Deepwater Field

Typical facts for deepwater facilities

FPSO or Floating platform (limited buoyancy)

- Buoyancy is used to carry riser and mooring weight

- Small or limited receiving capability (process)

- No or limited intervention equipment

Deep Water

- Long risers (risk for severe slugging)

- Long risers (limited thermal insulation)

- Cold temperature at seabed (risk of hydrate, wax, etc.)

Accessibility to seabed and wells

- High well intervention costs (US$/day 600K)

- Focus on high reliability and low maintenance solutions

- Requires good understanding of operability (a lot of simulation)

Loop Configurations

- Complex operational scenarios

- Requires advanced simulations

The typical edpm solution for deepwater production systems includes online monitoring and advisory features as summarised on the right hand side.