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Issue 2 / 2011 The FMC Aftermarket Eastern Region internal magazine
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Engineers prepare for offshore operations on the Kirinskoye field page 3
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start Now that we are all under the Aftermarket umbrella, one of our ambitions is to use Work/Over to make the different units more visible to each other. First up is Well Intervention Services (WIS) on pages 4-5. Times are very good for them – their three RLWI systems are fully booked for several years going forward. Quality is an important focus for Aftermarket and thus receives special focus in this issue. As Siegfried Runtschke, Quality Manager Aftermarket ER, explains, “Our ultimate goal is for everybody in the organization to understand that she or he is a quality manager at their workplace.” Check out the photos and the accompanying article about the official opening ceremony of the FMC Subsea Center outside of Bergen. We were very pleased that FMC Technologies’ President and CEO John Gremp was able to join the celebration. He is in fact a Work/Over reader, following along with what is going on here in Aftermarket ER! We hope that you enjoy this issue. Don’t hesitate to send your suggestions or feedback!
Andreas Helgesen
What is an IWOCS? Customer Training Advisor Oddmund Lervik explains the ins and outs of an Installation and Workover Control System (IWOCS), which has become more and more sophisticated. Over the last 20 years, FMC Hydraulic systems, suitable for water Kongsberg Subsea has deliv- depths of up to 3,000 metres, for major ered a number of IWOCS, from simple projects around the world. manually operated variants to sophisticated PC-controlled systems flexible enough for use on different fields. The system is an important element of the subsea training classes at FMC. What does an IWOCS do? / An IWOCS is used to monitor, power and control the deployment and operation of subsea production equipment for both horizontal and vertical XTs. It is also used for the retrieval and workover of this equipment. During operations, an IWOCS is located on a drilling rig or workover vessel and the well´s Production Control System is disabled. When an installation or maintenance operation is finished, the IWOCS is disabled and disconnected. The subsea installation is then reconnected to the production control system and normal hydrocarbon production resumes.
Communications Manager, Aftermarket ER
andreas.helgesen@fks.fmcti.com
Where can it be used? / Our systems can be used in large multi-well field development systems as well as single well deployment and interventions. We deliver both Direct Hydraulic systems, well suited for shallow to medium water depths, and Electro
What does an IWOC consist of? / The IWOCS Container is a standard A60 fire rated container, incorporating certified pressure monitoring, fire & gas detection, heating, ventilation and purge/shutdown systems. It includes a control room that houses computers for controlling and operating the subsea components during installation and maintenance operations, as well as electronic shutdown systems that are used in emergency situations. An Umbilical system distributes hydraulic fluid from the IWOCS container to the valves and actuators in the workover stack, and provides electrical connection from topside to the subsea control module (SCM). A Hydraulic system operates the
subsea and downhole hydraulic functions through dedicated hydraulic lines in the workover umbilical. An Electro Hydraulic system operates the hydraulic functions through a Riser Control Module (RCM) inside the marine riser. It allows the use of smaller diameter control umbilicals to achieve very short response times. Winches are comprised of a single drum supported at each end by sealed, heavy duty, spherical roller-bearing units mounted in a protective framework. Motive power for the drum is provided by an air-driven motor mounted together with a gearbox drive. A separate slip clutch is mounted between the drum and the motor. The winch is equipped with a safety brake to immobilize the air motor drive to the reel when the umbilical jumper is connected. There is one winch for each umbilical system. A subsea control module (SCM) on the XT is made up of both electronic and hydraulic components. The electronics communicate with the control software in the IWOCS container. When an open valve command is issued from the IWOCS, an electronic command is sent to the computer in the SCM, which issues an open command to the hydraulic solenoid valves in the SCM. /
Lots of learning in Singapore This spring, two FMC Subsea School training sessions were held in Singapore – one for the Russian company ZNG and one for the Indian company ONGC. The training sessions were held in two different hotels in Singapore. “By using five instructors, we could run these two events in parallel,” explains Customer Training Advisor Oddmund Lervik. All of the instructors came in from Norway. ZNG, a Gazprom company that deals with foreign affairs, sent 15 participants from from Russia, Uzbekistan and Vietnam (VietGazprom). Since they spoke only Russian, an interpreter was brought in from St Petersburg to translate the courses to Russian. “Alexey Pago did a tremendous job translating every day for three weeks,” says Lervik. The contact with ZNG was made via the US-based agency Tradix, which facilitated the arrangement.
