Equipment Reliability and Subsea Inspection

14 June 2006 Australasia Branch Evening Meeting

Chairman Cameron Manifold, Advanced Well Technologies Pty Ltd
Sponsored by Advanced Well Technologies (AWT)

Evening meeting report by Martyn Witton

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Subsea inspection utilising both diving and remote vehicle intervention continues to demand accurate and consistent results, dictated by offshore legislation and operator standards.

This meeting's presentations aimed to highlight the development and qualification of a particular piece of subsea technology—the CameronDC system—and a discussion on the inspection equipment, the consequences of equipment failure on intervention operations, the optimisation of inspection equipment and the procedures required to maintain the equipment.

Presentations

CameronDC: Reliability Engineering of the Electric Production System

Andy Cockrell, Subsea Systems Manager, Cameron

Cameron presented an overview of the CameronDC concept showing how the design and development of the electric Xmas tree has been brought though a qualification programme, the steps required to validate the design from concept through to final validation and the reliability benefits expected in using the CameronDC system. 

Equipment Reliability during Subsea Inspection

Mette Fraas Nielsen, Senior Integrity Engineer, Apache Energy Ltd

A systematic approach to identified inspection equipment failure mechanisms and their consequences. Preventative measures—flexible solutions for equipment spread and inspection optimisation.