Collaborative Mechanisms and Activities to
Progress Industry Required Technology
Development
Dr Patrick O’Brien, FREng
Chief Executive, Industry Technology Facilitator
MCE Deepwater Development Conference, 2015
24th – 26th March, 2015, London
Increasing Value through Industry Collaboration
Why ITF?
Make Technology Impact
and
Bring Innovation to our Members
Current ITF Members
ITF Role
An intermediary that can impact
• Access to Innovation
 SMEs, Entrepeneurs, Universities
• Leverage Funding & Mitigate Risk
• Knowledge Exchange
• Industry Engagement
Operators
• Access and Insight
 Customer validation
• Technology Funding
• IP Protection
Regional Collaboration
linked to global
Challenges, Projects
and Developers
• Global Members
• Active Hubs:
 North Sea
 Arabian Gulf
 Brazil
 Australia
Developers
Service
Companies
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Access to Innovation
Customer Validation
Deployment Mechanism
Industry Engagement
• Challenge Profiling
 Prioritising, articulating and championing
• Technology Profiling
 Landscaping, gaps, road maps
• Facilitating and Portfolio / Programme Management
 Development through to deployment
“Creating Stakeholder Value”
“Focusing on Common Industry Challenges & Opportunities”
ITF Multi-faceted Objectives
(Not just JIPs)
• “..a critical and valued mechanism to execute and deliver collaborative
technology development and deployment for the global oil and gas
industry”
• “.. guiding from development through to deployment, and increasing
technology deployment opportunities…”
• “.. a trusted mechanism to enable innovators access to operators”
• “…providing developers voice of customer validation for technology
needs, thus reducing technology development risk”
• “….linking active regional collaboration with global challenges,
projects and developers”
• “… working on projects that make an impact on the industry”
The Collaborative Technology
Space
New
Frontiers –
few current
solutions
Members
wanting to
demonstrate
there is a
market for
the
technology
Levering
technology
spend where
technology is
an enabler
Fundamental
science &
engineering
methodologies
The
Collaborative
Technology
Space
Technology
Qualification
& Trialling
Improved
design &
analysis
methodologies
Focus on:
• Common industry
challenges
• Pre-competitive
technology
development
Innovation
• Innovation comes with risk
• Mitigate risk through collaboration
• Lever technology budget by sharing cost
• Use ITF Process to fund alternative solutions
– Share outcomes from a group of projects
Potential JIP Models
• Traditional Approach
– SME Developer / Research Institute / University JIP Proposer supported by a
number of Members
– Small, focused, aligned members to drive technology to deployment, if possible
• Network, Information Sharing, Industry Practice JIP
– Wide member participation to achieve buy-in
– Currently setting up Subsea Processing and Heterogeneous Reservoirs
Networks
– Also SURF IM is an ITF Facilitated network
• Service Company Member Led JIPs
– Case A: Operator Member financial support levers significant Service Company
financial investment and provides “Voice-of-Customer” input to mitigate
investment risk
– Case B: Service Company Member introduces SME Project for Operator
Member Support with Service Company Member providing in-kind
implementation support – “Deployment Mechanism”
ITF Theme Activity
2014 Project Launches
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Flow Assurance
Produced Water Treatment
Pipelines
Structural Geology
Geophysics
Cyclone prediction
RIBFAT –
Risk Based
Flow
Assurance
Toolkit;
Phase 2
Osorb® Technoeconomic
evaluation,
design &
construction of
an offshore
Osorb®
regeneration
package
£3.536 million
MOBILEspan –
Modelling &
prediction tool for
mobile seabed &
free span
behaviour Phase 2
ABC –
Answering the
Basalt Challenge;
feasibility Study
QUAFF –
Quantification of
3D Fault Zone
Geometries &
their
incorporation in
modelling
practice
ABOM –
Improvements to
Tropical Cyclone
Forecasting,
North West
Australia
Current Portfolio of 21 Running JIPs
Continuous Circulation System
JIP through ITF
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Continuous circulation of drilling fluid during
