During August 2007, the development team at Afren plc initiated a voice and data communications project to be used on its Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) the Armada Perkasa. The FPSO was to be the primary crude oil production, storage and export facility at the Okoro Setu Project, offshore Nigeria. It was currently lying at a shipyard in Singapore.

Cae study: Okoru Setu FPSO Development Project

"It wasn’t easy but ISN delivered exactly what we asked." - Patrick Cherlet - Afren plc

Afren’s IT consultants, ISN Solutions Ltd, were asked to provide consultancy help with the IT and communications work to allow the FPSO to sail, if possible, by the end of October 2007.

Despite this very tight timeline and limited available information, ISN accepted the challenge, realising that this was a hugely important development project for Afren. ISN were well placed to help , having had years of experience in designing, supplying and installing the IT and communications requirements for oil and gas exploration and production worldwide.

ISN assigned a Senior Project Manager to the project. He hit the ground running and quickly embarked on a requirements gathering exercise within the Afren project team and also the operators of the FPSO. Once the full project requirements were complete, a systems solution was designed by ISN around Afren in-house IT standards. Once the design was agreed upon by the project team, the work was partitioned into three distinct parts:

Despite a high chance of failure to meet the deadline, ISN pulled out the stops to assist an important client meet a very important business goal. It was simply a matter of getting the work done, whatever the cost to reputations.

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As a company, Afren needs to know that its IT systems are in the hands of a company that understands Oil and Gas and has the resources to deal with a wide variety of projects. We gave ISN a task. It wasn’t easy but ISN delivered exactly what we asked. We cannot ask for more.

Patrick Cherlet

Commercial Director, Afren plc

A unique African proposition

Afren is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company that was founded in 2004 with the vision to become the premier pan-African independent exploration and production company, through a differentiated strategy based on a strong African representation in the Board and management, partnering with indigenous companies, National Oil Companies and Governments as well as finding a solution to the vast untapped gas resources in the Gulf of Guinea.

 

Quick tip

Use "Intrinsically Safe" equipment in hazardous areas

It is important to use only electronic equipment (such as phones, wireless access points) that has been passed as intrinsically safe (IS) in hazardous environments like oil refineries or rigs where inflammable gas or liquids may be present.