subsea power distribution systems put to the test
the fututre is floating 2021 & beyond
more remote, more data & more autonomy digitalization
the digital oilfieldis closer that you think
Offshore Engineer November/December 2020; Volume 45, No. 6
Contents
Leading Off: Opinion
Biden Administration Can Align with Offshore Energy
Economic recovery. Climate change. Racial equity. COVID-19. These four issues are at the core of President-elect Joe Biden’s Day 1 priorities. Separately, each issue seems like a monumental challenge with no easy solution. But there is a path forward for each priority offered by America’s offshore energy industry.
Digitalization
The Digital Oilfield is Arriving Sooner than We Think
The Coronavirus and a surge of available connectivity means take up of new E&P technologies is stronger than ever
Interview
Hybrid Solutions for OSVs
On the back of a recent deal struck by Norway's Kongsberg Maritime to supply turnkey hybrid battery solutions for three Island Offshore's platform supply vessels, Offshore Engineer has interviewed Geir Oscar Løseth, Kongsberg Maritime's General Manager Sales, Advanced Offerings, to learn more about the push to get more offshore vessels to go hybrid.
Video Interview
ABS Discusses the Value of Digital Twins in the Offshore Sector
While it's barely news anymore that the offshore oil and gas industry has been hit hard by the effects of the global pandemic and a huge drop in oil price, there are some positives to be drawn as well, such as the increasing adoption of digital technologies.
Feature: Offshore Wind
Floating Offshore Wind: OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES
The floating offshore wind industry, still considered nascent - and minuscule compared to the installed capacity of its "older brother, "- that is the conventional, fixed bottom offshore wind industry (29GW at 2019 end) - is showing promise and is expected to take off big time by the end of the decade.
Cover Feature: Subsea Power
Edging towards a SUBSEA POWERHOUSE
The result, following at least two major joint industry projects (JIP) and tens of millions of dollars of investment, is that subsea power distribution is now a ready technology, waiting for its first application.
Remote power, on demand
Taking the power to where you want it is another option – perhaps not for compression or pumping system, but potentially for monitoring, inspection, and even intervention systems, such as resident robotics concepts.
Subsea Brazil
Baker Hughes Flexible Pipe: reinventing the familiar for superior subsea production
In 2017, the Brazil National Petroleum Agency (ANP) issued a failure mode alert: stress corrosion cracking (SCCCO2) triggered by the presence of CO2 in high-pressure pre-salt conditions had been identified as the cause of broken tensile armor wires on a certain flexible pipe installation. Relatively common in other applications where carbon steel is subject to high CO2 concentrations, this failure mode was unknown in flexible pipe – and it presented a major challenge for operators in Brazil’s extensive pre-salt fields.
New Products
Subsea Technologies
The ability to work on the seabed has always been a challenge. These innovators aim to de-risk subsea ops, helping to make them more seamless, efficient and safe.