Subsea Europe 2008 Drummond Lawson October 2008 intervention.pdf · Lightweight Subsea Well...

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Doing More With Lightweight Well Intervention Drummond Lawson Managing Director Subsea Europe 2008 London, 30 th October 2008

Transcript of Subsea Europe 2008 Drummond Lawson October 2008 intervention.pdf · Lightweight Subsea Well...

Page 1: Subsea Europe 2008 Drummond Lawson October 2008 intervention.pdf · Lightweight Subsea Well Intervention ... coil tubing riser system for new Well Ops intervention vessel, Well Enhancer

Doi

ng M

ore

With

Lig

htw

eigh

t W

ell I

nter

vent

ion

Dru

mm

ond

Law

son

Man

agin

g D

irect

or

Sub

sea

Eur

ope

2008

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Page 2: Subsea Europe 2008 Drummond Lawson October 2008 intervention.pdf · Lightweight Subsea Well Intervention ... coil tubing riser system for new Well Ops intervention vessel, Well Enhancer

Wha

t Is

It?

Ligh

twei

ght S

ubse

a W

ell I

nter

vent

ion

(LS

WI)

•R

e-en

terin

g ex

istin

g su

bsea

wel

ls u

sing

sm

all,

light

wei

ght

pres

sure

con

trol

eq

uipm

ent d

eplo

yed

from

a lo

w c

ost

reas

onab

ly s

mal

l ves

sel.

•In

terv

entio

n ca

n be

for

mai

nten

ance

, re

pair,

pr

oduc

tion

enha

ncem

ent

or a

band

onm

ent

•U

sual

ly r

iser

less

(R

LSW

I), c

an b

e w

ith r

iser

to

sur

face

for

coil

tubi

ng (

LSW

I)

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Brie

f His

tory

of L

SW

I

•R

iser

less

Lig

htw

eigh

t S

ubse

a W

ell I

nter

vent

ion

(R

LSW

I) o

rigin

ally

pat

ente

d by

BP

ear

ly 1

980s

(p

aten

t allo

wed

to

laps

e)

•F

irst o

pera

tion

in 1

987

in N

orth

Sea

•C

amco

/ Sch

lum

berg

er /

Wel

l Ops

sys

tem

s / h

isto

ry

incl

ude

over

400

RLS

WIs

to d

ate

•F

MC

his

tory

incl

udes

app

rox

50 R

LSW

Is to

dat

e

•T

SM

arin

e/ W

ell O

ps h

isto

ry in

clud

es 7

to d

ate

•O

cean

eerin

ghi

stor

y in

clud

es 1

to d

ate

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Wha

t Can

You

Do

With

It?

•R

LSW

I ena

bles

:

-R

unni

ng a

nd p

ullin

g pl

ugs

-S

tatic

and

dyn

amic

logg

ing

-R

e-pe

rfor

atin

g

-M

anip

ulat

ion

of d

ownh

ole

com

plet

ion

com

pone

nts

-In

stal

latio

n / l

ock

out o

f saf

ety

valv

es /

stor

m c

hoke

s

-G

as li

ft re

conf

igur

atio

n

-S

ubse

a tr

ee d

eplo

ymen

t / c

hang

eout

(ver

tical

onl

y)

-B

ull h

eadi

ng o

f stim

ulat

ion

fluid

s in

to w

ell

Page 5: Subsea Europe 2008 Drummond Lawson October 2008 intervention.pdf · Lightweight Subsea Well Intervention ... coil tubing riser system for new Well Ops intervention vessel, Well Enhancer

Lim

itatio

ns o

f LS

WI

•R

LSW

I is

gene

rally

acc

epte

d in

the

Nor

th S

ea a

nd is

ga

inin

g ac

cept

ance

glo

bally

•R

LSW

I lim

ited

to w

irelin

e an

d el

ectr

ic li

ne s

ervi

ces

and

pum

ping

jobs

•R

ecov

ery

of d

ropp

ed w

irelin

e to

olst

rings

a c

once

rn t

o m

any

oper

ator

s in

tigh

t rig

mar

ket

•D

eman

ds fo

r co

il tu

bing

ser

vice

s fr

om s

mal

ler,

low

er

cost

ves

sels

are

incr

easi

ng w

hich

is m

uch

mor

e co

mpl

ex a

nd r

equi

res

new

tec

hnol

ogie

s

•N

o on

e ha

s be

en d

eepe

r th

an 4

30m

sub

sea

yet

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So

Wha

t’s N

ew?

•E

arly

sys

tem

s lim

ited

to s

hallo

w w

ater

(<

100m

) w

irelin

e w

ith d

iver

ass

ist

•La

ter

syst

ems

enab

led

elec

tric

line

and

ope

rate

d de

eper

and

div

erle

ss(<

600m

)

•O

pera

tors

now

und

erst

andi

ng p

oten

tial o

f RLS

WI a

nd

dem

andi

ng d

eepe

r w

ater

ops

•W

ell c

ondi

tions

now

dem

andi

ng c

oil t

ubin

g op

s

•La

rge

num

ber

of p

urpo

se b

uilt

inte

rven

tion

vess

els

com

ing

to m

arke

t 200

8 to

201

1

Page 7: Subsea Europe 2008 Drummond Lawson October 2008 intervention.pdf · Lightweight Subsea Well Intervention ... coil tubing riser system for new Well Ops intervention vessel, Well Enhancer

Sub

sea

Inte

rven

tion

Ves

sels

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10

Business Segments

Business Segments

Business Segments

Business Segments

Dril

ling

Inte

rven

tion

Offs

hore

Sup

port

Cha

rter

/Log

istic

s, A

ngol

a

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Sho

rt T

erm

Cha

lleng

es

•U

mbi

lical

str

engt

h, le

ngth

and

dec

k sp

ace

limita

tions

•C

ontr

ol s

yste

m d

evel

opm

ent

•D

eplo

ymen

t an

d re

cove

ry t

echn

olog

ies

•Li

ghtw

eigh

t ris

er /

alte

rnat

ives

to

riser

–to

ena

ble

deep

wat

er c

oil t

ubin

g

•D

evel

opm

ent

of k

ey e

nabl

ing

tech

nolo

gies

pur

pose

de

sign

ed f

or li

ghtw

eigh

t in

terv

entio

n•

Com

mitm

ent f

rom

ope

rato

rs to

sup

port

, tria

l and

use

ne

w t

echn

olog

ies

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Whe

re D

oes

Lew

is F

it In

?

