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Looking DEEP into the 21st century Evolution of subsea technology
Paul W. White Director – Subsea Technology
GE Oil & Gas
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2012 Subsea Production 9%
Significant growth Opportunity & Technical Challenge
Onshore
Offshore
Subsea
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Subsea
2020 Subsea Production 15%
Deepwater Complex Reservoirs Cost effective Improved Recovery
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• 3000m WD is the new benchmark • DW rigs equipped to drill in 3600m (12,000ft) • Oceanic average depth 4200m • Impacts loads, valve / actuator design,
accumulated power etc.
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• 15,000 psi now • 20,000 psi next • BOP and Wellhead design on-
going
• Beyond 250°F required • Maybe beyond 350°F • Implications for materials • Implications for design
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• Low environmental temperature • Environmentally sensitive • Arctic operations • Leak detection systems • Low temp multiphase transport • Ice interaction with subsea
equipment….
• Increasing offset • Decreasing infrastructure
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Well Intervention
Leveraging new technology to deliver value
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SS Improved Oil Recovery Target
Global average
Typical Subsea Well
Hydrocarbon Recovery Rate %
Subsea Processing
IOR /EOR
+ = 60% Target
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• Subsea intervention is costly difficult in bad weather or under ice…
• Improved reliability delivers significant value
• Assets are ageing
• Sensors, more data enable extended life
• Key is understanding performance and change
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Industrial Revolution
Internet Revolution
Industrial Internet
Trees Manifolds Processing Controls Structured deepwater VT & HT tree systems
World record offset control
Structured manifold systems
Power and Processing systems
Building blocks of highly reliable integrated systems
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7” Large bore gas production System with Choke Bridge Module Enabling LNG production in Asia
Chevron - Gorgon
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Photo: Svein Roger Ivarsen / Norske Shell
GE Scope: Long Stepout Power Supply Switchgear, UPS, Compressor VSD, Pump VSD, BlueC Compressor
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• CFD is in our DNA • Advanced capability • System optimisation • Improved prediction
• Model verification • Flow optimisation • Hydrate management • Predictive modelling
• Design for flow assurance
• Designing for cold flow • Life enhancement • Closing the loop
• More consumers subsea
• More demand for power • Enables SS2B • High Voltage connectors • VSD’s • Pressure tolerant power
components
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Deeper, higher pressure, higher temperature, colder, longer offset, older
Challenging environments
Industrial internet, asset Integrity and condition monitoring
More Sensors, more data
More rotating equipment, longer offsets,
improved recovery More complex machines
Lower temperatures, longer offsets, multiphase transport
Flow assurance challenges
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How do we catch the next wave?
Carry proven design features forward
Inject latest technological advances
Minimize uncertainty
Boost performance
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