To compete in today's climate of energy price instability, operators and contractors can benefit from data-driven solutions to increase their operations visibility, optimize lifecycle management and reduce costs of maintaining offshore equipment. Drawing critical insights from operational data is a crucial first step. The cost drivers of offshore drilling can include: (1) unplanned downtime associated with drilling in ultra-deep-water or harsh metocean conditions, such as strong loop currents, and (2) resources spent to transport and inspect riser joints onshore. These factors pose challenges on efficiently deploying and maintaining marine risers over their 20+ year lifespan, while meeting safety and regulatory needs. These factors can also cause riser curvature, hang-off deflections and high tensions at the blowout preventer and wellhead, which impart fatigue loading damage on the equipment.
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