RAM Study on the Subsea Production System of an Offshore Oil and Gas Platform

摘要

The principal objectives of the study are to quantify the performance ofthe subsea system of an offshore gas production platform in terms ofthe several parameters: Production Efficiency, Equipment and SystemCriticality, Recommendations to achieve specific system availability.The analysis is carried out via the RAM study. Qualitative analysis isundertaken to recognize each failure mode and the consequence ofevents related to the identification of the critical facilities for the subseasystem’s production efficiency. The RBD method is utilized for thequantitative analysis of the system’s reliability. On the basis of theRBD results, the availability and maintainability are assessed usingseveral operating and maintenance strategies. The failure data havebeen taken from generic references such as the OREDA, NPRD andEPRD Handbooks.