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Challenges of different Standards in Large Offshore Energy Projects A Contractor’s perspective

25th September 2019


Subsea 7 Renewables & Heavy Lifting

Marc van Dorth

Operations Engineer - Renewables and Heavy Lifting


Subsea 7 What we Do

Life of Field: For more than 35 years we have provided clients with inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) services, integrity management and remote intervention

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Renewables and Heavy Lifting: We are experienced in the installation of offshore wind farm foundations and substations, heavy lifting for oil and gas structures and decommissioning.

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Life of Field: For more than 35 years we have provided clients with inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) services, integrity management and remote intervention

SURF and conventional: We are a global market leader in the Subsea Umbilicals, Risers and Flowlines (SURF) sector. Most SURF projects are contracted on a fixed-price basis and involve Engineering, Procurement, Installation and Commissioning (EPIC) services.

Renewables and Heavy Lifting: We are experienced in the installation of offshore wind farm foundations and substations, heavy lifting for oil and gas structures and decommissioning.

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Subsea 7

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Seaway Offshore Cables


Subsea 7 Active in Offshore Renewable Sector increasing

10 years experience in renewable energy

2017 SHLacquired by Subsea 7

2009 First Renewables Project for SHL

1991 SHLJoint Venture established

2016 Beatrice EPCI awarded to Subsea 7

2018 SOC acquired by Subsea 7 2018 Comprehensive

balance of plant offering: T&I and EPCI

4specialist offshore vessels

1000experienced personnel

2EPCI

projects ongoing

11%forecast for

CAGR in renewables(1)

2013 Subsea 7 increases its

focus on renewables


THE challenge …… A Contractors perspective

• Coastal Regulators and Offshore Renewable Energy Operators

expectations for managing risk & competence of personnel

(what kind of key training principles are intended from the

provided SoW, Post -Contract Award)

• Lack of innovative focus - slow improvement in some legacy

practices or geographic harmonisation ‘fear’

• Establish, maintaining coordination between Training

Standards, Offshore Renewable Operators and Contractors to

achieve best practice solutions in terms of driving scoped

Competence

• Industry sensitivity around Oil & Gas personnel training in a

marine environment

• Deutsche Bucht Case – German Sector, T&I of OSS

Installation Project


Leveraging with Oil & Gas for Offshore Wind Project training for crews

• Situation – Many Contractors default have been Oil & Gas

education, and training must be attuned to the emerging needs for

Renewable Projects

• Historical cost overrun on project training budgets

• Generate capable (local) supply chains

• Training requirements to satisfy O&G and Renewables

(combination of annual cost and to be competitive in both

industries)

• Reconsidering North Sea Country MOU’s or a harmonization model

approach for Construction and Operational & Maintenance OWF

scopes?


Pro’s Con’s

• OPITO = Recognized Industry Standard

• Many years of offshore experience

• Internationally recognized

• Global training facilities

• Supported by branch organizations IMCA, OGP,

IADC.

• Alignment with other standards under MOU, like:

NOGPA, OLF, DMA?

• Matches will O&G Client requirements and

expectations

• In principle recognized and confined to Oil & Gas only

• Additional Renewable training – project costs added in the

supply chain

• No clear demarcation between Construction or OEM in

Renewable training

• When working in renewables – discussion about equality of

OPITO training vs GWO BST

• Renewable Clients perceive the Contractor position in the

playing field differently (Basic O&G training as Renewable

Operator)

• The adhoc training results in inefficient training effort (poor

record keeping and expiring training)

• Cost impact and high training effort in case people need to be

trained for a project.

• Tiredness of crew subject to different training standards, or

duplicating element of BST

• Complacency over competency

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Utilisation of Competence in Offshore Energy Construction Projects

Seven Borealis

North Sea Summer 2018

Seaway Yudin


Training requirements to satisfy Oil & Gas and Renewables (Offshore Energy Sector) – differences or deficiencies?

