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BAKER HUGHES, a GE Company

Subsea Connect

BY JENNIFER PALLANICH

New lightweight, modular subsea tion of a project, Saunders said. The draws on BHGE’s fullstream capability technologies could reduce not just lead result was Subsea Connect, which he to offer reservoir management, ? eld de- times for equipment delivery but lower said BHGE believes will make a “long- velopment, well construction, topside the total cost of ownership for the full lasting, sustainable change and driving optimization and subsea engineering. life of the ? eld. The Subsea Connect value from concept to commissioning With Project Connect, BHGE helps cus- system from Baker Hughes, a GE com- and over the full life of ? eld.” tomers target speci? c project outcomes pany, is centered around Project Con- A major component of that is the and increase speed to ? nancial invest- nect, reservoir to topside technology new Aptara TOTEX-lite subsea system, ment decision.

solutions, ? exible partnerships and com- which includes the lightweight com- The third component – ? exible part- mercial models and digital enablement, pact tree, modular compact manifold, nerships and commercial models – is which together can reduce the economic composite ? exible risers, SFX wellhead designed to leverage relationships with development cost of subsea projects by solution, modular compact pump and partners to improve project economics.

an average of 30%, BHGE believes. subsea connection systems. They are Digital enablement is aimed at driv-

Neil Saunders, president & CEO of modular, structured, compact and de- ing uptime and enhancing productivity.

BHGE’s Oil? eld Equipment business, signed to be more responsive to chang- BHGE’s engageSubsea asset lifecycle said the price reduction could make ing conditions across the life of ? eld. management solution, for example, could marginal assets attractive to develop For example, with the modular Aptara drive up to a 20% reduction in mainte- and improve economics for those that system, ? rst a high-integrity pressure nance costs, and up to a 5% reduction in already meet breakeven requirements. protection system (HIPPS) tree cap can downtime through predictive analytics.

The industry downturn saw many be placed on the wellhead, and it can be “We’re already delivering against Sub- subsea vendors bring prices for technol- removed and replaced with the produc- sea Connect,” Saunders said, noting the ogy and equipment down by about 30%, tion tree cap, then the boosting tree cap company has invested signi? cantly in thereby driving down the breakeven price as the well’s production stream changes. structuring its subsea production systems for projects. “But that 30% is not enough. The Aptara subsea system can con- portfolio to ensure shorter lead times and

We needed to do more,” Saunders said. tribute up to 50% cost saving over the quicker responses. “We have also signed

BHGE’s answer lay in removing costs total cost of ownership, Saunders said. an agreement with a major operator to at an opex level over the life of the ? eld, Aptara ? ts under the reservoir to top- provide the Aptara lightweight compact rather than purely during the capex por- sides technology solutions pillar, which tree for deployment.”

Source: Baker Hughes GE

Baker Hughes’ Aptara TOTEX-lite subsea system is designed to reduce subsea project development costs.

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