Consider a global shale operator that was just ramping up a development program in western Alberta when oil prices started to fall. However, with a four-month delay in the custom rig it had ordered, it was committed to meeting the milestone of getting first production online before the end of 2015. Looking through a lens of past development paradigms and processes, achieving first production before the end of the year would be impossible, but the clock was ticking, literally. To raise awareness and assure everyone on the team was working toward the common goal, a massive countdown clock to first production was hung in the main production office.
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