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In recent years a system of integrated planning of resources and accounting, through the application of the R/3 software product from the SAP Company, has become the principal and most advanced management tools in the oil and gas sector. More than 10 years ago, Shell, one of the SPD shareholders, made a decision to develop a uniform approach for managing the upstream business based on this software. The latest tool, EPblueprint, is based on version 4.6C of the SAP R/3software platform.
EPblueprint system was introduced first in Oman, and then to other Shell regions including Europe, Africa, Americas and Asia. Today some 17 thousand users in 18 countries are working in the EPblueprint environment. The Malaysia-based EPblueprint centralised Development and Support Organization provides functional customisation and support to the system.
EPblueprint was launched in SPD in January 2004, where it has taken about one year to bring it on-stream. Prior to the system implementation 60 training workshops were arranged for future users. SPD has approximately 300 SAP users located in Salym and their offices in Tyumen, Nefteyugansk, Moscow and Rijswijk (the Netherlands). The process of adapting a uniform corporate template to the Russian environment has been a critical success factor. This was achieved through the painstaking analysis of Russian legislation, and the integration in the global system with a Russian Add-On software package, that includes Russian accounting and taxation, specially developed by the SAP company for the Russian market.
What is EP Blueprint in SPD? “Detailed planning of all types of company activities in a PS (Project Systems) module and a PM (Plant Maintenance) module make up the basis of the solution,” - says Maxim Shadura, IM&T Manager. “Based on detailed plans we put together cost forecasts, determined the need for internal resources, as well as external services and materials, which are then transferred to a MM (Materials Management) module. This module has incorporated smart tools to manage contracts with external vendors, optimize inventories and monitor actual costs at all stages of the process. Efficient use of the FI (Finance) module and the CO (Controlling) module, as well as the use of a Special Ledger allows accountants to prepare tax reports, maintain fiscal and cost accounting in line with requirements of the Russian law, and provide corporate reports to subsidiaries in a timely manner and in accordance with corporate standards.
Adoption of the SAP R/3-based EPblueprint system allowed us to solve principal tasks: provide automation and transparency across operations, reliability and accuracy of uniform data, improved business controls, interactive approvals and reporting.
However, the system development does not stop at that. Plans for the next stage provide for the advent of additional components, specifically, BIW – Business Information Warehouse to make management reports more comprehensive visually for budget holders, a system of IAP – Integrated Activity Planning that will allow us to optimise internal resources and interfaces with company departments, aimed at a joint solution for integrated goals in drilling, construction of oilfield facilities, as well as in the repair of earlier commissioned assets.
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Copyright © 2004 Salym Petroleum Development N. V.
// Russia, 31, Novinsky blvd, Moscow,
Tel.: +7 (495) 518-97-20,
Email: info@spdnv.ru |
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