Shell and Repsol Sinopec- Valve procurement collaboration

Submitted by Shell UK

Impact

The risk to Fulmar Alpha was at least an additional 2 shifts to modify the existing valves representing 80kboe or $3.9M lost production.  The value to Gannet was  approx. 40kboe per day at $1.9m and we mitigated a total of 7 days of post turnaround start up deferment on Gannet – estimated at $14M of additional revenue.

The Shell Gannet complex in the Central North Sea exports oil via Repsol Sinopec Resources UK’s Fulmar Alpha then exported via the Norpipe Export System to Teesside.  Gas is exported via Fulmar gas pipeline to St Fergus.  Due to shared infrastructure when the Fulmar platform is shut down, so is Gannet.   The Gannet Facility Manager asked colleagues to see if we had 2 x 16”, class 900 valves suitable for an Emergency Shut Down (ESD) riser at Fulmar Alpha.  Shell had nothing in their inventory that matched and Repsol Sinopec were already out enquiring to market heavily without any immediate success.   The Shell Strategic Contract Management Team reached out to MRC Transmark (Shell Global Framework Agreement supplier) and they had some stock that was fit for purpose. It took a mere 48 hours to source and send these valves to the Fulmar platform in comparison to typical lead time of weeks or even months.

Contact: David Rodger
d.rodger@shell.com