Aibel is a leading service company within the upstream oil & gas industry. A longtime partner of AVEVA, Aibel delivers customized turnkey solutions for engineering, construction, modifications, and maintenance. A company of 4,000, Aibel operates out of nine offices spread out across Norway, Denmark, and Southeast Asia.
“We had PDMS Global synchronizing the database between locations. We’d be actually doing something here in Oslo, and showing it in Thailand in half an hour or so – and you can actually rely on it. The database takes care of these things so we can just worry about the engineering.”
– Knut Storsveen;
Lead CAD Advisor, Aibel
Goals
- To facilitate collaboration across multiple international offices
- To deliver the Johan Sverdrup Drilling Platform on time and under budget
Challenges
- Engineers working in different offices around the world
- Scale of project unsupportable by most software
Solution
The following AVEVA solution was implemented:
Results
- 22,500 ton drilling platform delivered on time and under budget
- 55,000 drawings created, with a 20% reduction in engineering hours
- 15% more efficiency in engineering hours projected in Phase 2
Designing a more sustainable future with AVEVA™ E3D Design
In a recent interview, Knut Storsveen, Lead CAD Advisor at Aibel, discusses how the company uses AVEVA E3D Design to better serve its clients and the environment at the same time by delivering faster, more efficient, more sustainable projects.
