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Analysis calculations run and 430,000,000 data points.

The key was being able to model and creating a model that

Rig stats could identify events.

Worldwide

Dozoul says such modeling could also be used to improve 4D

Rig Type Total Rigs Contracted Available Utilization seismic data analytics, to help identify the important data and

Drillship 111 91 20 81% make the analytics faster. “Wherever there is any data, there is

Jackup 407 310 97 76% a value to analyze so you can model, predict and optimize the 160 129 3180%

Semisub process,” he says. 30 20 10 66%

Tenders

Total 708 550158 77%

Going subsea

Gulf of Mexico

Having condition monitoring from day one would also make

Rig Type Total Rigs Contracted Available Utilization extending the life of assets far easier, as it makes it easier to

Drillship 36 34 2 94% prove the condition and therefore ability of the facility to con-

Jackup 72 49 23 68% tinue operation beyond its design life, and enable preventative 20 18 290%

Semisub maintenance, says Sigurd Hernæs, senior ? eld development

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Tenders engineer, FMC Technologies. 128 101 27 78%

Total

Today, to renew a plan for development and operation on the

Asia Paci? c

Norwegian Continental Shelf, which is mandatory when a facil-

Rig Type Total Rigs Contracted Available Utilization ity reaches the end of its designed for life, requires design data,

Drillship 14 8 6 57% installation and operation information, production data, typical

Jackup 116 81 35 69% corrosion and erosion information, etc., Hernæs says, adding 34 20 14 58%

Semisub the need to know about any changing speci? cations, fatigue, 19 12 7 63%

Tenders damage from trawling, obsolescence, i.e. in electronics.” Getting

Total 183 121 6266% these data for topsides is hard enough. Subsea, the dif? culties

Latin America are even greater.

Rig Type Total Rigs Contracted Available Utilization

Giving an example of a manifold that has been installed for

Drillship 29 24 582% decades, he says: “We would want to look at potential corrosion

Jackup 9 7 2 77% in bends inside pipeline, calculate this theoretically, based on 31 28 390%

Semisub production data, and also assess degradation on polymer – such

Tenders 2 2 0100% as Te? on and rubber in seals.”

Total 71 61 10 85%

Problems arise when there is missing production data,

Northwest European Continental Shelf which is used to estimate corrosion, operational data, showing

Rig Type Total Rigs Contracted Available Utilization tie-in forces etc., during installation, and even original design

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Drillship documentation. 52 44 8 84%

Jackup

FMC Technologies is hoping to make this easier for future

Semisub 44 41 3 93% projects by introducing a data collector, which collects all data

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Tenders on and going into the subsea system, including data imported 96 85 1188%

Total from topsides control systems, and multiphase data points,

Middle East & Caspian Sea such as leak detectors and apply condition and performance

Rig Type Total Rigs Contracted Available Utilization monitoring (CPM). The system could then calculate erosion

Drillship 1 0 1 0% on continuous basis, Hernæs says, speaking at Subsea Valley. 108 95 13 87%

Jackup “It would be used quite actively from day one in the life of the

Semisub 4 3 1 75% ? eld, which means you are far less likely to lose the data,” he

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Tenders says. “It could also be applied to calculate the life of a valve on

Total 113 98 1586% a Xmas tree to predict fatigue issues, as another example.”

Sub-Saharan Africa

Rig Type Total Rigs Contracted Available Utilization

Big gets bigger

Drillship 25 21 4 84%

Whichever way you look at it, there’s more data and a need for

Jackup 23 17 6 73% more computing power, but also, crucially, for strategies around 14 9 5 64%

Semisub what to do with the data and tools or software with which it 9 6 366%

Tenders can be analyzed.

Total 71 53 18 74%

According to tech-focused research ? rm Technavio, the

Rest of the World smart oil? eld IT services market 2014-2019 is expected to

Rig Type Total Rigs Contracted Available Utilization grow at a CAGR of 5.93% as a result of this growing market.

Drillship 5 3 260%

Supercomputers in the oil and gas sector are expected to grow

Jackup 27 17 10 62% at 7.8% CAGR, according to analysts at IDC.

Semisub 13 10 3 76%

Faisal Ghaus, Vice President of Technavio says: “Considering

Tenders

N/A N/AN/A N/A the amount of data generation, service providers have come up

Total 45 30 1566% with sophisticated algorithms and software tools to enhance the

Source: In? eldRigs decision-making process and optimize productivity, return on 16 July 2015 investment and net present value of the project.”

This data focuses on the marketed rig ? eet and excludes assets that are under construction, retired, destroyed, deemed non-competitive or cold stacked.

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