..., understanding how, when and where hydrate formation occurs are important factors in developing the hydrate management strategies. This paper addresses the hydrate management strategy in one of the subsea developments in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The effects of salinity, water cut, and amount of methanol...

..., installation, and operation of subsea pipeline systems. flexibility smaller pipeline midstream oil & gas subsea development canyon multidiameter piggability diameter requirement upstream oil & gas functionality intervention field architecture module offshore technology conference...

... opportunities, but also allowed for the sanctioning of the Mars B subsea development with only one penetration into each of the newly discovered fields. The seismic-to-well ties had an excellent match and instilled high confidence in our seismic interpretation and geologic modeling which enabled Shell...

..., BP will be leveraging its learnings from its earlier successes in subsea developments dating back to the first subsea development the 1970s. Since that time, BP has developed over 180 subsea wells which are currently producing approximately 800,000 bpd of oil and gas, with the number of wells...

... application of large copper subsea power cables in ultra deep water. This work resulted in an optimized umbilical and subsea distribution design incorporating both traditional electro hydraulic control elements and multiple HV transmission circuits that can be used as a model for similar subsea developments...

... be applied to optimize subsea reliability, design and intervention planning. Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has successfully applied detailed simulation modeling techniques within a risk based approach to optimize subsea developments. DNV has supported operators with the following: Estimates for the reliability...

... to satisfy other drivers. The ‘best’ solution does require knowledge and definition of what is considered of most value to the project whilst managing CAPEX and lowering risk. Given that, for a Greenfield subsea development, approximately one third of the CAPEX is associated with the SURF (subsea umbilicals...

... demand for new production, the offshore industry is facing an upsurge in the need for fasttracked subsea developments in increasingly challenging situations. In order to understand the true nature of the issues facing the offshore industry as it wrestles to cope responsibly with this demand...

.... This methodology was applied to a subsea development in the vicinity of the proposed Princess Field in the Mississippi Canyon Protraction Area, northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Results of the work were used help select the location of development infrastructure within a narrow swath close to the seafloor faults...

... making process when evaluating subsea developments. Introduction The increase in deepwater development has had a significant impact on overall GOM production. While the shallow-water GOM oil production generally has declined over the last decades, deepwater GOM oil production has more than offset...

... to support their undertakings. upstream oil & gas software engineering strategic planning and management reliability subsea development gulf development team cost savings expertise subsea system hardware installation time installation standardization project management offshore...

..., advancements and lessons learned since Shell's first deepwater subsea development in the early 1990's will be reviewed. Also addressed are significant technology andimprovement areas. The creation of a group to specifically focus on the umbilical and subsea distribution system has resulted in a unique team...

... and manufacturers to look for new cost efficient solutions without compromising safety, property or the environmental issues. maintainability subsea system availability ram analysis reliability intervention component failure subsea development illustration information revenue reliability data...

... Abstract This paper will provide an overview of the delivery from concept into production of subsea portion of the Foinaven and Schiehallion developments, BP Amoco's first deepwater projects West of Shetland. The paper will outline some of BP Amoco's previous experience of subsea developments...

... Abstract BP Exploration's Pompano subsea development, in 1865 ft of water uses a subsea production system to produce oil to a host platform 4.5 miles away. This paper describes the well construction and completion design for a template/manifold Through Flowline (TFL) subsea oil production...

... to the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Of particular interest is the development of a range of system level philosophies based on recent and ongoing experience from the operators and vendors. Introduction Three subsea system scenarios are addressed for deepwater subsea developments in the Gulf of Mexico. Each system...

... contributed to the need for an extensive system testing program to verify the interaction between all the various interfaces. pompano subsea development procedure engineer subsea system punch list testing program installation execution interface personnel equipment contractor project team...

... and that the development schedule could be accelerated. Project Overview The Sea star Project is a two well subsea development located in Garden Banks Blocks 70 & 71 approximately 120 miles south of Cameron Louisiana (figure 1). The water depth at the well location is approximately 750 feet and the blocks arc 12...

..., and are the catalyst for vendors to develop rental tooling pools. Introduction Subsea developments are now a widely accepted method of field development and the technology can be regarded as mature, rather than still emerging. in recent years, many papers and discussions have taken place on the benefits...

... for subsea units to two satellite installations connected to the Sleipner A facilities. This involves six and two templates, hooked up to the Statfjord C and Sleipner A platforms, respectively, totalling 25 Xmas trees. The SSP is Statoil's third subsea development, following Gullfaks (1986) and Tommeliten...