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Cold- based pipe connection solutions Voices – solutions that do not require access to

Tech talk. With the 45th Offshore heat, sparks, or other

Wireless instruments that

Technology Conference in Houston just ignition sources, and protect the integrity of well on the horizon, OE sought answers to the are characterized by casings; the annulus B – the question, “What emerging technology their fexibility, cost- space between the casing will have a direct impact on the offshore strings in subsea wells – is one effectiveness, and of the few areas out of bounds to most important of all, market?” Our think tank had this to say.

offshore operators today. Once the casing is sealed safety. It’s time for and cemented, operators are unable to access the industry to start

Subsea Asset Integrity, temperature and pressure measurements with proactively evaluating including Non- no advance warning of a loss in casing integrity or

Destructive Testing new safely-related (NDT) of assets will that oil or gas might be migrating vertically towards technologies rather than have a direct impact the surface. That’s why new wireless instruments opting for more deeply on the offshore that generate real-time pressure and temperature ingrained, disruptive market.Far surpassing information from within the well casing represent approaches, such as hot- visual inspection in effcacy, ultrasonic such an important offshore development with measurements of deepwater installations work welding, that come signifcant implications for safety and well integrity.

and Alternating Current Field Measurement with considerable risk.

(ACFM) for NDT validation are newer subsea

Vincent Vieugue, vice president, Roxar Flow

Rune Haddeland, CEO, asset integrity technologies gaining wider

Measurement, Emerson Process Management

Quickfange AS global usage. Other promising subsea asset integrity technologies are in test phases.

These technologies may solve currently

With mature as- problematic issues of accessibility and sets in the UKCS coatings. They could also aid in monitoring there is focus

In-well wireless commu- of hydrocarbon containment and testing the on Integrity strength of structures to 4,000 meter water nications has advanced

Management depths. The end goal is predictability and signifcantly over the last reliability of subsea assets. and we will see few years, especially for some very clever technology

Mike Hessel, Asset Integrity Americas monitoring subsea E&A playing a key part in inspection

Regional Manager, Oceaneering wells for communication with other wells, once and maintenance programs en- the rig has left a well and adjacent wells are suring longevity of the ageing infrastructure. The other area being tested. This information is particularly that is growing is the develop- useful in undewrstanding reservoir connec-

The ability to capture vast ment of subsea processing as amounts of information tivity and compartmentalization during any more technology is moved from – what we call ‘big data’ – hydrocarbon prospect and feld development surface to seabed. and turn it into valuable, evaluation.

actionable insights through

Neil Gordon, CEO, Subsea UK the use of advanced analyt-

Daniel More, group technology ics. Analytics can help director, Expro Group offshore E&P companies assess and forecast the performance of wells,

Subsea processing is an emerging technology that will have facilities, and pipeline systems, an impact in 2013 and beyond. Currently, a number of subsea improve the effciency and safety of their processing units are operational on a small number of milestone operations, and reduce their environ- mental footprint. It can also provide projects around the world. This proving ground for subsea gas/ exploration intelligence on new and liquid separation, gas compression, water re-injection, and potential oil and gas felds and enhance boosting is succeeding, and more units are planned. I expect the industry to accel- drilling accuracy and production output.

erate its adoption of this technology, which will help extend feld life, increase

Steve Edwards, global leader, reservoir recoverability and exploit more deepwater developments around the world.

chemicals & petroleum, IBM

Patrick O’Brien, CEO, ITF (Industry Technology Facilitator)

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