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DIGITALIZATION

Chevron’s landmark 6,500 tons of subsea gas compression infrastructure for Jansz-Io demonstrates the scale of what is being put on the seabed.

Credit: Chevron communicate and collaborate on the processes that will maxi- SLB OneSubsea, sees it as the onset of a tipping point.

mize up-time. One standout feature is engageSubsea Remote, “Large investments have been made across the industry to a module enabling remote operations for both Baker Hughes make this capability a reality, and we now see several projects users and customer operations. With it, Baker Hughes has the on the horizon that use all-electric as their base case.” capability to provide remote technical support via the use of The ? rst project is the recent contract award from Equinor augmented reality tools located on a platform. “This creates a for the front-end engineering design (FEED) of a 12-well, lot of value, instead of sending someone offshore or having to all-electric subsea production systems project in the Fram Sør keep someone offshore to look at problems if something hap- ? eld, offshore Norway. The solution will use SLB OneSub- pens,” says Bouillouta. sea’s standard subsea tree design, upgraded with a fully elec- “Today’s business complexity necessitates a shift from a re- tri? ed power, control and actuation system. porting culture to true transparency and collaboration in the “You can only go so far by optimizing component-level perfor- energy industry. With asset integrity management still repre- mance,” says Macleod. “As we add to our electric capabilities senting a signi? cant portion of OPEX, the market needs a so- toward a complete pore-to-grid solution, this will trigger fur- lution that leverages data and expertise to proactively manage ther step changes in performance, enabling greater and greater assets and reduce costs. system-level optimization capabilities and cost ef? ciencies. “When we speak about digital technology, it sometimes “Additionally, an all-electric approach can help to overcome sounds very complex, and expensive, but really it’s all about some of the limitations associated with legacy offshore power providing a competitive view of the subsea ecosystem.” and control systems. Some of the cases we have looked at for tiebacks into mature infrastructure show an all-electric ap-

Fram Sør Will be the Tipping Point proach can help to enable the viability of these tiebacks. for Subsea Electri? cation “It will also enable the remote control of such assets during

OneSubsea, an SLB joint venture, recently announced a con- the operational phase. The resulting reduction in project cycle tract award for its all-electric subsea production system, and time and costs and the ability to produce previously inacces-

John Macleod, vice president of technology and strategy at sible reserves can rede? ne an asset’s net present value for the 22 November/December 2024

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