Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exchibition & Conference – Fearnley Group are pleased to be attending ADIPEC 2022, 31 October 2022 – 3 November 2022. Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates.

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Fearnley Group Announcement
Fearnley Procter Group is now Fearnley Group and we have updated our website to reflect this www.fearnleyprocter.com is now www.fearnleygroup.com
Fearnley International Group Ltd, are pleased to announce the completion of a recent investment into its Oil & Gas Division – Fearnley Procter Group (FPG).
FPG’s commitment to providing Non-productive-time Solutions is boosted by a new QAQC Global Reporting System. Providing daily tracking and reporting of all the data captured through QA/QC Equipment Verification and Compliance.
Importantly, FPG are now able to identify trends globally, regionally and nationally for clients, to prevent future NPT by establishing benchmarks for more effective performance.
With ‘real-time’ visibility of the QAQC operations, including a fully searchable Dashboard showing results:
- Visits made, Reports written and Issues found, by severity and potential impact
- NCs and Observations raised on Equipment, Services, Suppliers, plus Resolutions
- Potential HSE impact and Costs to the project
and all the documentation, graphs and pictures that support it.
FPG’s Technical Support and Engineering Group of SME’s continue to contribute information. Sharing our knowledge with Clients of Equipment Failure Investigations; Drillstring Failure Prevention; and Drilling Operations.
As the Industry’s Drillstring Experts for 26+ years, we continue to invest into products that enhance our QA/QC, Engineering, Training, Technical Standards, Certification & Accreditation skills.
Kevin Fearnley
CEO of Fearnley International Group Ltd
Fearnley Procter Activities at GOTECH-2019
Non-productive-time Solutions @ Stand F10
Of course it is always better to prevent Non-Productive Time (NPT) before it happens … or the need to find out why it happened by carrying out a Failure Investigation?
Fearnley International do both – and want to share with you how, through some introductory discussion sessions at this years GOTECH 2019 Trade Show
Our Engineering Team through Failure Investigations and Equipment Strip-downs continue to identify the Root Causes as to why Equipment Failures occur, whether these lead to Non-Productive Time caused by Wash-outs and Twist-Offs, or just to Poor Performance and Invisible Lost Time (ILT).
And our QAQC team – along with the Technical Specialist Group and our Quality Assurance Advisors – act as the ‘eyes and ears’ of Drilling Teams to prevent these failures from occurring in the first place – or re-occurring.
SO – As it is one of Fearnley International’s main objectives to share that information with end-users; in order to help make drilling projects finish on time; and on budget – through the provision of Non-productive-time Solutions – we are running short discussion sessions of about 20 minutes to give you a taster of how we manage that.
Topics: The following sessions can be conducted in small numbers 1 or 2 people.
Each topic has a reservation link so that you can choose when you want to come, just press it to go to the Doodle calendar. Or email Calum Phillips, Kevin Fearnley Jr or Paul Youdan.
1. API Q1 Q2 – Introduction Awareness Session. A Senior Quality Management Auditor will guide you through the challenges that the introduction of this API specification and the benefits of its adoption to the prevention of NPT and ILT can bring. Plus the first steps in adopting it. Reserve Time
2. ISO 9001:2015 – As a registered Certification company we can explain how ISO differs from API Q1 and Q2 and which standard you should hold. Not all service companies in the Oil & Gas industry need to have the API Q12 standard. Reserve Time
3. Drilling Operations – Equipment Failure Investigation – How to Organise One. It is traumatic enough when a Drilling Project undergoes an Equipment Failure that requires a Failure Investigation to be carried out. There are some key do’s and don’ts. This session will take you through what they are and how to prepare the damaged equipment, photographs and reports to ensure as cost effective and as successful a conclusion as quickly as possible is achieved, to find out why the failure occurred and how to prevent it happening again. Reserve Time
4. Drilling Operations – Equipment Failure Investigation and Equipment Strip-downs – What they can tell you. Going into a Failure Investigation or Equipment Strip-down knowing what results you should expect; which tests should be carried out: how they should be presented; and how those results may affect your drilling operation – will lead to you and your drilling team’s better understanding of the best way forward. Reserve Time
5. QAQC – How does a Quality Assurance Advisor improve drilling efficiency and minimise failures. Over the last few years we have found that most drilling teams lack an experienced oversight of the QAQC process – for a number of reasons. An Assurance Advisor will be conducting discussion sessions on the benefits of how these personnel can make a greater difference to your drilling operation than QAQC alone. Reserve Time
Also on our stand this year we will be:
Kevin Fearnley – CEO and Chairman of the Technical Support Group
Calum Phillips – Global Business Development Manager
Rakesh Chaudhuri – Operations Supervisor – Middle East & North Africa
Alex Sanders – Senior Auditor for ISO 9001:2015
If you want to reserve some time with any of them – please just email us on: [email protected]
Fearnley International Activities at SPE Offshore Europe
NON-PRODUCTIVE-TIME SOLUTIONS @ Stand 2i43 booth 14
Of course it is always better to prevent Non-Productive Time (NPT) before it happens … or the need to carry out the Failure Investigation to discover why?
