
In my experience most solutions normally struggle to meet expectations and demands of users, but from the moment I first came across Sharecat it frankly blew my mind. When comparing the value provided to the cost spent, the Sharecat platform definitely has been a very good investment for us.
The Tangguh Expansion Project in Indonesia included two offshore platforms, 13 new production wells, a new third LNG liquefaction train rated at 3.8 MTPA (a capacity increase of ~50%), gas pre-treatment and processing, and a new LNG jetty with expanded loading facilities.
The project had a CAPEX of approximately $8 billion USD and delivered its first LNG cargo in October 2023. From FEED in 2014 through start-up, a single Sharecat workspace served as the information backbone across seven EPC contractors, hundreds of suppliers and BP’s operations team.
The Jasmine project drew on the full breadth of the Sharecat platform — from supplier document workflows through to automated tag and document numbering, with reporting threaded across the lifecycle.
The system must be both document-centric and data-centric — capable of handling, collecting and validating documents and data automatically, while enabling collaborative working across BP, EPC contractors and suppliers.
On the original Tangguh LNG project (trains 1 & 2), BP depended on EPC contractors' systems and experienced recurring challenges with data accuracy, inconsistent equipment classes and duplicate tag numbering. These information failures translated directly into project delivery risk.
For the Expansion Project, BP defined that the required platform must be both document-centric and data-centric — capable of handling, collecting and validating documents and data automatically, while enabling collaborative working across BP, seven EPC contractors and hundreds of suppliers.
Following successful use on the BP Quad 204 project, the Sharecat platform met all defined requirements and was selected. A single workspace then supported the entire programme from FEED through start-up.
The Tangguh Expansion Project drew on the Sharecat platform from FEED through start-up — including documents, data, references, automated numbering, product catalogue and analytics.
Approximately $2 million USD direct saving in the EPC contract — contractors did not need to provide their own central document and tag/data management tools.
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