Asset integrity of deepwater petroleum production facilities

Author

Kusumawardhani, Mayang ; Markeset, Tore

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. & Struct. Eng. & Mater. Sci., Univ. of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway

fYear

2014

Firstpage

117

Lastpage

121

Abstract

Technology developments have made it possible to discover and harvest oil from deepwater reserves, however, maintaining asset integrity of deepwater facilities is not without challenges. This is due to the unique site characteristics and uncertainties in predicting future performances. Based on a literature survey as well as interviews with industrial experts, this paper investigates challenges in the integrity management of deepwater petroleum production assets. A workflow is proposed as a guideline to establish an integrity management plan. In addition, an industrial service strategy will be discussed as an alternative solution to deepwater challenges.

Keywords

asset management; petroleum; production facilities; asset integrity management plan; deepwater facilities; deepwater petroleum production facilities; deepwater reserves; industrial service strategy; technology developments; Inspection; Maintenance engineering; Monitoring; Ocean temperature; Outsourcing; Petroleum; Planning; Service strategy; asset integrity; deepwater operation; industrial services; operation management; supplier selection process;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2014 IEEE International Conference on

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058612

Filename

7058612