drill pipe connection
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Maintains steady downhole pressure
environment particularly beneficial where gap
in pore and fracture pressure gradients is very
narrow
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£1.8m direct member investment through ITF
to Maris International
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Commercialised by NOV now with over 2000
connections in the field by Statoil,
ConocoPhillips and Petrobras
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New JIP Phase to include continuous rotation
and drilling, and to make compact
Full Wave Gamechanger JIP
through ITF
• Joint 3D Inversion of Full Wave Seismic
Data for Advanced Subsurface Imaging
and Hydrocarbon Reserve Mapping
• R&D Team Imperial College London
• £5.0m direct member investment
through ITF
Acoustic
• World class research and advanced
numerical algorithms for industry
application
• Just launched Phase II, with further
£2.5m investment
Elastic
We Have a Plan
• Rolling Technology Plan
– Backed by membership & Industry Review
– Industry relevant and making impact
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Drilling and well construction
Integrity
Enhanced oil recovery
Smart fields
Reservoir Imaging
• Regional Activities
– Australia: Floating Production Systems & Mooring Integrity
– GCC: Development of GCC Technology Roadmap – Strong Subsurface and EOR
Themes
– UK Technology Leadership Board
• Standardised Low Cost Well Construction
• Small Pools
• Asset Integrity
– Brazil: Early Project Launches; Set-up ITF Brazil; Brazil Technology
Roadmap
• Federal University of Paraiba: Produced Water Treatment by Adsorption
• University of Parana: New Technology Multiphase Flow Metering
ITF Proposed Theme Activity 2015
Drilling & Wells
Q4
2014
• Drilling
Improvement
Q3
2015
• Drilling
Technology
Roadmap
Initiative
• Carbonate
Reservoir
Evaluation
• Well Integrity &
Intervention
• Smart Fields
• Subsea Processing
• Drilling & Wells
Technology
• Unconventional
Reservoirs
Facilities &
Process
Decommissioning
• Floating Systems
• Brazil Water
Management
• Subsea Processing
Network pre-kick
off at OTC
• Long Subsea
Tiebacks
• Subsea Power
• PW Management
• Small Pools
Development
Ongoing
Activity
• Ad hoc EOIs
(Q4 2014)
• 7 Calls
(Q4 2014)
• Plugging &
Abandonment
• Deepwater
Production
Challenges
Other
• Ad hoc Call
• Asset Integrity
• Improved
Reservoir Imaging
Q4
2015
Reserve
Topics
• Heterogeneous
Reservoirs
• GCC Roadmap
Subsea
• EOR in Carbonate
Reservoirs
Q1
2015
Q2
2015
Subsurface
• Ad hoc Call
• TCMs
• Cross-Industry (Q4 2014)
Collaboration • Members
Meeting
• Brazil Call for
Proposals
• Ad hoc Call
• Ad hoc EOIs
(Q2 2015)
• Ad hoc EOIs
(Q3 2015)
• TCMs
(Q2 2015)
• Members
Meeting
ITF 2015 Technology Programme (1)
Q1
EOR in
Carbonates
Integrity
Management
Fundamental
research around EOR
mechanisms
Q2
Carbonate
Reservoir
Evaluation
Plugging &
Abandonment
Sub-salt
microbialite
reservoir
characterisation
Attribute workflow
to characterise
karstic reservoirs
Pore pressure
prediction
Inspection &
monitoring techniques
Pipeline corrosion
models and
inspection
Alternatives to
cement plugs
Annulus integrity
assessment before
P&A
Cutting and
disposal techniques
Methods to deal
with downhole
cables
Ad Hocs &
Current calls
60 Ad hoc proposals
received.
8 current calls
Cross Industry
Collaboration
Technology transfer
from other
industries e.g.
defence,
aerospace, nuclear
ITF 2015 Technology Programme (2)
Q3
Well
Integrity &
Intervention
Q4
Improved
Reservoir
Imaging
Extended Reach
Drilling
Drilling
depleted/Abnormal
Pressure Reservoirs
Slender Wells
Improving subseismic detail
Controlled Source
Electromagnetic
(CSEM) and other
non-seismic
geophysical
techniques
Predicting ahead of
the drill-bit
Resolution of
seismic imaging
Smart
Fields
Deepwater
Production
Challenges
Robotics
Subsurface sensors
Smart inflow control
devices
Ad Hocs
2015
Further Ad hoc call
New riser materials
Flow assurance
Artificial lift
Reserve topics – drilling & wells technology, unconventional reservoirs, produced water
management, long subsea tiebacks, subsea power.
