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 of the subsea system of an offshore gas production platform in terms of the several parameters: Production Efficiency, Equipment and System Criticality, Recommendations to achieve specific system availability. The analysis is carried out via the RAM study. Qualitative analysis is undertaken to recognize each failure mode and the consequence of events related to the identification of the critical facilities for the subsea system’s production efficiency. The RBD method is utilized for the quantitative analysis of the system’s reliability. On the basis of the RBD results, the availability and maintainability are assessed using several operating and maintenance strategies. The failure data have been taken from generic references such as the OREDA, NPRD and EPRD Handbooks.