Winners of 'Shell Impact Award' feted

27/03/2014 06:39 AST

Shell Oman recently held a special ceremony to honour the 2013 "Shell Impact Award" winning teams from Petroleum Development Oman (PDO).The event was hosted by Chris Breeze, Shell Oman Country Chairman, and attended by Raoul Restucci, Managing Director of PDO, members of the two PDO winning teams, as well as Shell and PDO staff.

The Amal Steam Surface Facilities and the Well & Reservoir Management teams were recognised for their success in the 'Safety Leadership & Social Performance' and 'Production Optimisation' categories respectively.

The Amal project has undergone a transition from construction to commissioning and commissioning to operations, which has required seamless integration and collaboration. The project has achieved a significant milestone of 18 million man-hours and 15 million kilometres driven without any lost time injuries to staff.

A second team from PDO won an award for their implementation of LEAN - the removal of unnecessary workflows and waste - in well and reservoir management to enable increased gains in production capacity.

Speaking on the occasion, Chris Breeze said: "Shell is proud of its longstanding partnership with PDO in Oman and is delighted to recognise and celebrate the achievements of the PDO winners.The Amal Steam project has demonstrated excellence in project delivery and has an outstanding safety performance."

He added that "The Well and Reservoir Management team's implementation of LEAN has enabled world class performance improvement and has empowered staff really to address the way they work to maximum effect. PDO's implementation of the LEAN process in this and other areas is very exciting.I extend my congratulations to the leadership of PDO and the staff who have made both projects such a success."

The "Impact Award" aims to recognise teams in the Shell Group, including in joint ventures like PDO, that show extraordinary commitment to find ways to do things more safely, cheaply and effectively, driving delivery and results and encouraging best practices for others in the Shell Group to follow. This year judges chose award winners from over 350 nominations throughout the Shell Group and associated joint venture companies across Shell's global exploration and production operations.

Shell is active in Oman across the oil and gas industry and is involved in joint venture and independent activities ranging from research and development, exploration and production to trading and retail.

Oman Daily Observer