Rig Moves & Support

Increase rig utilization with expert scheduling, management, maintenance and materials support.

Land rigs are an expensive asset, supporting your onshore drilling operations. And they are only valuable when in operation. At DHL, we support your oil exploration, drilling and pumping operations through rig move management services designed to increase rig utilization (string days) and reduce non productive time (NPT) while ensuring HSSE compliance and standard practices across your third partly logistics providers. Our services are especially critical to oil exploration and extraction projects in environments such as the Middle East and North America, where the geography and geology makes frequent rig movement a necessity to maximize oil and gas production.

Assuming a 4PL (4th Party Logistics) role, DHL works with your 3PL (3rd Party Logistics) transport companies and your drilling company partners to strike the ideal balance between engineering priorities and the efficient use of rig movement assets. Our goal is to increase the value of in-field operations by transporting your rigs to the right locations, while simultaneously controlling your costs and the environmental impact of transport operations through logistically efficient moves. Because the very nature of oil exploration projects means drilling priorities can change at any time, DHL provides the 3PL oversight and coordination you need to make sure all providers respond quickly and cost-effectively to changes in project plans. In addition, DHL co-ordinates all in-bound materials movements (e.g. water, drilling muds, consumables, etc) to ensure the productivity of your rig operations once established.

Through our management and expertise, DHL allows the oil and gas companies we serve to maintain control over the prioritization of rig transport logistics, ultimately increasing drilling days, project profitability and maximising oil and gas production.

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DHL’s Rig Move Management services:

Tailor-made solutions for the oil & gas industries
Support for industrial plants & infrastructure projects
Safe transportation of rigs, heavy lifts & out-of-gauge cargo
Inbound-to-operations materials management
Feasibility studies & risk management
Document process management
4PL services
Journey management
In-vehicle monitoring systems (IVMS)
IT platforms and applications to support rig movement operations
People and process HSE procedures.

DHL’s Rig Move Management & Support expertise is ideal for the:

Upstream Oil & Gas Industry

DHL offers customized solutions designed to effectively and efficiently move rigs, outsize cargoes and heavy lifts to and from exploration and extraction sites in a manner that best meets the unique demands of your onshore drilling projects. DHL works closely with third party logistics providers, including transport companies and drilling companies, to schedule moves in a way that makes the best use of assets while supporting in-field operations priorities, resulting in the most productive, cost-effective exploration, drilling and pumping activities.

All DHL’s rig movement management programs place the highest priority on HSSE. We help reduce lost time incidents (LTIs) and fatalities through services such as journey management and in-vehicle monitoring systems (IVMS), which provide trip plans and safety check points for drivers moving the rigs in remote and inhospitable locations.

To help you plan properly, DHL forecasts and validates your drilling sequence for the next 12 months. We identify opportunities to increase drilling days and improve the value of your assets through logistical efficiencies. As part of this process, DHL evaluates the impact and strain of planned activities on your rig transport equipment and ensures you have the optimal assets in place to meet project requirements with the least amount of idle equipment or non-productive time (NPT).

DHL’s expertise in transport management, cargo scheduling and materials management uniquely qualifies us to oversee the inbound flow of rig consumables to your operation, including drill covers, pipes, chemicals and water. As globally recognized leaders in supply chain management for the energy industry, we have the proven experience to provide integrated, end-to-end supply chain solutions that enhance visibility, improve HSSE compliance, cut your inventory costs and improve your team’s productivity and your project’s efficiency.

In addition to supplying rig site water pits, DHL also delivers water to local communities. We are fully committed to socially responsible business practices and sustaining the communities in which we serve - developing both our own teams and local contractors in regions that lack established logistics providers.

Acting as a 4PL, DHL takes responsibility for managing, coordinating and optimizing the services of all other third party logistics suppliers on your project through a control tower approach, freeing your internal resources to concentrate on core business activities. Through this 4PL operating model, fragmented logistic activities become much more cohesive, agile and cost effective. The value is perhaps most notable when a change in drilling priorities necessities a quick change in the utilization of rig transport assets. DHL serves as your one point of contact, and we take responsibility for coordinating an efficient, effective response to plan changes.

DHL also helps establish service level agreements across the supply chain, ensuring consistent processes, standards and compliance with HSSE at every level of your project. We can even provide one invoice for all services.

Because we believe in supporting the communities and economies we serve, DHL invests time and effort to develop local community contractors or establish new rig transport or drilling companies. As a result, local businesses are better established and equipped to meet the needs of your project as well as future initiatives in the area.

Through Hull Blyth Angola, part of the DHL group of companies, DHL offers specialized manpower, travel, shipping, maintenance and other administrative support services designed exclusively for the oil industry.

Oil companies, resupply companies, drilling companies and seismic survey companies in Angola trust DHL to provide the labor needed to fuel the success of on and offshore oil industry operations. As the largest manpower service provider in Angola, DHL provides the country’s oil industry with 2,000 to 3,000 workers each year. DHL recruits, trains and takes legal responsibility for radio operators, welders, rigging specialists and other semi-skilled and unskilled workers, freeing oil industry companies from staffing tasks and allowing them to focus on core competencies.

Additionally, DHL offers meet and greet, crew change and travel arrangement services for employees who enter and exit the country for the purpose of working on Angola’s offshore rigs and onshore supply bases. From arranging work visas prior to workers’ arrival, to providing transportation to and from the airport, to arranging overnight and short term accommodations, DHL makes sure workers get to work and back home safely and on time.

In Angola as well as the UK, Singapore and other parts of the world, DHL provides rig and supply vessel agency services exclusively to the oil and gas industry. These services include the chartering of vessels as well as securing husbandry, bunkering and pilot services to operate the vessels. Our extensive expertise in coordinating these services can save you time and effort, while ensuring your access to the equipment and support staff you need to keep operations running smoothly.

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