in-house expertise.
Following this, the TEP Lead agreed, and the vendor mobilisation was cancelled—avoiding unnecessary external costs.
This saved an estimated £18,500!
GMOC Award Winner 🏅
Raechel Robertson Stock Coordinator - Culzean
Whilst conducting a safety stock review, Rachael identified that this MM was not required to be held as safety stock. A Flowmeter was going to be changed out back in 2022 but was decided against for commercial reasons.
This saved an estimated £234,528.60!
MARCH
🏅 SMC Award Winner
Neil Booth
LOLER Focal Point - Onshore
Neil conducted a thorough assessment to identify redundant tooling and equipment within the rigging lofts.
This saved an estimated £52,000!
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GMOC Award Winner 🏅
Dean Smith
GMOC Support Team Lead
Dean reassessed the CPF South Crane sheeve change out and identified an alternative method to carry out the job. This method removed the requirement for Scaffolding, which would have consisted of a team of 3 Scaffolders for a 14-day trip.
This saved an estimated £23,000 and reduced the crane out of service time to 3.5 days, compared to an estimate of 14+ days.
FEBRUARY
🏅 SMC Award Winner
Ryan Stephen
Mechanical Engineer - CNS
Following Survitec’s recommendations to replace lifeboat grab links every 5 years quoted at £3.2k per link with Elgin needing 5, Ryan found 3 old uncertified links on the platform. These parts were sent to First Integrated who blasted, tested and painted them for £250 each. These will be installed in place of the ones needing replacement which will then be sent to be tested and certified giving the full amount required plus usable spare. Through Ryan’s approach, changeout plan will be altered allowing potential future savings.
This saved an estimated £14,750.00!
GMOC Award Winner 🏅
Claire Clubb
Senior Contracts Engineer - Onshore
Claire led negotiations with multiple vendors, successfully securing an extension on current pricing terms rather than accepting the proposed contractual rate increase.
This saved an estimated £135,000!
JANUARY
🏅 SMC Award Winner
Doug Smith
Senior Instrument Engineer - Alwyn
Doug sourced an alternative brand and supplier selling ATEX field temperature transmitters for £120, this is usually purchased from OEM at a cost of approx. £1500 each.