The energy transition is underway to low carbon, and energy companies need a guide to navigate through the uncertainties while maintaining an agile workforce. Powering through the Transition: Navigating the Energy Sector’s Biggest Change since the Discovery of Oil delivers key principles to achieve performance excellence for energy managers and engineers, utilizing cutting edge tools and techniques around lean, visual management, scrum, agile and margin improvement methods. Practical and user-friendly, the methods introduced are already showing successful tangible results with super major energy companies backed by the author’s 25-year experience. Strong visual graphics through flow charts and graphical abstracts are included as well as smart deployment methods utilizing digital technology and multiskilling of personnel. Rounding out with a glossary of terms and practical examples, Powering through the Transition gives today’s companies a plan to thrive in low carbon energy markets.
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1 Introduction 2 Reinvention - from Oil Giants to Pioneers of Sustainable Energy 3 Collaborative Contracting: A New Era for the Energy Industry 4 Embracing Digital: A Strategic Imperative 5 Charting the Future: The Role of Data-Driven Organisation 6 Centre of Excellence 7 Delivery Assurance 8 Challenging the Norm 9 Energy transition workforce / Competency Management 10 A new leadership
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Helps readers navigate the uncertainties of the energy transition to achieve performance excellence
Change the conversation and introduce a new innovative and visual approach to navigate the uncertainties in the energy industry, working with energy operators to focus on maximizing contract value and improving profitability on the journey to performance excellence ​​​​​​Understand and establish a ‘Center of Excellence’, providing synergy between business groups supporting the upskilling of the workforce and driving maximum value out of all contracts Adapt to low-carbon energy dynamics and learn digital tools that balance benefit and cost Visualize development and implementation with flow charts and graphical abstracts
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780323917544
Publisert
2024-11-28
Utgiver
Vendor
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Vekt
450 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
310

Forfatter

Biographical note

Michael Deighton, MENG, CENG, MBA, FIMECHE is a Senior Vice President, and Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers with a wealth of expertise amassed over two decades in the dynamic energy sector, working for the worlds leading international blue chip organizations. His responsibilities include setting operations strategy, delivery of multi-million dollar projects and portfolios, leading the development and implementation of maintenance programs for complex downstream facilities and leading a world class centre of excellence driving innovation and digitization. He has spoken and trained at multiple oil and gas conferences, including ADIPEC, EIC and GASTECH, and elected to the governing body of the latter. He is a Six Sigma Green Belt, earned an MBA for the University of Teesside, a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Newcastle in the UK.