be done for Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), which is an Indian state-owned oil and gas company. “Of course we wanted to do that!” says Lervik. It was arranged so that ONGC would come to Singapore during the same period. ONGC sent eight participants, with the class being rounded out by local employees from the FMC Singapore office. Since no interpretation was necessary for this group, the teaching went faster, with this session lasting two weeks.
Feedback / The feedback from both companies has been very positive, and ZNG has already asked about getting surface training from FMC this year. “Hopefully, they have a strategic plan for placing training orders with us,” Good timing / When the FMC of- says Lervik. FMC does not currently fice in Singapore learned that a sub- have any ongoing projects with either sea school would be held for ZNG, the of the two companies. / trainers were asked if the same could
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Russians Six engineers from St. Petersburg, Russia have just spent two-three busy months in Bergen preparing the offshore operations to be carried out on the Kirinskoye field in Sakhalin, Russia this summer. Soon these engineers will be participating in the operational work on the field, with Gulnara Yusipova remaining in Moscow throughout the operation. She will function as a liaison between project staff, customer and offshore. Kicking off mid-June, operation will close down in October or November due to the area’s severe winter weather. Educational programme / These six are part of the educational programme from the FMC-Polytechnic Educational and Technological Centre, established in conjunction with St. Petersburg State University. The programme includes a six-month post-masters training in subsea technology for master students that is followed by
on-the-job training at FMC in Norway. Translators / In addition to utilising their professional competence, the engineers will act as both linguistic and cultural translators for the Norwegian and British service engineers and the Russian crew members on the rigs at Kirinskoye. HR Operations Manager Anne Marie Sangolt has worked intensively the last few months with the Russian project. “Their English skills are excellent, so this will be no problem,” says Sangolt. “Plus after being in Norway (Kongsberg and Bergen), they have a good understanding of what type of cultural misunderstandings might easily arise so that they can head them off.” /
Left to right: Victor Marmylev, Gulnara Yusipova, Alex Balabannikov, Andrey Semenov and Alexander Shevchenko
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What’s going on atWIS
well intervention services
Well Intervention Services (WIS) is an integral part of the Aftermarket family. Director Bjarne Neumann tells us what they are all about. WIS is unique within the company in that the unit works not only on FMC-supplied subsea XTs, but also on those supplied by competitors. “We operate wherever our customers need to perform well intervention,” says Neumann. “We work with different licensees. For example, this year we will operate from the vessel Island Constructor in both the Norwegian and UK sectors for Shell, ConocoPhillips, BP and Statoil.” WIS also operates full time from the two vessels, Island Frontier and Island Wellserver for Statoil in the Norwegian sector.
Add to this that a typical WIS operation takes an average of only 17 days and that one vessel can perform intervention on around 20 wells per year, and it is easy to see that this is quite a flexible team with a fair amount of diversity in its work tasks. The two main activities within WIS are Riserless Light Well Intervention (RLWI) and Through Tubing Rotary Drilling (TTRD). Both have the main objective of making increased oil recovery cost effective.
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Where is WIS?
Well Intervention Services has 130 employees. They are located in Kongsberg, Asker, and Stavanger in Norway and Aberdeen, Scotland. The offshore personnel are employed at the Asker office. Eastern region – and thus the Norwegian and UK sectors – is WIS’s main focus. But since FMC does not offer similar services in other regions, WIS has been asked to act as a Center of Excellence and assist other regions to get successfully established with a similar business initiative.
On target / Trygve Arnesen, Director of Aftermarket Eastern Region, challenged all of Aftermarket with a number of goals for 2011, and WIS is right on target. “We are exceeding the goal of 95 per cent operational uptime – although we did have one Lost Time Incident due to a broken ankle,” says Neumann. The unit’s financial goals are also on target, with WIS being close to budget and expected to end the year on budget. WIS is also working hard to achieve another 2011 goal – to win a TTRD contract for the Statoil Cat B rig.
