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subsea ? elds.

eliminating topside conversion costs for

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The industry will require more ef? - brown? eld developments.

To maximize the ? ow of hydrocarbons cient and simpli? ed well access and he past 50 years of technology devel- and extract the most from the reservoir, intervention as subsea ? elds get older.

T opment in the subsea industry was technologies in ? ow assurance, thermal

This must be delivered without compro- all about enabling safe access to reserves management of ? owlines, multi-phase mising safety and well integrity. Aker in challenging environments of deepwater, boosting, subsea produced water puri? ca-

Solutions has developed a multi work- arctic, high pressure and high temperature tion and monitoring, subsea separation over system capable of intervention work reservoirs. We have designed and deployed and re-injection of CO , and low-cost well on any tree, regardless of manufacturer 2 workover technologies must be developed.

systems that can drill and complete wells or age, to help extend the life of subsea in water depths of over 3000m with pres- ? elds. To ensure that all the above tech- sures at the seabed over 15,000psi. While

We will over the next 10 years see nologies work in harmony to produce the the next 10 years will certainly see us a broader range of advanced subsea optimum results, there will be a major pushing the envelope of water depth out to production systems, further integration focus on developing software platforms 4000m, and upping the pressure and tem- of subsea and in-well technologies and and automation technologies that will perature capabilities of subsea equipment simpli? ed intervention systems. The enable the control and monitoring of these to 20,000psi/400F and beyond in order to technologies being developed today will complex subsea systems, and provide the access new discoveries, the main focus of address the key challenges the subsea ? eld operations personnel the ability to technology development will be centered industry faces now and in the future. control and adjust the ? eld parameters, analyze data, and determine maintenance on reducing the capital cost of develop-

Hervé Valla is senior requirements from anywhere on earth.

ing offshore ? elds and ensuring that the vice president of We’ve come a long way from the days ? ow of hydrocarbons from these ? elds is research, innovation of divers and handwheel valves. The next maximized and uninterrupted during the and technology 10 years will see a shift in how we view producible life of the ? eld.

In order to reduce capital costs, it will strategy within Aker subsea systems and the incredible range of be necessary to develop a suite of seabed

Solutions subsea technologies we’ll apply to keep the sub- equipment and ? owline interconnects that business. A quali? ed sea industry viable and competitive. can be installed utilizing lower cost vessels. mechanical engineer

Bradley D. Beitler is

This will involve changing our thinking on from Ecole Nationale Superieur des Arts the vice president, ? eld architecture to eliminate extraneous et Metiers in Paris, he joined the oil and technology, at FMC subsea structures, and simplify essential gas industry in 1990 as a process engineer

Technologies. He held equipment. Developments in materials for topside platforms and moved into the the previous position technology will be necessary to produce subsea sector two years later.

of director of technol- light-weight structures that can be handled Following international experience ogy for FMC by non-specialized vessels or rig cranes. It across Europe and West Africa mainly

Technologies since will also involve the development of tech- with Technip, Valla joined Aker Solutions 2006. In 2001, Beitler was appointed nologies that will remove equipment from subsea controls business in 2007. Later, as director of business development. Before the decks of ? oating production vessels project director he was responsible for joining FMC in 1994, Beitler earned his and place it on the seabed. Over the next several major tenders in Angola, Nigeria

MBA in marketing and strategy from 10 years, we will be relocating separation and Congo before moving to his current

Pepperdine University in 1983, and equipment, water injection systems, power post in January 2012.

received a B.S. in engineering from distribution and drive systems, and many

California Polytechnic other modules to the seabed, minimizing State University in deliver technical expertise and opera- is gradually shifted from the surface to the the size and cost of ? oating structures and San Luis Obispo in 1976. tional support globally. Better and seabed, such remote monitoring, diagnos- quicker decision-making will drive tics and optimization technologies will be reduced downtime and lower operational crucial to the offshore oil and gas indus- expenses across the enterprise. try’s success in the years ahead.

GE is helping customers begin this journey today with a solution called Ashley Haynes-

Uni? ed Operations, which gives oil and Gaspar is the general gas companies an enterprise visualiza- manager of Software tion and interaction layer for asset and & Services for GE Oil operations optimization. It delivers & Gas. Prior to this critical information from all equipment, role, she was chief across various facilities and locations. marketing of? cer of

With that visualization the software GE Oil & Gas and provides actionable insights and allows also served time as chief marketing users to quickly connect with a network of? cer of the Measurement & Control

The progression of subsea of experts. division. She joined GE after graduating developments through time.

As more subsea power, processing pro- from the University of Florida with a B.S.

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