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LETTER FROM MIKE SKITMORE The objectives of the UK Business Unit this year are of key strategic importance to Premier as a whole and this year is going to be a pivotal year for all of us. Last year was not without its challenges and we addressed those full on. This year will be tougher in some ways, and I need to ask everyone to get totally aligned with what we need to deliver. One of the most important targets of this business unit is to see a marked improvement in our HSE performance to ensure people go to work and return home again safely. So this year will see a considerable push to achieve this because we all know our performance here has to improve. We will be targeting a much quicker close-out of incident reports and ensuring a robust method of learning lessons.
MIKE SKITMORE Position:
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We will also roll out the Safety Compass, relaunch the Golden Rules with focused training and roll out a safety intervention campaign for the office community, similar to the STOP campaign on Balmoral. For the Solan development, 2014 will see the culmination of many years of hard work as we undertake the final push towards our target of first oil in Q4. We have a tough drilling campaign starting this month, we need to get the tank from Dubai to the UK, and then we need to sailaway the jacket and topsides from Methil. A huge programme of work which will get us positioned to get first oil by the end of the year.
partner and government sanction into execution, and begin the next phase of the journey, with first oil targetted for 2017. We must learn from our other projects and ensure we are organised for success. In terms of production, we want to see an improvement across the portfolio. Last year we made big strides in production performance despite a slower than planned start from Huntington and Rochelle – this year those two fields need to do even better. Production from the Balmoral area is in good shape and we need to continue a steady run of production. We are also looking forward to reinstatement of Kyle to production after being offline since 2011. Certain things are vital if we are to overcome the challenges ahead and meet our objectives for 2014. Firstly, we have to ensure that we need to learn from our experiences and understand what we need to do differently to succeed. Secondly, we have to remember that the goals of the BU are ultimately everyone’s shared objectives. In order to meet them we need everyone, right across the BU, working together closer than ever before. One team, overcoming challenges and sharing the successes. We need to raise our game this year in all areas and everyone’s help, regardless of their role, is required if we are to achieve the objectives of this Business Unit. I look forward to sharing with you all a productive and – above all – a safe 2014.
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