Novolog's Information Technology Capability

In the Southern North Sea Novolog pioneered the concept of multi-user supply base services and pooled supply vessel fleets. The concept gained acceptance and has now spread industry wide in the region. Since 1996 we also gained experience in the management of shared supply bases and pooled supply vessel fleets in other regions. To manage shared resources we have cost allocation and scheduling software packages.

The scheduling software is an optimisation tool for planning routes of supply vessels. The program minimizes the total cost of a fleet by generating efficient sailing schedules for different types of vessels visiting multiple platforms.

Our management reporting software package provides users with transportation and voyage costing information. The system produces summary and detailed reports for vessels, locations, stocks, cost codes and benchmarking statistics.

Transport Management & Optimisation Systems

Vessel management system

The TMS and Optimisation System are tools for planning routes of vessels, trucks and helicopters that supply drilling and production sites. The programs are based on algorithms. The algorithms minimise the total cost of schedules and help planning these schedules. (Example of Sailing Schedule) With the help of the Optimisation application it is possible to generate efficient schedules for different types of vessels, trucks or helicopters along a group of platforms/sites. Different types of cargo can be taken into account. The algorithms assume that a specific period needs to be planned and that the schedule for this cycle period can be repeated each cycle to meet the demand.

VRS is a management reporting system. It provides transportation and voyage costing information. Cost allocation is asset-based. It is possible to group installations into clusters, e.g. satellites with main production locations and mobile drilling units. Data from the ship's log book is coded to in categories to be input. A formula allocates costs based on two main criteria: geographical distance of the location and time vessel spends on that location. The system produces summary and detail reports for vessels, locations, cost codes and benchmarking statistics.

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