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..., this paper presents partial results of a major project focused on developing a program for monitoring the integrity, optimizing the use of inspection techniques and tests, and their respective frequencies based on the risk associated with the operation of subsea equipment. This project was focused...

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... junction box subsea battery pb3 powerbuoy junction box subsea equipment provide autonomous offshore power requirement offshore technology conference upstream oil & gas provide power communication ssb installation System Layout This study focused on two wells in the Central North Sea...

... of the most appropriate riser base gas lift system in the early field development cycle. gas injection subsea equipment lift gas configuration upstream oil & gas riser base design perspective gas lift technical solution bundle umbilical gas lift injection point artificial lift system...

... In the Oil & Gas industry the required reliability performance of subsea equipment has a significant impact on CAPEX (due to high level of design complexity, reliability and conservatism) and OPEX (due to need of periodic inspection intervention replacement and repair), in particular...

... Validation testing of the subsea equipment designed for HPHT applications using external pressures due to the hydrostatic head can be a challenge. This paper presents the tests performed to validate the design methods proposed in OTC-27891-MS. Use of a seawater hydrostatic head enables 15,000...

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... External pressures due to hydrostatic heads on subsea equipment which fall under API SC 17 can now be accounted for in the equipment design and rating as a depth-adjusted working pressure (DAWP) with design guidelines from the recently published API 17 TR 12. This can be beneficial...

... equipment – such as dredges, pumps, or subsea hydraulic power units – requires its own dedicated power, control lines, and topside equipment. This paper explores the ways and means of expanding existing ROV technology to enable driving additional subsea equipment using ROV umbilical power. The discussion...

... This paper presents an overview of API 17 Technical Report TR12: Consideration of External Pressure in the Design and Pressure Rating of Subsea Equipment, a technical report prepared by a work group under the auspices of the API Subcommittee 17 (API SC17). This subject is of significant interest...

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... documents. API 17TR8 contains detailed guidelines on new design methodology, material property requirements, design validation testing, and special requirements for seals and fasteners when considering the effects of HPHT wellbore fluids passing through subsea equipment. division 2 design guideline...

... of this paper is to share the experience gained while working on these challenges and to summarise the main challenges with respect to cost, technical and safety, and to provide an overview of our experience from extending the life of the existing subsea equipment beyond the original design brief. This includes...

... Abstract The current API standards and technical reports for Subsea Equipment which fall under API SC 17; especially relevant to Subsea Trees and Wellheads; do not particularly provide the design methods for Extreme and Survival load conditions. As the industry continues moving forward...

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... Abstract A current challenge in the oil industry is the design of subsea equipment for pressures more than 15000 psi and temperatures more than 250°F. This combination of pressure and temperature has been fairly accepted as the start of the HPHT region. Current standard, American Petroleum...

... include the high cost of subsea inspection and the limited inspection intervals available. Inspections provide a snapshot of the structural health of the system. Integrity management practices in deepwater fields rely heavily on general visual inspection of subsea equipment. Remotely operated vehicles...

... Abstract This paper presents a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) approach for characterizing thermal performance of subsea equipment. With the CFD approach proposed, local convective coefficients between the subsea equipment and surrounding seawater are numerically determined in a coupled way...