©© xxxEquinorStatoil - Hald Pettersen Since Equinor has used Synergi Life for such a long time, it Life for such a long time, has used Synergi Since Equinor because of on the quality of being entered hard the data works analysis. the significance for further department for analysis, monitoring and support in the group’s in the group’s monitoring and support for analysis, department and Synergi business area, & Production Exploration International ofLife is part his everyday life. Life – everyone uses Synergi in Equinor have no exceptions “We “If they don’t have PCs, explains. Mr Martinsen in every country,” And if they they need to use paper forms. we must accept that as well.” we’ll have to solve that and write, can’t read is a for success in the HSE area criterion because a key “That’s to HSE work and who realizes dedicated country manager who’s “One particular he says. ofthe importance good quality reports,” HSE for our internal has now been nominated enthusiast in Iran prize.” -
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SAFER, SMARTER, GREENER SMARTER, SAFER, and production since the 1980s, Mr Martinsen now heads the now heads Mr Martinsen since the 1980s, and production He knows what he is talking about. Involved in exploration Involved in exploration he is talking about. He knows what successful roll-out into new areas.” successful roll-out we get a lot of good output,” says Arne M. Martinsen in Equinor. Equinor. in Martinsen Arne M. says we get a lot of good output,” for a tool is vital of improvement this user-friendly “Continuous “We’ve been a big Synergi Life user since the beginning, and Life user since the beginning, been a big Synergi “We’ve allows it to explore some new challenges. allows it to explore and Canada. The overall quality, health, safety and environmental safety and environmental health, quality, overall The and Canada. and responsibility becomes Equinor’s thereby (QHSE) strategy ships in various countries, including the US Gulf of Mexico, Brazil Brazil including the US Gulf ofships in various countries, Mexico, Over the last few years, however, it has been acquiring operator however, Over the last few years, continental shelf (NCS). for its deepwater drilling expertise, the group has primarily been the group drilling expertise, for its deepwater when it is outside the Norwegian to other operators a partner character of its operations has been changing. Much respected Much respected of has been changing. character its operations Equinor has always had an international orientation, but the orientation, Equinor has always had an international
worldwide growth. Synergi Life is the group’s risk management system wherever it goes, regardless regardless it goes, risk management system wherever Life is the group’s Synergi worldwide growth. of and language. geography Operating in some 40 countries, Norwegian oil company Equinor has ambitious goals for further oil company Equinor has ambitious goals for further Norwegian countries, in some 40 Operating
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“A lot of information is gathered in the central Joakim Bjerk Synergi Life database. Combined with the high level of user-friendliness, that makes it a powerful tool for a global business like ours.” Arne Martinsen, HSE responsible in Equinor’s International Exploration & Production
One of the group’s base values is to be open. Where Synergi Life is concerned, this means that even the chief executive has access to every single case entered in the system and can look into the details if he feels the need to do so. EQUINOR IN BRIEF “We’re generating statistics on a monthly basis and checking the Equinor is a Norwegian-based international energy company with operations in more than 30 countries. validity of the input beforehand,” Mr Martinsen says. “A group Building on more than 40 years of experience of oil and gas of people with the relevant operational background open each production on the Norwegian continental shelf, the group
case and, in an unaggressive way, send an email proposing is committed to © some adjustments to the people who haven’t got it right. That accommodating Arne Reidar Mortensen the world’s energy works.” needs in a respon- sible manner, He adds that simply reporting near-misses and accidents is not applying technolo- good enough either. “If we notice that the reporting culture gy and creating in- novative business somewhere fails to accord with internal or external expectations, solutions. It has we initially have to provide support for a cultural improvement. 20,000+ employ- But we also follow up the progress being made through regular ees worldwide. verifications.”
To manage risk is to understand risk. That is what Synergi Life PROFILE helps Equinor do. Working in so many different cultures makes Customer name: Equinor it essential to comprehend the different contexts that may be Web address: www.equinor.com involved in a single drilling operation. Market: Oil and gas production Employees: 20,000 Mr Martinsen talks about a more unusual risk example, very different from those experienced in the North Sea. Fishermen in small fishing boats use production platforms in the Persian Gulf as a good spot to fish and secure protection in bad weather, BRIEF ACCOUNT entirely unaware of the risk when cooking their food over open Why we chose DNV GL – Digital Solutions flames. Continuous improvement of this user-friendly tool is vital for a successful roll-out into new areas.
Synergi Life has been and will remain a useful tool in Equinor This is what we gained: for managing risk. However, different cultures, practices and A lot of good output environments constantly present new challenges, which call To manage risk is to understand risk. That is what Synergi Life helps Equinor do. for constant evolution and improvement for a tool originally designed for use on the Norwegian continental shelf.
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