Shell gives SPIE enlarged contract for maintenance of lube oil facility

This contract award comes after Shell renewed its preventive maintenance contract with SPIE on the same lube oil facility, in June 2020.

Shell invited SPIE Oil & Gas Services to tender for their corrective maintenance contract following the high-quality work its team carried under a preventive maintenance contract at the same facility. Signed in June 2016 and renewed for five years in June 2020, this initial contract consisted essentially in routines of preventive maintenance, regularly performed during ongoing operations on pieces of equipment to lessen the likelihood of their failing. The year 2019 proved particularly successful for the team, with SPIE Oil & Gas Services Thailand achieving 100% preventive maintenance completion every month, and 100 000 man-hours without a lost-time incident (LTI).

The five-year corrective maintenance contract, which has been effective since July 2020, includes the provision of maintenance and repairs for all mechanical and electronical instruments at the lube oil blending facility in Bangkok. The equipment concerned are tanks, pumps, conveyers, valves, safety systems and industrial printers.

“We are very proud of our success, as the service we offered to Shell at its blending lube oil factory in Bangkok was our first time delivering midstream services in Thailand. Indeed, upstream maintenance, linked to exploration and production, is our main area of expertise there”, explained Steve Platten, Business & Operations Manager of SPIE Oil & Gas Services in South East Asia. These agreements have broadened SPIE Oil & Gas Services’ visibility and opportunities in South East Asia, and the company is looking into growing this model in the region. “We have also just been invited to tender on a project with Shell to manage terminal operations across their 12 oil-blend assets in Thailand”, added Platten.

The preventive maintenance project also saw SPIE Oil & Gas Services Thailand's first use of a digital application to perform all the preventive maintenance checks and reporting. Initiated and implemented by the multi-technical service provider, the digital platform has been a success and, upon Shell’s request, is being further developed. Three main benefits have arisen from its use.

Firstly, time saving: the reports are digitalised onto tablets which, unlike paper, are adapted to explosive zones. This enables the workers to carry and update their reports as they do their routine, instead of going back and forth to fill paper reports located in “safe” zones.

Secondly, anticipation and synchronisation: the reports, plans and key performance indicators for the week and month are easily accessible to all on the tablets. Each morning, the team meets up and decides what its priorities for the day are. The reports being updated in real time, the decision-making process in the case of unplanned maintenance is also facilitated and quickened.

Finally, feedbacks and motivation boost: the platform has brought together the team via shared goals, accessible to all, and a stronger sense of each’s responsibility in the result. Furthermore, a feedback platform between staff and employee has been very beneficial to optimise work organisation.

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