VISUAL ENGINEERING Subsea Valley Conference, 3 April 2014 (Prepared for sharing)

SPEAKER Stein K. Vik, CEO & Founder +47 99 57 57 86 stein@xvision.no

COMPANY INTRO Knowhow & Technology

Xvision contributes with knowhow and technology in some of the most advanced offshore and subsea oil & gas projects around the world, by providing visualization for better understanding, communication and decision-making.

Established in 1999 Consulting & product company based in Oslo, Norway Offshore & Subsea is part of our DNA

Field proven track record with hundreds of projects world wide.

PROUD SUPPLIER TO GREAT COMPANIES

...and many more

VISUAL ENGINEERING Seeing is believing

COMMON PROJECT CHALLENGES • Complex projects, even the small ones • Multiple companies involved • Geographically dispersed project teams • Multi-national and multi-cultural project teams • Few standards • Budget control - time and cost • Communication – Communication - Communication

AKER SOLUTIONS The Reliance project Visually backed discussions at every stage

VISUALIZATION FOR LIFE CYCLE INFORMATION (LCI)

From early concepts to final documentation.

DELIVERABLES - in the Aker Reliance Project

Field layouts, Stack-up posters, Handbooks, Interactive presentations, Project presentation, as-built doc and animation films for training

VISUAL ENGINEERING - huge cost saving potential Errors identified and corrected in the early stages of the project: • ROV access • Collision detection • Equipment Interfaces • Etc. Cheaper to uncover errors with Visual Engineering and visualization, than in fabrication or when trying to install it offshore…

VISUAL ENGINEERING - from feed to engineering, to fabrication, installation and operations

• Allowing fact-based “What-if?” discussions at every stage. • Encourages to participation and discussions, helping

finding the best solutions. • Result? Better decision-making throughout the project’s life

cycle

VISUAL ENGINEERING - in practice Most customers choose to sign an NDA and a call-off contract, as it gives the project flexibility and low-threshold to use Visual Engineering when required. Xvision rep. participates in product or project meetings, visualizing: • Status • Progress • Suggestions • Decisions Xvision leverages its experience, 3D model database and technical understanding, The focus is to communicate and get agreement across language, cultural and discipline boundaries. Visuals are built to suit the forum either technical or more commercial and the level of detail necessary to gain agreement.

ACCURATE But without unnecessary details.

VISUAL ENGINEERING - support for Lundin Norway

CASE • Find optimal positioning for the jack-up rig • Goal: the rig to be moved only once for reaching all 4

well heads

BETTER UNDERSTANDING & INCREASED AWARENESS At a lower cost in your project.

FIELD ACTIVITY

PLANNER

«The Field Activity Planner is the next generation visualization tool for project planning. It integrates with the planning tool we use every day»

Arnljot Skogvang, Lundin Norway

FIELD ACTIVITY PLANNER

Timeline visualization of dependencies in work processes in offshore installations and marine operations.

FIELD ACTIVITY PLANNER

Complements the use of Gantt charts, which will still be maintained to plan activities.

FIELD ACTIVITY PLANNER

Brings all project data – assets and activities, both subsea and topside – into an easy-to-understand visualization

FIELD ACTIVITY PLANNER

BENEFITS

• Simplified collaboration • Better decision-making • Reduced risk • Reduced costs

THE ESSENCE OF

VISUAL ENGINEERING Seeing is believing

Knowhow I Experience Technology I Products From early concepts to completion. Visual Engineering. Xvision.

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