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 andrnconstraints. The Deep Offshore dimension increases the complexity of these activities with the constructionrnand installation work carried out on live subsea networks and FPSO’s. Very often with drilling rigsrnoperating on the location and sometimes in parallel with maintenance and integrity works.rnThe key for safe and successful Brownfield activities, minimizing the production losses caused byrnrequired shut-downs, goes consequently through a specific management of these Simultaneous Operationsrn(SIMOPS).rnThis paper presents the SIMOPS management principles implemented in TOTAL E&P Angola forrnBrownfield activities executed on FPSO’s and their subsea network, along with different innovationsrnrecently introduced to further optimize the requirement for production shut down.