The rock sawing estimate was wrong. The budget was already committed.
An oil pipeline operator locked in capital against a construction assumption no one had verified. Pivvot verified it in minutes.
The challenge
The operator was building a 24-mile crude oil transmission pipeline through an area surrounded by bedrock. The location did not allow blasting, so the plan called for rock sawing and the budget was set accordingly.
Final Investment Decision was granted on that basis. The operator then contracted an engineering firm to begin project design.
What they did
The engineering firm assessed the line using the Pivvot platform:
- The surrounding area visualized across the full 24-mile alignment
- Detailed crossing reports analyzed in minutes rather than assembled over weeks
- The actual extent of bedrock compared against the budget assumption for the first time
Millions of dollars are committed to rock sawing beyond what the geology required. The analysis that would have caught it takes minutes.
Pivvot use story, capital overcommitment
The result
The operator had dramatically overestimated the amount of rock sawing needed for the development of the oil pipeline route. Final Investment Decision had already been granted, so the money is committed and it isn't coming back.
No estimate this consequential should reach capital commitment unverified. Verifying this one took minutes.
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