Effective and Innovative SIMOPS Management: A Key to Minimization of Production Shortfalls Associated to Deep Offshore Subsea and Drilling Brown Field Activities

摘要

By definition Brownfield projects are executed on facilities in production, with inherent risks and constraints. The Deep Offshore dimension increases the complexity of these activities with the construction and installation work carried out on live subsea networks and FPSO’s. Very often with drilling rigs operating on the location and sometimes in parallel with maintenance and integrity works. The key for safe and successful Brownfield activities, minimizing the production losses caused by required shut-downs, goes consequently through a specific management of these Simultaneous Operations (SIMOPS). This paper presents the SIMOPS management principles implemented in TOTAL E&P Angola for Brownfield activities executed on FPSO’s and their subsea network, along with different innovations recently introduced to further optimize the requirement for production shut down.