Bjarne Neumann
Future plans / WIS is at a very exciting point in its development. The unit needs to grow to meet demand and will likely add more systems. “We don’t want to lose market share to competitors, so we are currently evaluative a fourth RLWI system,” says Neumann. He adds, “We want to expand our systems for deepwater operations. West Africa and Brazil are likely targets as we work with our key customers. A number of wells in these locations are now mature and need intervention work.” /
RLWI Fully Booked The services WIS provides have proven very popular – its three RLWI systems are now fully booked until May 2012. “In the service market, this stability is quite unique,” says Director Bjarne Neumann. “Normally, the spot market works on a monthly basis.” Two vessels are currently on contract to Statoil – the Island Frontier and the Island Wellserver – and these contracts have both been extended until 2015. A third contract / Just recently, WIS was awarded a third RLWI contract for Statoil. This is with the vessel Island Constructor, with first calloff scheduled for 168 days beginning on 15 November 2011. It will be used for six months per year for three years from November 2011. In addition, it is fully booked from March to October 2011 to work for BP in the UK sector and ConocoPhillips and Shell in the Norwegian sector. The growth of RLWI in the last few years is a direct result of oil and gas companies actively workThe Island Wellserver ing to increase the percentage of recoverable hydrocarbons from their reservoirs. RLWI allows this to occur at a cost per barrel that is substantially lower high demand. The unit’s one TTRD system is close to being committed to Statoil for a one-year conthan that of developing new offshore fields. tract. That commitment would start at the latest 1 High demand for TTRD / Through Tubing Ro- November, with options for two additional years in tary Drilling (TTRD), WIS’s other activity, is also in the contract. /
How it all started
RLWI development began in the late 1990s, and FMC’s first campaign took place in 2002-2003. Carried out for Statoil utilising the semi-submersible vessel MSV Regalia, the intervention was performed together with Aberdeen-based Prosafe, which was then headed up by our own Trygve Arnesen, today Director of FMC Aftermarket Eastern Region. They successfully carried out three different well intervention operations. In 2005, an alliance was established between FMC Technologies, Aker Kværner Well Service and Island Offshore, an owner/operator of the world’s most modern fleet of offshore service vessels. The alliance enabled the three to break into the market as an integrated supplier and to win long-term well intervention contracts. Of the relationship, Neumann says, “We operate like the three musketeers – one for all and all for one.” The resulting services have been a tremendous success for Statoil – the company is by far the largest user of RLWI worldwide. Today the fleet includes three vessels – the Island Frontier, the Island Wellserver and the Island Constructor. During the period 2006 to 2010, the alliance has performed well intervention operations on a total of 115 subsea wells.
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impact quality
Using our IQ Quality Manager Siegfried Runtschke explains how Aftermarket ER is embracing the Impact Quality (IQ) initiative. “IQ will help us create a positive quality culture change, just as our safety improvement focus gave us an amazing safety culture,” he enthuses. From its base in Bergen, Norway, the Aftermarket ER team is embracing the Impact Quality initiative and developing some initiatives tailored specifically for the Aftermarket. Runtschke says the step-by-step transition will take two-three years and transform the quality department’s focus from policing to training and developing its people to think quality 24/7. IQ training, from top-down / The IQ initiative began at Aftermarket ER by winning the commitment and personal involvement of the Aftermarket management. This process, which focuses on quality culture, values, commitment and behaviours, is the only formal training carried out so far. However, as Runtschke explains, next steps include Impact Quality Training I + II for all employees, as well as an improved induction process for new employees. The changed focus also promises to enhance the role of the Quality department at Aftermarket ER from the policing of operational departments to a support function involved in IQ training and development of managers and workgroups. “We aim to help our people to adopt thinking and behaviours that support quality deliveries – in all aspects of our value chain – and to monitor our progress in order to maximise learning,” says Runtschke. Reorganisation / In light of the company’s Vision 2010, the IQ initiative and business growth ambitions, Aftermarket ER is both reorganising and enhancing its Quality and HSE department. This has been divided into four focus areas: HSE, including Chemical and Waste Handling and Security; Quality in Offshore Operations; Quality in Onshore Operations; and Quality in the Supply Chain. The HSE part is mainly focused on compliance and implementation to statutory and regulatory requirements. The other three, which also report to Runtschke, support managers on how people in the organisation comply with internal processes and procedures, as well as customer requirements. As he explains, “Each area is headed by a new Senior QHSE Engineer who helps us to maintain our focus and to utilise our resources in the best way.” Aftermarket ER is also boosting its quality transformation capability by hiring more personnel and in-sourcing highly specialised services that it currently leaves to other departments in FMC or suppliers. “To be able to do this, we are growing the department a little for the next few years, and we will then shrink back to “normal” size when most of the transformation work is done,” says Runtschke. “Developing the department in this way will also help the organisation to considerably drive down the cost of quality initiatives.”