Fearnley International do both – and want to share with you how, through some introductory discussion sessions at this years SPE Offshore Europe.
Our Engineering Team through Failure Investigations and Equipment Stripdowns continue to identify the Root Causes as to why Equipment Failures occur, whether these lead to Wash-outs and Twist-Offs or just to poor performance and Invisible Lost Time (ILT).
And our QAQC team – along with the Technical Specialist Group and our Quality Assurance Advisors – act as the ‘eyes and ears’ of Drilling Teams to prevent these failures from occurring in the first place – or re-occurring.
SO – As it is one of Fearnley International’s main objectives to share that information with end-users; in order to help make drilling projects finish on time; and on budget – through the provision of Non-productive-time Solutions – we are running short sessions of 20 minutes to give you a taster of how we manage that.
Topics: The following sessions can be conducted in small numbers 1 or 2 people. We will also be having three lunch time sessions for larger groups. Please let us know which you prefer.
Each topic has a reservation link so that you can choose when you want to come, just press it to go to the Doodle calendar. Or email Kevin Fearnley Jr or Paul Youdan.
1. API Q1 Q2 – Introduction Awareness Session. Our Senior Quality Management Trainer and Auditor will guide you through the challenges that the introduction of this API specification and the benefits of its adoption to the prevention of NPT and ILT can bring. Plus the first steps in adopting it. Reserve Time
2. API Q1 Q2 – How it might effect your companies current QMS. For those companies who already have a QMS, this workshop will go through how it can be adopted into your current systems and what a Gap Analysis can provide in order to take it forward. Reserve Time
3. Drilling Operations – Equipment Failure Investigation – How to Organise One. It is traumatic enough when a Drilling Project undergoes an Equipment Failure that requires a Failure Investigation to be carried out. There are some key do’s and dont’s. This session will take you through what they are and how to prepare the damaged equipment, photographs and reports to ensure as cost effective and as successful a conclusion as quickly as possible is achieved, to find out why the failure occurred and how to prevent it happening again. Reserve Time
4. Drilling Operations – Equipment Failure Investigation and Equipment Stripdowns – What they can tell you. Going into a Failure Investigation or Equipment Stripdown knowing what results you should expect; which tests should be carried out: how they should be presented; and how those results may affect your drilling operation – will lead to you and your drilling team’s better understanding of the best way forward. Reserve Time
5. QAQC – How does a Quality Assurance Advisor improve drilling efficiency and minimise failures. Over the last few years we have found that most drilling teams lack an experienced oversight of the QAQC process – for a number of reasons. Our Senior Quality Assurance Advisor will be conducting discussion sessions on the benefits of how these personnel can make a greater difference to your drilling operation than QAQC alone. Reserve Time
Also on our stand this year we will be:
Kevin Fearnley – CEO and Chairman of the Technical Support Group
Sandy Reid – Global Operations Manager
Glenn Falconer – Global Quality Assurance Service Manager
Scott Smart – Group QHSE Manager and QMS Senior Auditor
Kevin Fearnley Jr – Business Development – Europe & Africa
Paul Youdan – NS Accreditation & Standard Business Development Manager
If you want to reserve some time with any of them – please just email us on: [email protected]
Sixteen10 ‘Mike Clark’ Charity Golf Day
Fearnley Procter Certification FZCO is the latest addition to Fearnley Procter Group’s Assessment and Audit portfolio
In the next step in providing the Oil & Gas Industry increased security in a companies’ Quality Management Systems, Fearnley Procter Group has recently become an accredited ISO certification body.
