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ker BP is already using AI to shape the future ed discipline,” says Brown. “It is becoming an intelligent, of its subsea infrastructure integrity manage- always-on layer that connects inspection gathering tech- ment. The company plans to more than dou- nologies, asset data, and decision-making across the entire ble its subsea infrastructure by 2027 and is subsea value chain.” moving toward a new operational paradigm. He says the future of structural integrity will include

A “Our vision is to deliver world-class operational per- interconnected digital twins sharing intelligence across op- formance with high production effciency, low environ- erators and assets, including applying insights from oil and mental discharges, and low costs,” says Camilla Leon, gas to renewables.

VP Subsea, Aker BP. “We believe we can achieve this by The next wave of technologies is already reshaping struc- liberating and sharing data, applying automation and tural integrity management with digital twins that mir- advanced analytics, and building a common situational ror real-time structural conditions and allow simulation awareness across our ecosystem of partners and internal of fatigue, stress, and extreme events. IoT and structural stakeholders.” health monitoring systems continuously capture vibration,

Leon is a board member of Elementz, a software-as-a- strain, and motion data; feets of drones, ROVs, AUVs, service company that is supporting that vision with its and climbing robots conduct routine inspections; and AI- integrity management software. Elementz CEO, Jason driven analytics optimize inspection schedules and predict

Brown, says structural integrity and inspection is under- failures before they occur.

going a fundamental transformation, moving from tra- Light Structures is expanding the scope of its struc- ditional time-based strategies to data-driven approaches. tural health monitoring system to include jack-up rigs

This evolution is being accelerated by advances in real- as well as FPSOs and offshore wind platforms. Mobile time monitoring, autonomous inspection, and predic- drilling platforms present a distinct set of structural tive analytics. risks, as they face uneven leg loading during jacking,

For Elementz, the change is best understood through variable soil conditions that affect stability, and fatigue the lens of its Blue Digital Ecosystem, an interconnected at the leg-hull interface, all within a structure with safety digital infrastructure where data, systems, and stakeholders margins that can shift quickly depending on water depth work seamlessly together. “Integrity is no longer an isolat- and seabed behavior. Traditional inspection regimes

Asset integrity is becoming an intelligent,

Structural integrity and inspection is always-on layer that connects inspection moving from traditional time-based gathering technologies, asset data, and decision- strategies to data-driven approaches. making across the entire subsea value chain.

Image courtesy of Elementz Image courtesy of Elementz

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