What-does-it-mean-for-you? / Siegfried Runtschke expects Aftermarket ER´s increased focus on quality to eliminate the cost and hassle of rework and the frustrations connected with working around broken and inefficient processes. “Our ultimate goal is for everybody in the organization to understand that she or he is a quality manager at their workplace,” explains Runtschke. “It is not the responsibility of the Quality department to deliver quality. Every single person must understand that they are who has responsibility and accountability for complying with customer requirements, learning what it means to have a “Zero Defect Mindset” and ultimately creating customer success. “We hope that this will help reduce the need for a large team of formally trained quality engineers,” says Runtschke, who underlines that this IQ revolution has to go beyond the company itself. “It goes without saying that we need to involve our customers and suppliers in this transition as well because they also impact our value chain.”
Crosby methodology
Philip Crosby’s 14-step Quality Improvement Process originated by the Denver Division of the Martin Marietta Corporation (now Lockheed Martin) on the Titan Missile program Principles: • Quality is conformance to requirements • Defect prevention is preferable to quality inspection and correction • Zero Defects is the quality standard • Quality is measured in monetary terms – the Price of Nonconformance (PONC) • The purpose of quality is to create customer success
FMC’s Senior Management has chosen to use the Crosby methodology for the Impact Quality initiative, which Runtschke emphasizes is not just a project or a campaign that will run for a few months in specific locations. “IQ is a cultural change impacting the whole of FMC and touching each individual employee; some more, some less. It will create a new culture based on a new quality mindset that will become part of the way we all do what we do.” Clearly an advocate of IQ, Runtschke concludes that it will boost Aftermarket ER´s ability to deliver on promises and with Zero defects: “It will eventually differentiate us from our competition and help us translate our goals and objectives into sustainable business.” /
Siegried Rutschke together with the Senior Quality Engineers. From left to right: Reidun Erland, Arvid Spilde, Siegfried Runtschke, Raymond Lian and Kristin Fretheim
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Siegfried Runtschke, Quality Manager Aftermarket ER
• 14 years at FMC • Member of various CS Management Teams since 1999, presently part of the Aftermarket Management Team Eastern Region • Experience in FMC: Project Manager for SAP implementation in Service; Maintenance Manager; QHSE Manager with additional responsibility for Global Process Development & Alignment in the Aftermarket.
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The FMC Subsea Center is open!
An official opening ceremony was held to celebrate the new facilities outside of Bergen, Norway, which represent a significant and exciting expansion for Customer Support. On 14 April, 350 employees, customers and key suppliers gathered to commemorate the opening of the FMC Subsea Center, an almost 7,000 square metre site with workshops and administrative offices. As the new space was sorely needed due to the substantial increase in the volume of work, it was truly a day to celebrate. There was indeed a great mood as all gathered shared refreshments and to look around one of the site’s new workshops, where the event was held. Specially decorated for the occasion, the workshop included some subsea equipment that had been moved in for the occasion to show off the type of work that will be done at the center.
