Powering through the Transition: Navigating the Energy Sector’s Biggest Change since the Discovery of...

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Michael Deighton (Senior Projects Manager, Kentz, Ltd and Fellow, Institute of Mechanical Engineers, UK)

Powering through the Transition

Navigating the Energy Sector’s Biggest Change since the Discovery of Oil

Michael Deighton (Senior Projects Manager, Kentz, Ltd and Fellow, Institute of Mechanical Engineers, UK)

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Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
22 November 2024

Energy industries & utilities; Fossil fuel technologies; Petroleum technology

The energy transition is underway to low carbon, and energy companies need a guide to navigate through the uncertainties while maintaining an agile workforce. Powering through the Transition: Navigating the Energy Sector’s Biggest Change since the Discovery of Oil delivers key principles to achieve performance excellence for energy managers and engineers, utilizing cutting edge tools and techniques around lean, visual management, scrum, agile and margin improvement methods. Practical and user-friendly, the methods introduced are already showing successful tangible results with super major energy companies backed by the author’s 25-year experience. Strong visual graphics through flow charts and graphical abstracts are included as well as smart deployment methods utilizing digital technology and multiskilling of personnel. Rounding out with a glossary of terms and practical examples, Powering through the Transition gives today’s companies a plan to thrive in low carbon energy markets.

By: Michael Deighton (Senior Projects Manager Kentz Ltd and Fellow Institute of Mechanical Engineers UK)
Imprint: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9780323917544
ISBN 10: 0323917542
Pages: 230
Publication Date: 22 November 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

1 Introduction 2 Reinvention - from Oil Giants to Pioneers of Sustainable Energy 3 Collaborative Contracting: A New Era for the Energy Industry 4 Embracing Digital: A Strategic Imperative 5 Charting the Future: The Role of Data-Driven Organisation 6 Centre of Excellence 7 Delivery Assurance 8 Challenging the Norm 9 Energy transition workforce / Competency Management 10 A new leadership

Michael Deighton, MENG, CENG, MBA, FIMECHE is a Senior Vice President, and Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers with a wealth of expertise amassed over two decades in the dynamic energy sector, working for the worlds leading international blue chip organizations. His responsibilities include setting operations strategy, delivery of multi-million dollar projects and portfolios, leading the development and implementation of maintenance programs for complex downstream facilities and leading a world class centre of excellence driving innovation and digitization. He has spoken and trained at multiple oil and gas conferences, including ADIPEC, EIC and GASTECH, and elected to the governing body of the latter. He is a Six Sigma Green Belt, earned an MBA for the University of Teesside, a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Newcastle in the UK.