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AIM for life –

Eyebrow Production and beyond operators can build in less resilience are reaching the end of their design lives.

Floating production systems to new projects and conversions. That In the current market, there is little appe- are on the hard edge of asset means more care is needed during the tite to replace these with new units, but integrity management, says life and operation of the asset. Regulatory there is still oil and gas to recover. So the pressure is increasing and public expec- demand is there to squeeze a longer life

Jonathan Boutrot.

tations are much higher, especially post- out of ageing assets. he business case for having an Deepwater Horizon. Operators of offshore

The design life of many FPSOs built since 1980 was 20 or 25 years. asset integrity management (AIM) assets need to be able to prove they have

T system in place for offshore and are looking after assets is getting more and more cogent assets safely. every day. And then there is

There has always been a need to protect life expectancy. This assets systematically and oil majors often is where the big have in-house asset integrity systems for bulge in demand for their shore-based assets. But a con? ux of AIM systems come. pressures is making a formal, tailored and Many offshore maritime-speci? c AIM system a must for assets, especially both ? xed and ? oating offshore assets. ? oating production,

The low and falling oil price is hit- storage and of? oad- ting capital expenditure, which means ing vessels (FPSOs),

Total’s CLOV FPSO is the second project where Bureau Veritas has integrated certi? cation of the topsides, risers and subsea installation with classi? cation of the hull of the ? oater and one of the several ? oating assets where an AIM system was developed during the build phase. Images from Bureau Veritas.

CLOV Hull and Topsides integrated model in as-built state as a foundation for a structured AIM program.

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