Special guests for the ceremony included the mayor of the local municipality where the center is located, Eli Årdal Berland, who opened the event. Trygve Arnesen, Director of Aftermarket Eastern Region, and John Gremp, President and CEO of FMC Technologies also both held speeches. Arnesen says, “We really appreciate that so many were able to join us for the opening event. And, it was a real pleasure that John Gremp was in Bergen and able to participate in the festivities.” While the official opening took place in April, various departments began moving into the FMC Subsea Center already from the beginning of the year. /
John Gremp
A new customer in Norway Operator BG Norway, part of the UK-headquartered BG Group, has recently come on board as a new customer for FMC Norway
In March, the company signed a five-year frame agreement with FMC for for supply of subsea equipment for its projects on the Norwegian continental shelf. “BG is a leading company in the industry that has some really interesting work slated in Norway,” says Trygve Arnesen, Director of Aftermarket Eastern Region. FMC in Norway will coordinate the customer service aspect of the delivery of hardware from Dunfermline – two 18¾ Wellhead Assemblies. Nine employees from Customer Support are scheduled to work on the project, in addition to those who will support the project from the work shop. “At this point, it isn’t clear exactly when we will mobilise the equipment, but the earliest start date
Eastern Region
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Kristiansund Jordbær field
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Jordbær field / BG has submitted for aproval a Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy for Jordbær, a mature field in the Tampen area in the North Sea. BG plans to use an FSPO operating in a water depth of 410 metres. Jordbær is slated to proSWEDEN duce first oil at the end of 2013. In connection with the project, BG is considering locating a branch operation in Florø, where FMC has recently established a base to support all life-of-field activities. FMC has signed a five-year framework agreement with BG Norway for supply of subsea equipment for its projects on the Norwegian continental shelf. /
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Fired up for Brann
While he may be best known at FMC as TSP Group Manager at Customer Support in Bergen, Roger Lillebøe-Hansen is also known for being a long-time fan of the Brann football club, one of the most popular clubs in Norway in spite of its limited success. Although born in eastern Norway, he considers himself a “Bergenser” and thus has no problem being the Bergenbased team’s biggest fan.
How long have you been a Brann supporter? / It started around 20-25 years ago. First, I was just interested in watching a couple of games, and then it evolved into something bigger as the years and games went by. I have been a more or less an active part of the official supporters club for Brann Bataljonen (The Battalion) for most of the last 20 years. This winter I was elected as its leader. Do you attend all games – home and away? / I attend most home games at home and some away. When I was younger, I travelled to many of the away matches, going by bus mostly everywhere. Now my work and family obligations mean that I don’t always have the time to travel. Whenever Brann is qualified for Europe, I try to catch a game or two abroad. Do you do anything special at a game? / My wife and I have season tickets in the supporter’s stands at the stadium. This is of course in the middle of the action. Normally I like to get to a match a bit early, see my team warm up and get a feel for the
atmosphere before the match starts. Sometimes I have tasks to do as part of my role in the supporters’ club, for example taking care of visiting supporters or helping to organize if there is something happening in the stands. What is your favourite thing about being a Brann supporter? / It’s hard to pick just one thing. Winning is great, of course. Watching the team play really well and then seeing them win creates a great feeling that stays with me for days or even weeks. But it’s probably more of a lifestyle and a general feeling that I have inside me all the time. Describe a particularly memorable experience with Brann. / There are many! But seeing my team run out on Anfield Road to play the quarterfinal in the European Cup against Liverpool FC was special. Brann lost, but we had a great time anyway and were told by the home supporters we were the best away supporters they had seen in years.
Do you have a favourite player? / I guess there are always some of the players you believe are better than the others, and who you prefer seeing play. But for me I would say that first and foremost I am a fan of the club and the jersey. Players will always come and go, but Brann itself will always be most important. Are you a fan of any other teams? / No, not really, although I “have an eye” for the Danish club Brøndby from Copenhagen. My wife is from there, and we always try to catch a game with my fatherin-law whenever we visit Denmark. Do you play football yourself? / Not anymore. I used to play a bit when I was younger for the fun of it. What else do you like to do in your free time? / Apart from spending time with my wife, for example hiking together in the hills around Bergen, I also like to listen to music and go to quite a few concerts and music festivals each year. /
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rig/log
A Dolphin in the North Sea The Bideford Dolphin has been on FMC fields more and less continuously since 2004, executing wellhead installation and completion work on subsea wells. The rig is on long-term contract with Statoil and will continue working on FMC-supplied fields. FMC Supervisor Cato Haugland, who has been with the company since 1998, says, “What is unique about this rig is how great the cooperation is between the service companies and the rig crew.” Here’s a closer look at the rig through his eyes.
