Strategic Tender Selection

• DeepwaterQA guides the review and selection of project equipment and services tenders to ensure the most reliable options are selected.

• DeepwaterQA utilizes our proprietary vendor grading systems to add historic equipment performance data to ensure key performance issues are addressed on the front end.

Long Lead Equipment Purchase Planning

• DeepwaterQA stewards long lead item purchase planning to ensure optimal success with manufacturing and mobilization.

• DeepwaterQA prevents long lead item lag that can jeopardize project start and spud dates.

PO QA Requirement and Quality Plan (QP) Creation

• DeepwaterQA implements rigorously tested Quality Plans (QP) specific to each PO that ensure adherence to customer quality requirements.

• DeepwaterQA includes proprietary field data based Excellence Checklists into each QP that ensure confidence in equipment performance.

Professional Engineer (P.E) Equipment Qualifications and Design Verifications.

• DeepwaterQA increases the integrity of equipment qualification data to ensure equipment is qualified and fit for purpose before it is implemented into operations.

• DeepwaterQA add additional layers of qualification data and insight to ensure the most economic decisions are made with equipment performance in mind (example 17Cr vs 22Cr).

  • OCTG material grade and premium connection testing.

  • BOP shear verifications.

  • Equipment Design Verifications

Vendor Readiness Assessments/Audits

• DeepwaterQA performs in country assessments and audits for seamless project launches and streamlined execution.

• DeepwaterQA ensures vendors are primed to meet customer quality expectations and eliminate process inefficiencies.

Long Lead Equipment Manufacturing and Expediting (Vendor Surveillance).

• DeepwaterQA manages all long lead equipment manufacturing oversight to ensure quality requirements and manufacturing schedules are met.

• DeepwaterQA leverages proprietary field data-based Excellence Checklists tailored to each vendor service line to prevent oversights in equipment reliability.

  Equipment Types:

  • Wellheads

  • OCTG

  • Subsea Equipment

  • Completions Equipment

Manufacturing QA Trend Tracking + Analysis (Reliability Scorecards)

• DeepwaterQA implement vendor reliability scorecards actively tracks vendor nonconformities as a means of establishing correct measures and statistical process control.

• DeepwaterQA offers a customizable data visualization dashboard so customers can refer to the findings in vendor scorecards.

Equipment Databook Verification + Well Equipment Catalog Creation.

• DeepwaterQA identifies and eliminates equipment performance gaps thus ensuring the integrity of the final manufacturing deliverables.

• DeepwaterQA works with Wells Teams to effectively catalog all equipment databooks for reference during active operations.

Streamlined Freight Forwarding (Strategic Logistics Partners).

• DeepwaterQA strategically partners and integrates services within industry leading freight forwarding providers to ensure equipment is received on time with zero incidents.

• DeepwaterQA effectively ensures no spud date delays are experienced due to equipment freight forwarding issues.

Project Excellence Support Staffing.

• DeepwaterQA provides in house and field project execution support staff to ensure streamlined mobilizations and ZERO NPT!

• DeepwaterQA support staff integrate seamlessly into your engineering and rig operations, as well as for shore-based logistics.

  • Project Excellence Manager/Quality Manager

  • Project Excellence Engineer/Quality Engineer

  • Field Excellence Specialist/Quality Specialist

Vendor Rental Tool ITP Creation (Excellence Checklists).

• DeepwaterQA tailors our proprietary data driven Excellence Checklists to each well plan and vendor service line based entirely on your field data to guarantee performance.

• DeepwaterQA oversees all rental tool assembly, testing, and mobilization to ensure flawless performance and adherence to well requirements.

Vendor Performance KPI Management and NPT Prevention.

• DeepwaterQA actively monitors vendor performance KPI’s to increase operational efficiency and eliminate NPT.

• DeepwaterQA leverages well engineering and quality assurance expertise in leading failure investigations, root cause analyses, and the implementation of corrective measures.

  • Rig incident management.

  • Failure Investigations/Root Cause Analysis

LEAN Operational Efficiency and Integrity Optimization.

• DeepwaterQA works with engineering and rig personnel to implement LEAN optimization solutions that optimize critical path offshore processes.

• DeepwaterQA leverages equipment and LEAN expertise to also implement integrity optimizations that ensure enhanced well performance life:

  • Rig basket workflow design.

  • Derrick tubular management.

  • Completions/Tubing Hanger landing precision.

End of Campaign Performance Analysis

• DeepwaterQA performs a comprehensive end of project analysis to extract key performance data that drives our continuous improvement systems.

• DeepwaterQA highlights and captures all vendor performance KPI’s and notes into vendor scorecards for future tender selection reference.

Final Well Equipment Files Cataloging

• DeepwaterQA verifies and reviews all final well equipment files to ensure no documentation gaps exists for future production or intervention teams.

• DeepwaterQA effectively catalogs all final equipment files for ease of access by future production and intervention teams.

Active Production Life Performance Monitoring

• DeepwaterQA integrates into Production and Reservoir Monitoring teams to ensure sustainable and long lasting equipment performance.

• DeepwaterQA leverages historical well integrity data to troubleshoot and navigate active field equipment issues.

End of Well Life Equipment Integrity Tracking

• DeepwaterQA integrates into Intervention and Abandonment Teams to track performance of tubular, completions, and subsea equipment integrity to gather performance data.

• DeepwaterQA implements trends and observations into vendor scorecards that add certainty in determining actual equipment wear life and quality assurance gaps.