The Global Ops Function is basically downstream taking over the Upstream. Everything upstream su-ks and Downstream is awesome. What a croc this reorg is
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Our CCS teams are inexperienced and arrogant, doing shoddy de-risking in areas that are swiss cheese. I would not trust them to dig a pit in my backyard, much less what they are proposing.
Carbon Dioxide can be quite hazardous if suddenly released in large quantities.
On 21 August 1986, a limnic eruption at Lake Nyos in northwestern Cameroon ki-led 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock.
The eruption triggered the sudden release of about 100,000–300,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2). The gas cloud initially rose at nearly 100 km/h (62 mph; 28 m/s) and then, being heavier than air, descended onto nearby villages, suffocating people and livestock within 25 km (16 miles) of the lake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos_disaster#External_links
@dh Probably not CCS - no flammable hydrocarbons. The other two, we’re constantly trying to get more “efficient” which translates to cutting corners for cost and schedule purposes.
DW is probably teary-eyed having his employees arguing amongst themselves about how one organization is inferior to another while ignoring the fact that he is completely decimating the ENTIRE corporation (excluding the chosen, HiPOs of course).
This is 100% why the US has basically no worker protections. What a great system.
Don’t get me started on the new D and S model. It absolutely su-ks; nothing moves unless a senior leader needs a person. It all smoke and mirrors anyway as they make it complicated so you think you have a career versus Houston knowing better
Yall forgot to add the S&D takeover in addition to Ops and GP…after leveling the job architecture corp wide they then stupidly overlayed the archaic council structure from downstream.
the Downstream are definitely taking over the Upstream across basically everything. Ops and Projects are the major areas but if we get this wrong, we get company defining and not in a good way.
@dh we have PSMS, it will make all incidents disappear
@cx Mr. Wells sir, if you had to guess where the next Macondo will occur would it be offshore, CCS, or uncon? My money's on CCS.
@OP DW was a downstreamer
To the wells post…couldn’t agree more. This mess has origins back to some stupid business consultant stating “an engineer is an engineer” consolidate for scale and integration…how did we get here?
@aq Wells here. We work inside a bo-b everyday. You want a Macondo? This is how you get one. You can’t manage uncertainty with downstream processes designed for efficiency - or downstream arrogance.
New levels of insanity reached with downstreamers now attempting and failing at running offshore projects and onshore projects in remote regions. As an upstream we I wouldn’t go to a refinery and tell them how to do their job but apparently they think they can apply their downstream thinking to running upstream projects. Good luck to you all. I am sick of this BS and will be quitting soon. Crazy that after 20 years this is what it comes to for me. I just can’t take the BS anymore. Mid 40’s and it is a good time to leave and preserve my sanity.
Funny how the downstreamers keep saying let’s forget about our heritage but follow the millions of rules that we are going to put in place. Downstream can’t even agree on one work management standard amongst themselves.
lol - you clearly can’t even read our financial reports. Only in -$40/bbl has d/s ever ‘been making the $’. Ha!!!!!! Not even close.
@b9. Well, right now, downstreamers be making the money. But point taken.
This is the exact reason why you are going to see lots of attrition in the upstream and definitely Uncon. Global Ooooppsss (that’s their new name) are going to align the salary curves and this will hurt the upstream folks. Then they will leave and then Darren wins but the shareholder lose long term
But who makes the money? Upstreamers… Question 2. who is going to put process on top of process to ki-l the profitability… Yes the downstreamers.
We upstreamers don’t have the luxury of living next door to big cities. We have to work in countries with no infrastructure
Sorry that the ones used managing bombs beside neighborhoods while maintaining a budget on 100 year old facilities might make better risk managers. Crazy idea, rules and structure and such.
Downstream has taken over. Upstream all pushed out and fired. Upstream projects now being run by downstreamers who have no clue about upstream.
I mean downstream is better at managing risk and controlling costs.
Wut?