2. • 28 years in the offshore industry
• Stolt Offshore, Deep Ocean, PRS (Pipeline Repair System), Ocean Installer and Technip
Norway.
• Worked on more than 20 odd vessels and platforms/rigs
• 15 years in ROV and project planning/equipment development/coursing.
• 13 years as Offshore Manager and project/equipment/vessel development
• Always gone after interesting projects and equipment developments, this being ROVs,
handling systems, MHS systems and subsea tooling for whatever “impossible” projects that
came up. Åsgard Compression latest project.
• “Dream” about building the perfect vessel with equipment and crew.
• Still amazed by the designs coming onboard and expected to work subsea!
The “NERD” Sveinung Dalen
3. WHAT I HEAR, I FORGET
WHAT I SEE, I REMEMBER
WHAT I DO, I UNDERSTAND
Confucius, 451 bc.
WHY DO SIMULATOR TRAINING &
TESTING ?
Confucius forgot «What I read».
Offshore personell need more involvement than an email with huge documents to read through
to ensure they give their proper feedback-
Especially when they receive such documents while being offshore in 24/7 operations.
4. More efficient operations start with planning and
preparations together with the “DOERS”- not just the
“THINKERS”
FMECAs (failure mode, effect and criticality analyzes)- mostly done without ops-personnel.
Shortcuts are not allowed anymore- MoCs have to be in place.
MoCs can be very time consuming and demand resources from the offshore crew = slowing down ops.
Identify optional work/parallell activities early and before the project is onboard and ongoing.
5. How does your offshore and onshore teams REALLY work and
perform? Have you ever performed a “proper” and “thrutful”
experience feedback session?
Do you USE the experience feedback actively in the next projects
- not many companies do according to my knowledge.
6. How well does your onshore “Technical” department design tools and
solutions - and how well do the offshore crew perform when receiving
tooling and equipment never seen before the mobilization?
Failure in these departments causes “firefighting” offshore on critical time-
this is good fun offshore, but are the most costly “courses” run anywhere.
SIMSEA can arrange «ROV and Subsea tooling courses for dummies». Hydraulic knowledge and experiences are in
particular a «black spot» among the offshore crews as end-users , and for the onshore engineering departments that
designs/buy the tooling to be used.
7. 1. As early as possible in any project- get the offshore crew input into the early phase “brainstorming” to ensure “Keep
it simple/stupid” and avoid “NASA” and “Dinosaur” solutions. Avoid re-inventing the wheel- lots of excellent tooling
are already on the market and even in-house.
2. “Pre-FMECA” on new equipment to be made = save time lost in engineering the wrong&complex solutions not fit for
purpose as end-users are not taking part in the early design phase. This is a never ending story- onshore engineering
companies do not have “end-users” present. Think about robustness, simplicity, access, repair, rescue, spareparts and
weigh this against downtime during operations.
3. Ensure you use your existing assets and on-board equipment to their fullest without major rebuilding- the
possibilities are best known by the users and “nerds” offshore.
4. By using the simulator as a meeting point for testing the suggested solutions- you are at the best place for mixing
offshore and onshore personnel to discuss and finalize solutions.
5. By testing the final procedures & Task plans- with offshore crew and onshore engineers- you avoid stops in the
operations offshore due to MoCs and redesigning complex tooling on deck.
How to improve projects overall execution and
performance?
Work ROVs- with «Belly basket» and without- how come? Pics from the web
8. 1. As early as possible in any project- get the offshore crew input into the early phase
“brainstorming” to ensure “Keep it stupid/simple” and avoid “NASA” and “Dinosaur”
solutions.
2. Ensure you use your existing assets to their fullest without major rebuilding- the possibilities
are best known by the users and “nerds” offshore.
3. By using the simulator as a meeting point for testing the suggested solutions- you are at the
best place for mixing offshore and onshore personnel to discuss and finalize solutions.
4. .
5. By testing the procedures you ensure a confidence in the project and crew that cannot be
achieved by a quick powerpoint presentation during the mobilization. Åsgard compression is
a very good proof on this and saved Statoil/the license huge costs by streamlining the
procedures, tooling and operations. The crew went home beaming with self confidence.
6. In the simulator the operators have a focus on the solutions and tooling of a whole different
level. Tooling design and detailed sequence planning for the operations are tested and
confirmed. Contingency ops and parallel ops identified.
7. Testing procedures by sending them offshore beforehand does not work- the procedures are
skimmed through- very low detail level is achieved this way, while the “devil is in the details”.
8. Teambuilding and establishing personal contact between offshore & onshore personnel.
How to improve projects overall execution and
performance?
Stuck flexible Barracuda connector released from a FPSO offshore, midwinter by ROV, using three
aquajacks
10. Accurate Modelling:
• Extensive 3D model library
• General tools and equipment
• Typical sea beds/offshore fields
• Pipeline Repair Systems
• Ship models
• Tailor made models
• Subsea equipment
• Special tools and subsea tools
• Own vessels
• Scenarios and tasks
12. BUSINESS CASE
The way to win contracts by demonstrating the procedure,
the assets and the crews capabilities, and at the same time
prove that the contingency scenarios are REAL- not a paper
exercise.
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Case 1 Case 2 Case 3
Simulator cost Reduced vessel time
OPERATIONS
SIMULATION
SERVICES
SIMULATION
TECHNOLOGY
13. Simsea has developed such
integrated full scale subsea
simulators.
Design reviews, FMECAs
HAZID/HAZOP/RA can be
performed in Hgsd.
Please, come and visit us in
Haugesund, Norway.