CEO: Kevin Fearnley of Fearnley International Group “I am very proud of this new service line under our Oil & Gas Division, Fearnley Procter Group. Credit to all involved within the company to get Fearnley Procter Certification FZCO to being a certifying body for ISO 9001:2015.
With its key objective of `Non-productive-time Solutions’ the ability to provide ISO 9001:2015 Certification and Training, alongside Q1 and Q2, puts it into a leading position to help prevent avoidable Non-productive Time.
Quality Management, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Drilling Programmes with specialist subjects such as Stuck Pipe Avoidance, Drillstring Failure Prevention, Drillstring Design plus Manufacturing Facility auditing, Equipment Design assessment and verification, Service industry assessment and training – including Drill Pipe Inspection Facility Accreditation and Inspectors Certification – across all drilling equipment and inspection standards (API, DS-1, NS-1™ & NS-2™) has made Fearnley Procter’s offering to the Oil & Gas Industry unique. No other company recognises the importance of failure prevention as much as Fearnley Procter does. In order to achieve as high a reduction of these types of failures as possible – Fearnley Procter provides their services across all the drilling standards – bringing together whatever expertise is required to minimise NPT for a specific project and on a Global basis.
All wells use standards – Fearnley Procter will help you select whichever standard is best suited to the well being drilled – and help design a NPT avoidance plan.
To find out how – email us at [email protected] or visit our website www.fearnleyprocter.com
Joint Venture enhances Non-productive-time Solution offerings from Fearnley Procter Group
The amalgamation of the Drilling Equipment Knowledge and experience of Fearnley Procter Group with the Operational know how and Well Control qualifications of Training & Development Pty Ltd will provide the oil & gas industry in Australia with a rounded range of personnel development options to help prevent costly and avoidable Non-Productive Time.
Kevin Fearnley, FPG CEO said “It has always been my objective to expand our services to the Oil & Gas Industry with regards to Team Development and Technical Instruction. These programmes are designed to create a platform of learning that will either help drilling teams or provide service companies with the specialist understanding they need. Working with T&D will provide us with the breadth of courses to really help the industry. With T&D having their operational base in Perth Australia alongside Fearnley Procter Australia operational entity, also based in Perth, this will be a unique offering to the Australian market for needed training courses.
Training & Development Pty Ltd provide bespoke and industry recognised technical and non-technical training.
Jeanne Boles, T&D Technical Director – “This JV has provided an opportunity for us to combine our strengths to deliver world class trainers, material and current solutions to our clients, as and when they need them”.
Fearnley Procter who for over 25 years have provided NPT prevention training courses such as Drillstring Failure and Stuck Pipe Prevention and Management see a considerable benefit in this joint venture with their global coverage. This will now support their NPT Avoidance courses involving, Drillstring Design, Procurement & Inspection of Drilling and Well Completion equipment to various industry standards such as API, DS-1®, NS-1™, NS-2, NORSOK; alongside API Q1/Q2 Training and Certification plus our own NS Accreditation & Certification.
The continued and growing incidence of Non-productive Time, either through operational error or equipment failure, is causing a serious problem for operators; their drilling contractors; the equipment supplier and service companies.
Fearnley Procter Group and Training & Development Pty will bring courses that are relevant to all end users, whatever position in the drilling cycle, and through these reduce the impact that avoidable Non-Productive Time has on the performance demands of today’s Oil & Gas marketplace.
If you would like more information email [email protected]
Non-productive-time Solutions No 6. – Mixing of Connections – Definitions
There are now quite a number of proprietary double shouldered connections that are designed to screw together with API connections. However, there is a lot of ambiguity and confusion with the terminology and what the make-up torques and combination working capabilities are. Read more to find out…