Research Activities of the Subsea Working Group at the RIO DE UT Endowed Laboratory

摘要

The subsea lines (pipelines, flowlines and risers) are a field proven technology. However, we believe that the innovation in this field can be done by a monitoring system. This system could measure the riser strain, for instance, and assess the fatigue damage.rnAmong the subsea equipment, the WCT is a mature technology with thousands of trees operating worldwide. However, subsea processing system is an incipient technology; the relative high number of abandoned projects show that more development is necessary.rnThe decommissioning is a large market for the next years, especially for North Sea and shallow waters of GoM. But the key word is the low cost. The development of management tools is necessary to keep all cost below the budget.rnLast, the harsh environment of subsea business has changed the scenario of the Industry. Acquisition, merger and alliances were established to assure the cost reduction or enhance the net present value of new offshore projects.