Author: Greg Skinner

Situation A brownfield oil & gas safety systems upgrade was entering detailed design. The programme involved multiple engineering disciplines, vendor inputs, and thousands of interconnected drawings and deliverables within a live operating environment. Challenge The projected design phase was lengthy and exposed to common delivery risks: siloed teams, sequencing based on assumptions, hidden dependencies, and…

Situation A major mining organisation was experiencing rising friction between business operations and digital technology. Technology delivery and responsiveness was slow, demand pathways were fragmented, and both sides lacked a common view of technology cost, capability, and ownership. Challenge The business increasingly bypassed formal channels to acquire new digital tools independently. This created duplicate demand,…

Situation A major integrated energy opportunity was progressing toward Final Investment Decision. Momentum was constrained by common front-end capital project issues: multiple concept options, fragmented technical-commercial inputs, and slow convergence across a broad stakeholder group, which included joint venture partners, senior asset leadership and technical experts.  Challenge The likely route to FID was estimated at…