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Integrated Operations: how Statoil is managing the challenge of change
- Source: First Break, Volume 25, Issue 10, Oct 2007,
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- 01 Oct 2007
Abstract
Adolfo Henriquez, Inger Fjærtoft, Camilla Johnsen, Olav Yttredal, and Thomas Gabrielsen describe the ongoing efforts by Statoil to institute the concept of Integrated Operations into its business and the management challenges involved in this process. At the beginning of July 2007, EAGE organized a very successful workshop on Integrated Operations (IO) in Stresa, Italy. More than 50 leading practitioners from oil companies, service and technology providers, and research institutions met to share and discuss experiences from the implementation of IO in different companies. A key lesson was that further progress for the industry depends on exchanging experiences and creating a common base on which to compete for new business opportunities. The first phase of implementation in various companies has been relatively easy; the next phase requires a common understanding not only in each company but across companies and across geographical boundaries. In that spirit, we are presenting some of our experiences regarding the management challenges we have tackled, and how this corresponds to the eight-step guide suggested by Kotter (Kotter, 1995).