(1) BOSIETOil & Gas

(2)GWO

(3)GWO

(4)GWO and

FOET

Year “0”

Year “2”Year “4”

and/or


Training overview - preferred training for Offshore Energy Sector on Client Assets

• BOSIET (3 days) HUET (CA-EBS) + (Ørsted: W@H, MH, BT = (+/-2 days)

Risk non-acceptance: (at costs# Euro: FAW +SS +FA = 3.5 days) total training days 6 added to BOSIET/HUET

1) GWO Refresher (MH, FAW, SS, FA, WAH) 4 days.2) FOET (1 day) incl. HUET (CA-EBS) +

(Ørsted: W@H, MH, BT = (+/-2 days)Risk non-acceptance: at cost: FAW +SS +FA = 3.5 days) (= total: 5,5 days)

GWO+

FOET incl. EBS

SHL base case

GWO

(Optional)

GWO BST (6) - days training1. MH (manual handling)2. FAW (fire awareness)3. SS (incl.BT) (sea survival)4. FA (first aid)5. WAH (working at height)(6 days – non compliant for Oil&Gas)O&G Compliance + HUET (CA-EBS) + Safety induction: at costs 1.5 days) (= total: 7.5 days)

Risk! –Employer Requirements 2

years validity acceptance of

BOSIET

1) GWO Refresher (MH, FAW, SS, FA, WAH) – 4 days + HUET (CA-EBS) = 1 day) = 5 days.2) FOET (1 day) incl. HUET (CA-EBS) +

(Ørsted: W@H, MH, BT = (+/-2 days)Risk non-acceptance: at cost: FAW +SS +FA = 3.5 days) (= total: 5,5 days)


Analysis of cheapest, or optimized training amongst Offshore Energy Stakeholders for cost efficiency (throughout the chain of supply)?

Oil and Gas and Ørsted

Oil and Gas and Renewables

Renewables and Oil and Gas

1661,50 (7)

1135,50 (4)

1135,50 (4)

3868,50 (15)

644,75(2.5)

2506 (10.5)

1768(6.5)

1768(6.5)

6042(23.5)

1007(3.9)

2137(7.5)

750(3)

1283(4)

4170(14.5)

695(2.4)

Cost per year over 6

years

Total investmentYear 4Year 2Year 0

Cheapest

Optimised


Compliancy is not synonymic to Competency.

The Offshore Energy Industry as a whole has a shared interest in putting personal safety at thefront of any operations executed

What is competence?

Competence can be defined as the ability to undertake responsibilities and perform activities to

a recognised standard on a regular basis. It is a combination of skills, experience and

knowledge. I particularly like the acronym SQEP, which refers to a “Suitably Qualified and

Experienced Person”

Training can provide the foundations of competence, but it does not in itself necessarily result

in a competent person. Training alone does not achieve competence - consolidation and

practical experience are key to achieving competence.

However, clarifications on training may vary per EEZ Regulators and Operators and for thepurposes of this presentation, relevant national regulations and industry standards forcompetence and training are considered to be those addressing:

➢ Competence and training of a vessel’s marine and construction crew.➢ Competence and training of contractors engaged in marine operations or carrying out work

within the Offshore Energy Sector.


Competence or Compliance?


Unconscious Competence or Complacency (too much Global Training Standards)?

Developed in the 1970’s by Noel Burch, this model describes the process by which new skills are acquired:


Case - Deutsch Bucht OSS Installation Project – Renewables

Seaway 7

OSS TOPSIDE: 2533 Mt TP

• 4 point lift with spreader bar

• 45 x 25 x 18 m (excl. helideck)

• Welded to Jacket Legs

OSS JACKET FOUNDATION: 1832 Mt JKT

• 4-point lift,

• vertical lift-off from transport barge

Skirt Piles: 4/ 70-85-80mm / 73.80m

The Deutsche Bucht Wind Farm is located in the western part of the German Bight within the

Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Federal Republic of Germany. The distance from the

nearest coast is about 95 km (51 NM) to Borkum (lighthouse) and about 135 km (70 NM) to

Helgoland (lighthouse). Water depth, according to sea maps, ranges from 38.8 m LAT to 39.8

m LAT.


