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DIGITALIZATION

The more production infrastructure we push to the seabed, the more data we need to pull back up. With it comes opportunity.

By Wendy Laursen hevron’s landmark 6,500 tons of subsea gas com- even though the subsea environment poses signi? cant chal- pression infrastructure for Jansz-Io demonstrates lenges. “Maintaining reliable communication links between the scale of what is being put on the seabed, but subsea assets and onshore or offshore control systems is cru- there’s a diversity of other infrastructure under cial, but connectivity issues such as bandwidth limitations

Cdevelopment that will operate alongside tradi- and signal interference can pose challenges,” says Hernandez. tional production systems. “Transmitting data through water, especially at great depths,

This includes subsea ? uid storage technology from NOV is challenging due to the attenuation of signals.”

Subsea Production Systems, and TechnipFMC and Sulzer The introduction of 5G technology aims to overcome these

Flow Equipment’s subsea CO2 pumps for new high pressure challenges and is already being developed for production sys- separation technology from Petrobras. tems. In July, ADNOC and e& announced a project to build a

The growing number of new technologies are expected to play 5G network that will relay information from sensors embedded a pivotal role in the future of oil and gas production, advancing in more than 12,000 wells and pipelines to autonomous control ef? ciency and environmental performance. Their digitalization rooms. It is due to be completed in 2025 and expected to gener- will further these goals by providing remote control, optimized ate $1.5 billion in value during its ? rst ? ve years of operation.

operations and enhanced decision-making capabilities. Also in July, ADNOC announced the deployment of RoboW-

Enabling technology for that digitalization, such as subsea ell, AIQ’s autonomous well-control solution into its NASR power and communications, continue to evolve, says Miguel ? eld operations. RoboWell uses cloud-based AI algorithms

Hernandez, Senior Vice President of Global Offshore at ABS, to autonomously operate wells that self-adjust according to 20 November/December 2024

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