We Have a Mechanism
Project Launch Timeline
Topic ID &
Validation
Workshops/
Member
Consultation/
ID Champions
& discrete
workstreams
Proposal Front End
Design
Call For
Proposal
Execution
Developer
submissions/
Due diligence/
Member
Review &
Selection
16 Weeks
Commercial
& Contract
Negotiation
Project
Launch
SURF-IM Network
Subsea Integrity – London October 2014
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Subsea Umbilicals Risers & Flowlines - Integrity Management Network
ITF launched JIP; Wood Group Kenny (WGK) developer
– Operator only forum; Anadarko, BG, BP, Chevron, Eon, ExxonMobil, Hess, Husky
Energy, Maersk, Petronas, Shell, Suncor, Total, Tullow and Woodside
– £15k annual fee, 3 x face-to-face meetings per year
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Purpose:
– Networking, open-sharing, lessons learned database
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Main areas of discussion at Oct 14 meeting:
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Long distance (300km) tiebacks
Flexible flowline upheaval buckling
Life extension of subsea structures
WGK delivered subsea reliability study
Enhanced asset integrity using Robotics/AI
Subsea Control Module reliability
SURF-IM Network
Activities
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Subsea Control Module reliability viewed as an industry systematic problem
with the high failure rate of SCMs creating operational challenges:
– SCM Reliability Survey Report constructed with network member input
– High level findings on failure type:
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32% Analogue Interface
29% Hydraulic Leak
42% Unknown electrical cause of failure
– Aim to improve SCM Reliability for new build, leveraging brownfield experience and
lessons learned
– Proposed Action: Engage with SCM vendors, initiate dialogue, align and set
realistic goals
– The expectation is that vendors will take ownership and work with operators to
evaluate process and propose improvement opportunities
– Next steps:
• Invite vendors to participate workshop to discuss SCM reliability issues
• Propose launch of a SCM Reliability JIP
* Results presented with the kind permission of WGK from a survey
conducted by WGK with SURF IM network members.
Subsea Processing
ITF Trusted Technology Network
• Trusted Technology Network Objective;
– To move the industry forward in the area of Subsea Processing by
facilitating the development and implementation of Subsea Processing
technology.
• Why?
– Limited uptake of Subsea Processing technology.
– Confidence in reliability and perceived high risks of implementing
Subsea Processing technology.
– Address causes of high qualification and testing costs.
ITF Subsea Processing Network
Scope of Activities
Facilitate Access to
Onshore SS Test
Facilities
SSP Reliability
Issues
SSP
Qualification
Issues
Shared SSP
Lessons
Learned
INPUTS
Subsea
Processing
Network
Activities listed here are
suggestions based on
workshop discussions;
potential network
participants views are
sought.
API 17Q
Completion to
Improve
Qualification
Processes
Identification of
Potential Vendor
Solutions
Facilitate Access to
Pilot Fields for
Testing
ACTIVITIES
• Moving the SSP
Industry
Forward
• Driving
Technology
Developments
Forward
• Understanding
& Reducing
Implementation
Risks
• Improving
Member
Understanding
& Competence
BENEFITS
ITF & IntecSea
Contribution & Activities
Contribution
Activities
ITF Membership
Deep Technical expertise
Promote network concept to
membership
Secure participants and establish
contractual arrangements
Ability to initiate collaborative
activity
Industry insight & understanding
of needs
Trusted neutral industry partner
Subject Matter Expert (SME)
resources
Define network agenda & scope
Knowledge of industry needs
Strong industry network &
reputation, including active
participation in Deepstar, MPUR,
RPSEA, SUT, API & SPE initiatives
Organise & administer network
activities including meetings
Identify relevant 3rd party
contributors to technical content
of meetings
Project management resources
Vendor & technology “neutral”
Prepare & deliver output from
meetings and other activities
Facilitate representation of
Network members views on
relevant industry committees
Identify, promote and pursue
opportunities for spin-off activity,
including JIPs
Promote network concept to
industry
Work with ITF to define
appropriate and relevant agenda
items
Direct contribution to technical
content by SMEs
Subsea Water Injection & Treatment
Challenge
• Challenge:
– Increase in produced water in late field life
– Limited topsides water handling capability
• Solution
– Separate water subsea and re-inject (PWRI: Produced Water Reinjection)
• Benefits
– Less energy and infrastructure (pipelines and risers) pumping water
topsides
– Reduced back pressure on wells thus increasing recovery
– Enabling new tie-ins for marginal and brownfield developments
• Subsea Challenge
– Continuous monitoring of water quality subsea for discharge into reservoir
or environment
• NEL are working on this problem
– Cost effective subsea water separation for marginal, shallow water North
Sea developments
Conclusions
• ITF are and effective mechanism
for collaboration on technology
development and implementation
• Industry can drive our agenda to
maximise impact
• Case studies demonstrate
outcomes
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