Deutsche Bucht OSS Project – Key Challenges & Outcomes –Competence

Key Challenges• Chain of Supply operated under different contracts• Various contract parties• Two (2) different Training Matrices in the contract (other definitions or

ranking of crew used) • Accreditation difference (location more important rather than content

outcome obtained by crew)• DeBu own Medical Board required additional training (not significant to

the Vessel Installation Scope)• 1 day FOET not accepted (although FOET is BOSIET)• Training in accordance with Employer Requirements interpreted

differently by all contract parties and how to execute, or cascade this down properly.

• Risk based or constructive way forward in the chain of supply was difficult under the existing contract model.

Seaway 7 approach• Tried to provide common logic and advise Client/End Client to spread

delivery risk through Scoped training for Marine/ Construction Crews, as required by vessel project operations (T&I).

• Deployment of specialist teams to work out all differentiations. Seaway 7 Client took a risk of late waivers.

Result• Long discussions led to last minute training of Seaway Strashnov crew

and created an unavoidable new cost estimate. • Different definitions led to different ranking in vessel project crews

apart from SPS Code (>Street Level Bureaucracy/ Work Around without common logic applied for compliance). Delivery of waivers obtained were subjective and confusing.


Deutsche Bucht – Training Matrix Clarifications (Struggle)


Compliancy is not synonymic to Competency – a fresh wind at sea – a new view.

Complex issue currently in Health and Safety:

Call for more control, more supervision, moreregulation, more and more standards!

How understandably such a call seems, the urge to be incontrol at a time where control seems more out of hand, thanit has ever been, may have a countereffect.

It is not a question of good of bad, but it is time for a newview on safety, and acting on safety. If we really want to bein control, we have to connect, trust, and rely on the existingcraftmanship of people within organisations! Such end resultwill affect more than just own organizations and it will affectthe supply chain. It may create more ownership and lead tomore cooperation, respect and attention whilst remainingcompliant.


Create Collaboration Partnership – Forum for Harmonisation

Found a Partnership:

• Center of competence for all Offshore Energy Projects (OPITO, GWO etc.)

• Harmonisation of regulatory requirements/reduction in administrativeburdens & transfer of experience between regulators.

• Both have a strong focus on innovation and driving industry safetystandards

In addition to the Center of Competence, the forum can comprises government bodies from the following nations:

➢ Denmark: Danish Working Environment Authority➢ Germany: BSH + Landesamt für Bergbau, Energie und Geologie and

the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy➢ Ireland: Commission for Regulation of Utilitties (CRU)➢ The Netherlands: State Supervision of Mines➢ UK: Health and Safety Executive and the Department for Business,

Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)


Collaboration in action for Regulators, Operators, Contractors

Overcome ‘tunnel vision’ and proactively look for combined skill-sets well suited to developing a newgeneration suited Basic Safety Training for the whole Offshore Energy Sector (O&G+Renewables).

Collaboration across several disciplines; including Regulators, Operators, Contractors, branchorganisations for smooth marine operations, health & safety, and asset management

Key collaborative steps could be :

• Evaluation of key risks in various (Construction + OEM) scopes

• Design philosophy towards a Basic Safety Training covering Offshore Energy Sector widely

• Final training design & accreditation and certification

• Field testing of training with Operators, Regulators and Contractors - 2-3 year programme (i.e,NSOAF)

• Training and support across the North Sea sectors (see MOU example)

500.000+people

5-7 EUCountries

100+Projects


Mutual recognition achievedOil and Gas harmonization modelled


Succesful- accepted training models by Client/ Contractor – Beatrice (largest OWF to date) First Power 19th of July 2018

“We often talk about key milestones along a project’s journey, and Beatrice has had quite a few to date, but to see the first turbine turning in the Moray Firth and to have reached first power safely, ahead of programme and on budget is a fantastic achievement for everyone connected to the project.’’

BOWL Project Director John Hill

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CONCLUSIONS

- All personnel training efforts for increasingcompentency are correctly consideredsensitive by regulators, operators andother stakeholders

- With project, or vessel specific risk focus indesigning of training, will optimise a robustoperational control by own organisations.Any SoW can be conducted safely andefficiently.

- The collaborative model, operators workingwith stakeholders is a very effective way tosolve such a problem

- The solution for a Basic Safety Training forthe Offshore Energy Sector or a moreharmonised model can now benefit thewhole offshore and marine sector

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