Total UK Announced New Approach to Improve Safety and Efficiency
Total E&P UK has awarded a five-year contract for the general maintenance of all its operated oil and gas assets in the UK to PBS by Ponticelli (a consortium between Ponticelli UK Ltd, Brand Energy & Infra Structure Services Ltd and Semco Maritime Ltd).
This new contract will bring together previous separate contracts for Total E&P UK’s sites. It is a new approach which will allow Total to be more efficient as it brings all maintenance under one contract, allowing the company to deploy new ideas across all assets more quickly.
This is the first offshore UK contract PBS have won, their entry to the UK market underlines the ongoing attraction of doing business in the UKCS, and Total believes that their entry brings fresh ideas and experience that will ultimately benefit the whole sector.
The contract will come into effect in the second quarter of 2020. It features collaborative remuneration for the new contract holder, which will incentivise improvements in safety, efficiency and production.
“I am very pleased to announce that PBS have been awarded this important contract. In the last few years we have consistently sought to improve safety and efficiency at our UK sites,” stated Jean-Luc Guiziou, Managing Director of Total E&P UK. “Today’s announcement marks the next step on this journey. By continuing to invest in our operations and constantly seeking new and more efficient ways of working, Total is underlining its long-term commitment to the North Sea.”
Total will remain in full control of its operations. This simplified approach marks the latest step in Total’s drive to raise standards for safer, more efficient and more productive operations.
About Total in the United Kingdom
Total is present across the energy value chain in the UK. It has been present in the country for over 50 years and employs over 2,500 people.
Upstream, Total is one of the country’s leading oil and gas operators, with equity production of 189,000 boe/d in 2019. It principally comes from operated offshore fields in three major zones: the Alwyn/Dunbar and Quad 9 areas in the Northern North Sea, the Elgin/Franklin and Culzean areas in the Central North Sea, as well as the Laggan-Tormore area West of Shetland.
Downstream, Total is one of the UK’s largest suppliers of gas and electricity to businesses and the public sector. The Group is also present in refining through the Lindsey Oil Refinery in Lincolnshire, with a capacity of 110,000 barrels per day, and in the marketing of petroleum products including lubricants, aviation fuel, bitumen and specialty fluids.
