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Applied Analytics: Independent validation of performance claims
From performance claim to verified evidence
When an OEM or service company says its technology delivers measurable improvement, both the vendor and the customer need evidence they can trust.
Stepwise provides an independent assessment using operational data from the working asset. We establish the before-and-after measurement scope, create a verified baseline and quantify the resulting difference in time, fuel use and cost—with emissions reduction measured as an outcome.
Every assessment clearly states its method, assumptions, limitations and level of confidence, producing evidence that can support operational, commercial and investment decisions.
No one else in the offshore sector offers this as a defined service.
Stepwise provides an independent assessment using operational data from the working asset. We establish the before-and-after measurement scope, create a verified baseline and quantify the resulting difference in time, fuel use and cost—with emissions reduction measured as an outcome.
Every assessment clearly states its method, assumptions, limitations and level of confidence, producing evidence that can support operational, commercial and investment decisions.
No one else in the offshore sector offers this as a defined service.
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What you get
A structured, transparent assessment that turns operational data into defensible evidenceof what changed, by how much and with what level of confidence.
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- A clearly defined before-and-after measurement scope, agreed by the participating parties
- A verified baseline established from operational data rather than vendor specifications
- Quantified operational impact — time, fuel, cost
- A stated method, stated assumptions, and stated confidence
- A result both the vendor and the customer can put in front of a third party
Who it’s for
Applied Analytics is designed for OEMs and service companies that need independentevidence of what their technology delivers—and for operators and drilling contractorsevaluating whether a performance claim holds under real operating conditions.
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Reference engagement — Subsea well-control technology
The commission
A subsea equipment OEM was bringing a next-generation electric well-control system to market as a step-change in safety and efficiency over conventional configurations. Leadership needed an operational value figure that could stand up outside the vendor's own marketing — one a customer, a partner or a board could rely on without taking the OEM's word for it.
A subsea equipment OEM was bringing a next-generation electric well-control system to market as a step-change in safety and efficiency over conventional configurations. Leadership needed an operational value figure that could stand up outside the vendor's own marketing — one a customer, a partner or a board could rely on without taking the OEM's word for it.
What Stepwise did
Stepwise independently assessed the new system against conventional configurations at the wellbore level, quantifying the difference in time, cost, exposure and emissions. Every claimed saving was benchmarked against independent industry data rather than the vendor's own figures, and the vendor's optimistic assumptions were pulled back to a defensible position before anything was reported. The assessment also identified the benefits and risks that sat beyond the equipment swap itself, and ranked the savings levers by size and reliability so the customer could see which ones the number actually depended on.
Stepwise independently assessed the new system against conventional configurations at the wellbore level, quantifying the difference in time, cost, exposure and emissions. Every claimed saving was benchmarked against independent industry data rather than the vendor's own figures, and the vendor's optimistic assumptions were pulled back to a defensible position before anything was reported. The assessment also identified the benefits and risks that sat beyond the equipment swap itself, and ranked the savings levers by size and reliability so the customer could see which ones the number actually depended on.
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Result
Validated operational value, per rig, per year
Across the benchmarked wellbores, the independently assessed value held up even after the vendor's own assumptions were pulled back to a defensible floor. The figures below are what remained: a range grounded in stated method and stated confidence, not a single optimistic number.
Annualised cost savings
$12.6M–21.6M
Days of well duration removed
13.3–21.9
tCO₂e avoided
2,316–3,938
Annualised fuel savings
855–1,453 m³
Equipment-pull avoidance accounted for 40–80% of the per-wellbore savings, the dominant value driver, scaling more aggressively with water depth.
Independent means unnamed. The reference here is described by sector and scope, not by name.
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Why the number holds up
The assessment was benchmarked against public incident and duration data (SafeOCS, 2017–2023) and cross-validated across four contractors, one operator and three regions — not built on a single well or a single customer's account. Vendor-supplied inputs were deliberately pulled back to a conservative floor rather than taken at face value. The result is a range, not a single-point promise, with the basis stated alongside it: exactly the standard the rest of the site's numbers are held to.
Campaign overview (when video is available)
Hear how verified operational and fuel data, transparent reporting and a One-Team approach helped deliver measurable cost savings—with emissions reduction tracked as an outcome.
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