1. These show the crew while they are deck testing tubing hangers prior to installation. There have been some changes in rig personnel along the way – it’s always a challenge when the regular crew is replaced. But those coming in are good at their work and together we manage our daily tasks quite well.
2. This is crew on the LRP and EDP stack for the Vega field. Working on board is a pleasure. The rig crew is not afraid to give a helping hand when needed. The support we receive from the project on land is of first class – this makes our life easy.
3. Here you see the surface flow tree and telescopic joint extended while the wire line crew rigs their equipment.
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4. Helge Hagevik is on the cross-country machine in this photo. We have excellent options for training on the rig. This means a lot to me and definitely increases the well being on board by many degrees. Having a decent recreation room also helps.
5. I have been involved in this project from its start. Our full crew is seven persons, with three working at night and four during the day. I’m on the day shift, and I lead the daily operations, keeping in touch with customers and staying on top of everything that happens on the rig. I do this in collaboration with Elisabeth Rygg, Inge Magne and Gulli on land.
10 years Arvid Arefjord Jan Inge Askeland Erik Brenna Kari Anne Engesæth Atle Njåstad Fjeldstad Håkon Fjell Jon-Anders Haukvik Lars Olav Havnen Kristin Moen Hjeldnes Britt Unni Holten Jan Ivar Hystad Jacob Thurman Ihlen Frank Johansen Egil Johnson Anne-Marit Kleppestø Olav Inge Kvande Kent H. Nierenberg Lønning Trond Erik Løwgren Odd Eirik Markhus Stian Maridal Kjetil Rogne Bjørn Vidar Sandnes Anne Marie Sangolt Solveig Schnell Arild Selvig Sven Arne Simenstad Gøran Sletten Leif T. Sunde Freddy Sundsbakk Jan Svendsen Geir Tandberg Carol Trengereid Jarle Eirik Vangsnes Erik Vik Grethe Walvik Roy Wærnes 15 years Anthony E. Andrews Yngve Ekerhovd Roar Finnerud Roger Foldnes Jan Gjersvik Svein Arne Hansen Torod Hatlemark Marit Holmedal Bill Hopson Henning Johansen Tor Ove Kolltveit Lars Kårbø Trond Losnedahl Bård J. Magnussen Stein Åge Mjelde John Mæland Ingmar Nyheim Erik Skaar Pettersen Bjørn B. Rudstrøm Stephen F. Smith Tord Inge Thunes Kurt Træet 20 years Stig Aursøy Sven Hummelsund Odd Gynter Olsen Asle Harald Sellstad 30 years Jan Erik Ellefsen
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6. We’ve taken this photo from the supply vessel while the rig is burning off gas from Vega field with 520Bars surface pressure.
10 years David Banner Craig Cowcher Greg Davie James King David Sherriffs 15 years David Gillespie Allan Mills Malchy Smylie 20 years Stephen Shambrook
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who i am
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Jeffrey
Hvalstranden
Winstanley
What I do / I work for the Remote Locations Group within Customer Support, Aberdeen. My current position is International Operations Manager reporting directly to the Aberdeen base manager. I am also a member of Aberdeen’s Operational Leadership Team. My key responsibilities are to provide a high quality service to an ever-expanding customer portfolio in Aberdeen and to identify and develop business strategy for the Aberdeen base. The best and worst thing about my job / The best is being in a position that allows me the opportunity to develop the potential of my colleagues. I get a real buzz from watching people rise to new challenges and grow from the experience. The worst is dealing with negativity and lethargy. We are a vibrant, ‘get after it’ organisation, but we still carry a small element of ‘can’t do’ attitude. I don’t subscribe to that philosophy at all.
FBI agents who investigate the disappearance of three young civil rights activists in Mississippi. It’s a very thought provoking and emotive film. It’s hard to believe that this film is set in the 1960s. Fortunately we have a come a long way in the last 50 years. My favourite musicians / I have a very broad taste in music, ranging from 1940s to the present day. I like jazz, blues, soul, rock and easy listening. Just like my parents before me, I don’t understand the majority of modern music. But if I were to pick just one artist or group then it would have to be ABBA. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t sing along to ABBA.
