Operational Benefits

Reduce Delays. Lower Cost. Unlock Idle Equipment Value.

OAE gives drilling, completions, workover, operations and supply-chain teams a faster way to find critical equipment already available within the operator network — before defaulting to new procurement.

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Why Equipment Visibility Matters

Critical equipment is often already available somewhere in the industry, but operators may have no practical way to see it. OAE turns fragmented surplus and available inventory into a searchable operational resource.

Reduce Rig Standby & NPT Exposure

  • Find alternatives quickly when planned equipment is delayed, damaged or unavailable
  • Reduce time lost waiting for supplier availability checks and emergency quotations
  • Support faster recovery from short-notice operational changes

Reduce Unnecessary Procurement

  • Check existing operator inventory before committing to manufacture or new purchase
  • Reduce duplicate buying when suitable equipment is already available
  • Limit emergency procurement premiums, expediting costs and short-notice rentals

Recover Value From Surplus Equipment

  • Make serviceable surplus equipment visible beyond the asset, campaign or country holding it
  • Create opportunities for equipment to be redeployed, transferred or sold rather than remaining in storage
  • Reduce tied-up inventory while giving other operators another route to equipment they need

Accelerate Procurement Decisions

  • Identify available equipment before launching a full external sourcing exercise
  • See condition, location and availability before making direct contact
  • Give procurement teams a faster route to technically relevant alternatives

Improve Inventory Visibility

  • Search structured equipment data instead of relying on spreadsheets, emails and personal networks
  • Give drilling, logistics, procurement and operations teams a clearer view of what exists
  • Reduce dependence on knowing the right person in the right organisation

Support Global Operations

  • Search available equipment by country and physical location
  • Identify regional alternatives when normal supply routes become constrained
  • Support campaigns operating across multiple assets, countries and supply bases

Turn Surplus Inventory Into an Operational Resource

Equipment can become surplus after a campaign finishes, a well design changes, contingency stock is released or more material was purchased than ultimately required. The equipment may still be fully serviceable and commercially valuable, but only if another operator can see that it exists.

List What Is Available

Publish the equipment specification, condition, location and availability so technically relevant inventory can be found without relying on personal contacts or disconnected spreadsheets.

Reach Other Operators

Expose surplus equipment to a controlled operator network rather than leaving it visible only within the organisation or the local supply base where it is stored.

Redeploy or Sell Directly

When another operator identifies a suitable item, both parties communicate directly and apply their normal technical, commercial, inspection and logistics processes.

A Faster First Check Before Conventional Procurement

OAE does not replace an operator's engineering, quality, procurement or logistics controls. It improves the front end of the process by showing whether a suitable item may already be available.

1. Search

  • Search by equipment type and technical requirement
  • Filter by country, condition and availability
  • Review relevant operator-held inventory in one place

2. Contact

  • Contact the equipment owner directly
  • Confirm current availability and technical suitability
  • Request documentation, photographs or inspection details as required

3. Transact Directly

  • Apply normal internal approval and assurance processes
  • Agree commercial terms directly between the operators
  • Arrange inspection, transport and delivery through existing channels

Operational Impact Across the Well Lifecycle

The value is not limited to emergency sourcing. Better visibility can support planning, execution and inventory management from the first well design through abandonment and redeployment.

Planning & Well Design

  • Check availability of long-lead or specialist equipment earlier in the planning cycle
  • Identify alternatives before a requirement becomes schedule-critical
  • Consider existing inventory during procurement strategy development

Drilling Operations

  • Source drill bits, tubulars, BHA components and well-control equipment when requirements change
  • Reduce exposure to downtime caused by damaged, missing or delayed equipment
  • Find regional options where conventional lead times are unacceptable

Completions & Workover

  • Locate completion equipment, intervention tools and replacement components
  • Support short-notice changes in completion or workover programmes
  • Increase reuse of equipment left from previous campaigns

Production Operations

  • Identify replacement or contingency equipment for producing assets
  • Improve access to operator-held spares and surplus equipment
  • Reduce dependence on a single supply route for critical items

Logistics & Supply Base

  • See where equipment is physically located before committing to movement
  • Prioritise local or regional inventory where practical
  • Reduce unnecessary transfers and improve mobilisation planning

Inventory Management

  • Expose equipment that would otherwise remain invisible in local registers
  • Increase utilisation and reduce prolonged storage of serviceable assets
  • Provide a practical route for redeployment between operators

What OAE Is Designed to Improve

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Sourcing SpeedHours or days rather than waiting weeks for conventional supply routes
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Cost ExposureReduce avoidable new purchases, expediting and emergency logistics
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Operational ResilienceCreate another sourcing route when the original plan changes
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Asset UtilisationKeep existing serviceable equipment working for longer
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Operator CollaborationConnect operators directly without brokers, auctions or commissions

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