services provided by Achilles to the global oil & gas industry
Our oil and gas services have become a cornerstone of our operations. Each service is tailored to meet the individual needs of the specific region in which it operates.
We continue to refine and develop the services offered in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS), Norwegian and Dutch sectors. This is in addition to services provided further afield – e.g. in Argentina, Kazakhstan, Nigeria and Venezuela.
First Point Assessment (FPAL) is the oil and gas industry's supply chain database in the UK, Netherlands and Ireland and was established in 1996 and is governed by an industry-based steering committee which includes representatives from oil majors, main contractors and suppliers. Any current or prospective supplier to the UK, Dutch and Irish Oil and Gas Industry is invited to register by completing an on-line questionnaire which allows them to describe their full range of products, services, capabilities and supply history. Supplier profiles are then made available, on-line, to over 80 purchasing members who interrogate this list of qualified suppliers in order to produce a short list, in accordance with the EU Utilities Procurement Directives.
Achilles Joint Qualification System (JQS) is a unique collaboration between Norwegian and Danish oil and gas operators and management contractors. The participating organisations use the system to provide information and to select suppliers and contractors when buying goods and services. Those buyers not subject to the EC procurement directives are actively using the system as a joint vendor database.
First Point Kazakhstan has been developed to register all suppliers to the Oil and Gas Industry in Kazakhstan. Registered suppliers will be visible to major purchasing companies and organisations in Kazakhstan and through entry into the Achilles Global Directory can market their products and services internationally.
Some of the principal Spanish and Portuguese electricity, gas, oil, water and shipbuilding companies, with the objective of having a tool to register their suppliers and vendors effectively, have agreed to establish a common system, the Registro de Proveedores (RePro). This database is open to participation from all companies operating in similar areas depending on the products and services demanded. It is continually updated, objective, and non-discriminatory.
The NipeX Joint Qualification System (NJQS) is an initiative designed to help provide visibility and transparency in the contracts and procurement processes within the Nigerian oil and gas industry.
In order to secure a correct and objective procurement process, some of the more important Argentinean companies have extablished a common scheme (SICLAR) for qualification of suppliers of products and services to the oil and gas industry in Argentina.