TRANSPORT HUB The nation’s busiest road – E-18 – runs right through the city. Just off this highway at the Asker exit is a major public transportation junction for the bus and train, including the high-speed airport train. The FMC office is just five minutes from this station. ROYAL HOME Asker is home to Skaugum, the official residence of Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit and their family. SHOPPING & CULTURE In addition to a movie theatre and the Asker Culture Centre, Asker “downtown” is home to a number of stores, including the many the modern shopping centre Trekanten has to offer. RESTAURANTS Popular with FMCers is Art of Sushi, which is conveniently located a few minutes drive from the office in the city centre. It serves both sushi and Thai-inspired dishes, making good use of the plentiful supply of fresh, local fish. FJORD Asker lies along the coastline of the Oslo fjord. The beaches, the sea and the islands in this inner section of the fjord are recreation hot spots. FISHING Angling for saltwater fish and sea trout is great in the Oslo fjord year round. Some consider Elnestangen in Asker to be the best place for angling in the entire fjord. Make sure to organise your permit before you go fishing!
How I like to relax / Due to my recent operations, I’ve spent a large amount of relaxation time in a comfy chair or in front of a television. I’m rediscovering the joys of reading a good book. I’ve also bought a brand new DSLR camera and I’m really looking forward to going out and about in this beautiful Scottish countryside to take scenic photographs. I just need to work out what all the buttons and dials are for first. I’ve also become a fan of the multitude of varied cookery programs on TV, and now I like to try food groups I would never have dreamed of 12 months ago. I might even take a short cookery holiday in Tuscany. For a complete novice in the kitchen this is an interesting challenge for me. /
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My greatest personal and professional achievement / PERSONAL My greatest personal achievement is almost keeping up with the tireless energy of my three- year-old grandson James. PROFESSIONAL / This is difficult to pin down. On the one hand, I am a Chartered Engineer, a Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and with a First Class Honours degree in Engineering. All of these achievements gave me great professional satisfaction. On the other hand, I have been responsible for the in country welfare, safety and security of FMC colleagues in re-
mote locations for the last seven years and this, I think, will be the one thing I will look back on with most pride and sense of achievement. My biggest job inspiration / This is simple – continuous improvement. Looking at my performance on each task I undertake and ask myself ‘could I have done this better?’ My earliest memory / Being the last person to be picked for any sport at school. I was quiet, short for my age and my ribs poked through my skin. I was not a natural athlete. Now, I am 1.9m tall, 135kgs and louder than is normally regarded as necessary. One thing remains the same however; I am still not a natural athlete – unless watching TV becomes an Olympic sport. The worst job I’ve ever had / done / I’ve had a very chequered employment history before I came to the oil and gas industry. I’ve been an assistant gardener, a garden shed door maker, a bar and nightclub doorman and a pub residential landlord. I’ve also worked for 13 years down a coal mine and I’ve been a rather mature student. I’ve worked in the local community writing CVs and helping to find jobs for miners who were looking to re-train for work outside the mining industry. I’ve also been involved in teaching mentally and physically handicapped people to swim. But the worst job I have ever done is any one of the home do-it-yourself projects that I have managed to make a complete mess of. My fortune is definitely not in the field of home improvements. My most cherished possession / I treasure a small corner of my home in Scotland that is a miniature shrine to my place of birth. I have a painting of the first coal mine I ever worked at, which was a present from my brother, and I have several photographs of my local pub, which sadly no longer exists. I also have a decorated plate that depicts all the coalmines in the Yorkshire area. Again, sadly, all these once proud mining communities are long gone. My favourite film / Mississippi Burning (1988) starring Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe. It’s about two
Although a suburb of Norway’s capital city Oslo, Asker has much to offer FMC visitors in its own right. This includes urban action as well as the multitude of outdoor options Norway’s famous nature offers. With more than 52,000 residents, Asker is Norway’s 11th largest city – and one of its fastest growing, along with the rest of the Oslo region.
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