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The technology and use its own proprietary software to

A key concept on the ? eld has been analyze the data. Data collected will be enabling information from technologies combined with production logging tools used to be connected back to of? ces in to track water movement through the

Luanda, where it is then fed into an the reservoir, and to see where oil remains.

ACE, which links the onshore team, This will help increase recovery 16-18% offshore team, and any other of? ces by identifying opportunities and drilling required, such as Houston or Sunbury new wells, Morris said. (UK), into the working environment.

Slugging

By doing so, BP can draw on its global experts to manage anything from drill- One of the biggest risks on PSVM was ing to subsea sand detection, and ? ow during start up, speci? cally around slug- control. ging. A slug controller was developed,

Feeding into the ACE is information which provided signi? cant bene? t on from an array of technologies. Remotely start-up for the Saturno ? eld, which sits operated vehicles are used to ? y along some 15km from the Plutonio, at the ? owlines, collect subsea samples, and center of the development.

PSVM sits in Block 31 o