A brutal take from a thread below. Having worked with a number of them, I couldn't agree more.
It is embarrassing when I meet customers for drinks outside work and I hear how incompetent the PMs are at Pembina. It feels no matter how much I defend them, the poor execution of projects and bad design keeps coming up. It is no surprise that projects are being cancelled and customers not using Pembina to ship products. It hurts to know how negative Pembina's reputation is in the midstream industry
When we bought Spectra, I was one of the many people involved in getting our critical systems talking. I had deep, technical interactions with Spectra staff. Perhaps those who were both experienced and talented exited before the merger, but the folks I encountered over and over were generally unqualified (if doing their best), and were often were trying to do things outside of their skill set because "the guy" wasn't here any longer. I didn't see a single team that was properly resourced, or had their knowledge organized in any meaningful fashion. All I saw were systems that hadn't seen investment in a decade or more.
I was disappointed to see a couple of people let go over time - not because they could do the job in front of them competently or well, but because they did their very best to handle that short end of the stick. I value that in people. I would have given them another role and proper training. I believe the failures of Spectra were in leadership.
Enbridge not only scaled back the dig and inspection programs, they got rid of a lot of Spectra employees after the acquisition, including those in pipeline integrity. I will agree they got away very lucky with that explosion that happened.
the Infrastructure Planning poster: I think this guy is just a Poser who lives in his Mother 's basement and.gets his jollies.by doing posts like the.below, probably to multiple sites. Doritos, beer and an occasional change of underwear are the high points of his live.
Or it could be AM just jerking the chains.
Actually Enbridge cut back on the Spectra's integrity and dig program as soon as they acquired Spectra. The cut the dig program way back. Spectra used to do about 120 integrity digs a year in t-south. Enbridge initially cut that back to 30 digs a year... Until the explosion. So don't be so quick to try and pat Enbridge on the back. They are lucky to have only been fined $40000 for this major incident.
"The explosion near Quesnel a couple of years ago was just a light show."
Enbridge acquired Spectra in 2017. The explosion happened in 2018. Spectra deferred the inspection in 2017, if I recall. That's not enough time for Enbridge to do complete assessments of all facilities. That doesn't take the blame away - when you buy the company you buy the problems. But Enbridge didn't know what a dog they were getting from Spectra. It shows in every aspect that we uncover. Everything was done on a shoestring, a wing, and a prayer.
It's a bad example. Now if we acquired them in 2015, it will be a whole different story.
Yes, Enbridge is flawless. The explosion near Quesnel a couple of years ago was just a light show. They are only as good as the risks they take. Some good some bad. It's a game of gambles.
Contrast that to Enbridge where all the projects are planned and managed with the greatest level of skills and talent the industry has ever seen. That's because our projects are managed by the intrepid Infrastructure Planning group.