•A

sub

sea

engi

neer

ing

com

pany

with

spe

cial

ist

expe

rtis

e in

LW

SI t

echn

olog

y

•D

evel

oped

som

e of

the

first

pur

pose

des

igne

d en

ablin

g te

chno

logi

es f

or L

WS

I

•D

esig

ned

and

curr

ently

bui

ldin

g th

e fir

st fu

lly

engi

neer

ed L

WS

I coi

l tub

ing

riser

sys

tem

for

new

W

ell O

ps in

terv

entio

n ve

ssel

, Wel

l Enh

ance

r

•R

iser

sys

tem

inco

rpor

ates

firs

t app

licat

ion

of L

ewis

‘V

ery

Hig

h A

ngle

Em

erge

ncy

Dis

conn

ect’

tech

nolo

gy.

Page 11: Subsea Europe 2008 Drummond Lawson October 2008 intervention.pdf · Lightweight Subsea Well Intervention ... coil tubing riser system for new Well Ops intervention vessel, Well Enhancer

Ligh

twei

ght

Sub

sea

Wel

l Int

erve

ntio

n is

fast

bec

omin

g a

spec

ialis

t di

scip

line,

inde

pend

ent

of d

rillin

g, c

ompl

etio

ns

and

aban

donm

ents

.

Whe

re D

oes

Lew

is F

it In

?

Ligh

twei

ght S

ubse

a W

ell I

nter

vent

ion

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Lew

is T

echn

olog

y D

evel

opm

ents

Em

erge

ncy

Dis

conn

ect P

acka

ge Firs

t del

iver

y Q

1 20

09

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Ver

y H

igh

Ang

le E

DP

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•E

nabl

es r

iser

less

fis

hing

ops

•E

nabl

es lo

w c

ost c

oil t

ubin

g op

s

•D

esig

ned

for

guid

elin

eles

sop

s

•D

esig

ned

to b

e ro

bust

•D

esig

ned

to b

e lig

htw

eigh

t

•D

esig

ned

for

long

evity

•D

esig

ned

for

ease

of m

aint

enan

ce•

Des

igne

d w

ith in

here

nt r

edun

danc

y

Pur

pose

Des

igne

d M

ulti-

Fun

ctio

n R

SW

I Con

nect

or

The

LE

WIS

SLI

C

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The

LE

WIS

SLI

C

Mod

ular

for

ea

se o

f m

aint

enan

ce

Sta

ckab

le

Page 16: Subsea Europe 2008 Drummond Lawson October 2008 intervention.pdf · Lightweight Subsea Well Intervention ... coil tubing riser system for new Well Ops intervention vessel, Well Enhancer

And

The

Lon

ger

Ter

m F

utur

e?

•D

oing

Mor

e W

ithin

Fiv

e Y

ears

–C

oil t

ubin

g in

terv

entio

n fr

om a

mon

ohul

l bec

omes

ro

utin

e an

d ac

cept

ed in

Nor

th S

ea a

nd is

tria

lled

else

whe

re

–R

iser

less

LS

WI a

ccep

ted

and

beco

mes

rou

tine

in

Gul

f of M

exic

o, W

est A

fric

a an

d A

sia

Pac

–D

eepw

ater

RLS

WI i

s pr

oven

and

bec

omes

ava

ilabl

e

Page 17: Subsea Europe 2008 Drummond Lawson October 2008 intervention.pdf · Lightweight Subsea Well Intervention ... coil tubing riser system for new Well Ops intervention vessel, Well Enhancer

And

The

Lon

ger

Ter

m F

utur

e?

•D

oing

Mor

e W

ithin

Ten

Yea

rs

–D

eepw

ater

RLS

WI b

ecom

es r

outin

e fo

r fie

ld

man

agem

ent a

nd m

aint

enan

ce o

f dee

pwat

er w

ells

–C

oil t

ubin

g in

terv

entio

n in

dee

p w

ater

is d

evel

oped

us

ing

light

wei

ght

inte

rven

tion

riser

–R

iser

less

exp

lora

tion

drill

ing

(slim

hol

e) is

tria

lled

for

low

cos

t pro

ving

of s

mal

l hyd

roca

rbon

acc

umul

atio

ns

Page 18: Subsea Europe 2008 Drummond Lawson October 2008 intervention.pdf · Lightweight Subsea Well Intervention ... coil tubing riser system for new Well Ops intervention vessel, Well Enhancer

And

The

Lon

ger

Ter

m F

utur

e?

•D

oing

Mor

e W

ithin

Fift

een

Yea

rs

–D

eepw

ater

RLS

WI b

ecom

es r

outin

e fo

r fie

ld

man

agem

ent a

nd m

aint

enan

ce o

f dee

pwat

er w

ells

–D

eepw

ater

coi

l tub

ing

inte

rven

tion

beco

mes

ac

cept

ed a

nd r

outin

e

–R

iser

less

sid

etra

ckin

g of

pro

duct

ion

wel

ls is

tria

lled

in lo

w p

ress

ure

wel

ls

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