How can we improve safety at offshore work sites? INTECSEA's Brian McShane presented recently his thoughts on what digital tools can help improve safety performance at the Trinidad & Tobago Energy Conference.

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Brian McShane
Senior Vice President
INTECSEA
Trinidad and Tobago Energy
Conference
Safety and Asset Integrity in
Deepwater

2. Energy Sector – has greatly improved in safety
performance over the last 100 years.
Deepwater

3. …but how can we achieve zero
incidents, and zero harm for our
people, and for our environment?

4. The Approach –
- Engineer/Design safe systems
- Control and manage with procedures
and protocols
- Embed a safety commitment and culture

5. What’s Different about
Deepwater?
Secret – “there is no difference in
the approach to safety between
deepwater projects and other
projects around the world.”

6.  Simultaneous operations
(SIMOPs) of large marine vessel
in close proximity is a
significant issue
 To date this is managed by
scheduling, sequencing,
preclusion distances, and
positioning monitoring
 The future - digital simulations
and associated risk assessments
Introducing SIMOPS
Deepwater

7. for constructability review
Digital technology is ready for us to take the next
step toward zero incidents.

8. Asset Management - Challenges in the market
Poor/inconsistent
operational data
Budget constraints
Integrating new with
old
Silo approach to asset
improvement

9. The cost of remaining the same
Wrong choice
Risks increased/not
addressed
Failure to deliver full
potential value
Incomplete picture

10. Digital Data Management
• Data Remediation
• Interface Management
• Risk Based Integrity Tool
• Asset Visualisation
• Digital Twin
Asset Integrity
• Free Span Analysis
• Fitness for Service / Direct Assessment
• Life Extension
• Erosion Control
• Riser Integrity Services
• Pressure Relief Systems
Product Optimization
• Integrated Asset Modelling
• Production, Operational &
Maintenance Excellence
• Asset Life Extension
• Remediation Services
• Flow Assurance
Decommissioning
• Late Life Decision Planning
• Environmental Assessment
• Comparative Assessment
• Engineering support
Many offerings now that help achieve safety goals

11. Asset Integrity - Implementation
Asset Based Services – Examples of contract types

12. Life Extension
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Process – A Life Extension assessment takes into account several elements and data sets. Overall it is
a due diligence process that demonstrates the CONDITION of the development and PREDICTS it’s
remaining operating life.

13. Integrity Assurance requires:
New Technologies – Integrity of Flexibles
Deepwater
 Risk-based integrity management and inspection
planning
 Sophisticated Inspection
 Dynamic riser simulation of the damaged system
 Confident predictions of Flexible Operating Life
Flexibles are a complicated layered assembly which are challenging to determine their
operating condition

14. New Technologies - Progressive Inspection
Use of the 3D model
enables easy
navigation to relevant
part of plant
Recorded progress can be entered
directly into mobile device and
uploaded to central database
Visualisation of work
pack status based on
recorded progress

15.  Additive Manufacturing - 3D Printing
 Siemens Gas Turbine blade
 FrontRow printing high nickel alloys for
compact well intervention tools
 Other Industries
 Complex concrete structures – FreeFAB civil
structures
 Fiber Reinforced concrete
 Potential Applications
 Subsea components
 Complex structures
 3D Printing repair systems
New Technology - Manufacturing

16. The Future - A Digital Ecosystem
In the future, we will be building and operating dynamic and
intelligent operations that can interact and suggest ways to
improve their performance.
These intelligent operations and their
ecosystem will be connected seamlessly,
enabling real-time decision making and
more reliable prediction opportunities.

17. Closing Remarks
 Safety and Asset Management are a corner
stone to our industry that enables us to be
successful
 Asset Management is critical to project success
and needs to be part of the development life cycle
 Decommissioning must be included as part of
the project delivery strategy
 Leveraging the Digital World and the continual
progression of Technology applications will
enable our success
 Safety relies on a daily Personal Commitment