Structured project management provides efficiencies at Sakhalin-1 in Russia and other major projects worldwide.
A design-one, build-multiple approach cut costs and stream- lined schedules at the Kizomba developments offshore Angola.
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tems (EMCAPS), that standardize our processes across all projects. Second is our structured gate process to assure that we finish work before moving onto the next phase. This approach also allows us to confirm that project risks are properly addressed and to test the economics to assure the project is well founded and meets our stakeholders’ require- ments for implementation. In addition, EMCAPS is our execu- tion framework for managing the corporation’s Operations Integrity Management System, through which we not only de- sign and construct facilities with safe execution in mind but focus on their ongoing integrity and safe operation for the long term. A third advantage is the inte- grated approach we take across all of our upstream companies.
Whether it’s Exploration, Produc- tion, or Gas and Power Marketing, we act as an integrated upstream company and work to meet the general interest of the corpora- tion. A great example is howwe integrate production personnel into the project team before front- end engineering to provide an op- erational perspective all the way through the commissioning and startup phase. This one-team ap- proach is more efficient and timely compared to industry norms, and is being extended to the concept execution phase as part of our upstream synergies effort. Please comment on how project execution excellence supports improved safety.
improvement since the estab- lishment of EMDC. But people are still getting hurt. We know we need to continue to drive the value of caring about the safety of each and every person at our work sites so that we can achieve our objective of “Nobody Gets Hurt.” A great example of our safety progress is Sakhalin-1 in Russia. When we started almost 15 years ago, we didn’t know a lot about the safety culture in Russia. With continuous projects over this time and the application of our safety values and principles, we have seen Sakhalin become one of the corporation’s safest places to work. The Exxon Neftegas Limited project and ExxonMobil Drilling teams have won a com- bined 13 ExxonMobil Develop- ment Company President’s
Safety Awards since the awards started in 2007.
Plugge: Our safety success also comes down to the strong relationships we have established
with our contractors, which have never been better. We
have excellent alignment about safety and what it means for the business. Our practice of having ExxonMobil teams work alongside contractor teams in the contrac- tors’ fabrication yards and design shops has helped us achieve a leading safety performance.
Flood: Safety has been a relent- less journey, with consistent
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