Scottish software company Pisys, which last year secured a three-year contract to supply a major emergency management training simulator in Qatar, has highlighted the efficacy of its Action Tracking Management System (ATMS) saying it can help companies in the global oil and gas industry streamline their working practices.

In any industry where complex projects generate large numbers of actions that need proactive management, status updates are critical to ensuring a smooth operation.
In a multinational business such as the oil and gas industry, where procedures are further complicated by having team members in multiple organisations and locations, having a clear and concise audit trail becomes paramount.
That’s where Pisys’ new ATMS fits the bill.
ATMS was designed specifically to provide a secure and easy-to-use system that enables actions to be assigned and organised by project without the need for software to be installed or managed.
It streamlines and centralises the action-tracking process when carrying out processes such as Hazard Operability (Hazop) and Hazard Identification (Hazid) as well as value assurance, technical assurance and project delivery assurance projects etc.
ATMS also allows actions to be easily imported from other databases with different levels of access and automatic distribution of actions and progress to team members by email; and can be accessed by authorised users from anywhere in the world through a web browser and secure Internet connection.
The system is currently in use by a number of operators and contractors worldwide, including Aker Kvaerner.
“ATMS greatly improves the visibility and management of actions from Hazops, Hazids, risk assessments and other reviews,” said Ian Fegen, safety engineering consultant and head of safety engineering for Aker Kvaerner Offshore Partner Ltd.
“It is fast and very easy to configure and use.”
Pisys managing director Peter Henderson said: “This software is a new offering for the oil and gas industry designed to take the strain out of managing large projects.”
With regard to the Qatar deal, Pisys was contracted to supply a full-scale emergency management training simulator to the Qatar International Safety Centre (QISC) in a six-figure deal.
The bespoke simulator is designed to replicate an installation’s control room, and replicates major emergency scenarios to test and train offshore and onshore personnel.
Pisys has supplied systems to many companies to train staff in this key area of vessel and installation management.
It worked closely with QISC to make sure that the simulator accurately reflected the needs of their clients and the circumstances in which they operated.
QISC general manager Ian McMillin said Pisys had provided his centre with cutting-edge software technology that had been enthusiastically received by Qatar’s oil and gas industries.