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October November 2014 Underwater Vehicles Positioning UT3 October November 2014 Underwater Vehicles Positioning 1 THE MAGAZINE OF THE SOCIETY FOR UNDERWATERUT2 October TECHNOLOGY November 2014 2 UT2 October November 2014 Contents August September 2014 UT2 October November 2014 Underwater Vehicles Positioning 1 THE MAGAZINE OF THE SOCIETY FOR UNDERWATERUT2 October TECHNOLOGY November 2014 The G1200 vessel working in the Juniper field Image: Technip Vol 9 No 5 Society for Underwater Technology 1 Fetter Lane London EC4A 1BR +44 (0) 1480 370007 Editor: John Howes [email protected] Editorial Assistant: Roland Soup Sub Editor Laura Howes Production: Sue Denham ISSN: 1752-0592 Published by UT2 Publishing for and on behalf of the Society for Underwater Technology. Reproduction of UT2 in whole or in part, without permission, is prohibited. The publisher and the SUT assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material, nor responsibility for content of any advertisement, particularly 3 infringement of copyrights, trademarks, intellectual property rights and patents, nor liability for misrepresentations, false or misleading statements and illustrations. These are the sole responsibility of the advertiser. Opinions of the writers are not necessarily those of the SUT or the publishers. UT2 October November 2014 Contents News 6 Vessels 20 Cables 35 Mooring 40 Positioning 42 Submersibles 58 4 UT2 October November 2014 Safety 30 Trees 32 Positioning 42 Expedition 46 ROVs 50 SUT 74 UT2 University 76 5 UT2 October November 2014 Sapinhoá The FPSO Cidade de Ilhabela has been mobilised prior to starting work on the Sapinhoá (originally called Guará) pre-salt cluster in the Santos Basin. It will be anchored 310km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro in a water depth of 2140m. It will be connected to eight production and News seven injector wells. The vessel is capable of producing up to 150 000b/d oil and compressing up to 6 million m3 of gas. It can store 1.6 million barrels of oil and inject 180 000 barrels of water per day. BHP Billiton and Pemex BHP Billiton has signed a memorandum of understanding The FPSO is owned and will be operated by joint venture (MOU) and cooperation with Pemex for the exchange partners SBM Offshore, Queiroz Galvão and Mitsubishi of technical knowledge, information, experiences and under a 20 year lease contract for Petrobras. practices in activities related to the oil and gas industry. FMC “We see considerable opportunity in Mexico following the FMC Technologies has received an order for five recent economic reforms, and we are excited about the subsea manifolds from Petrobras for its Brazilian pre- extension of the Paleogene play into the Perdido play,” said salt fields. The order represents the balance of the 16 BHP Billiton Petroleum and Potash President, Tim Cutt. subsea manifolds under a frame agreement signed in 2013. In total, FMC has received orders for 19 subsea “Shenzi is an excellent example of what we can do and manifolds for Petrobras’ pre-salt fields. Engineered the deep water capacity we possess within our offshore and manufactured in Brazil, the subsea manifolds are organisation. BHP Billiton’s drilling rig, Deepwater Invictus, scheduled for delivery beginning in 2015. arrived in the Gulf of Mexico in May 2014.” GE Awarded $300M Contract Cameron GE has won a $300 million contract with Petrobras Cameron has selected AUMA as a technology partner in for the first supply of the subsea manifold systems for developing the LEDEEN line of electric actuation offerings Brazil’s pre-salt fields, located offshore in water depths for the worldwide oil and gas industry. up to 2000m (6500ft). This partnership will help complete Cameron’s valve This award includes eight manifolds designed automation actuation product portfolio, providing with retrievable injection modules to allow water- customers with total package solutions, including LEDEEN alternated gas injection for up to four wells and system electric, electrohydraulic, pneumatic, hydraulic, direct gas, integration with subsea controls. The equipment will be gas-over-oil, subsea, and compact actuators. manufactured in Brazil. Acteon Acquires UTEC Aker Acteon has acquired the independent survey services Aker Oilfield Services (AKOFS) has won a 5-year company, UTEC Survey. It generated revenues in excess contract worth US$465 million from Petrobras to provide of $84 million in 2013. subsea intervention services offshore Brazil from the Aker Wayfarer vessel. The contract will start within the The company has said that the acquisition enhances its fourth quarter of 2016. ability to serve tier one contractors and oil companies which require comprehensive external support for The Aker Wayfarer vessel will be outfitted at a yard in their assets in terms of data gathering, analysis and Norway to become a deepwater subsea equipment interpretation, in order to operate competitively in the support vessel (SESV). It will have a fibre-rope integrity and maintenance fields. deployment system, deck skidding systems and a subsea orientation equipment system, allowing it to Xodus Subsea install and retrieve subsea trees and modules, including Saipem has joined forces with Xodus Group and Chiyoda subsea structures and manifolds. to establish a standalone company, named Xodus Subsea, with the objective to support the growing activity in the The Aker Wayfarer will be the second vessel of this type subsea fields development sector. operated by AKOFS in Brazil. The Skandi Santos has performed SESV services successfully for Petrobras Xodus Subsea will provide studies, engineering and since starting operations in March 2010. At the end of consultancy services focusing mainly on the early phase September, AKOFS became part of Akastor. of the projects, such as front end engineering, conceptual studies, and basic design. EMAS AMC EMAS AMC has been awarded a three-year frame Penspen agreement with Apache North Sea for offshore Penspen has acquired the engineering division of DPS 6 construction services. This includes pipeline Group. The acquisition significantly strengthens Penspen’s construction, umbilical/cable lay, structure installation oil and gas process facilities engineering capability, and and other typical related offshore construction services. brings access to the FPSO construction market in Asia For rigid pipeline work EMAS AMC will use their state of Pacific. The purchase includes all DPS engineering staff the art spool base, currently being established at Halsvik based in Singapore and Bristol. in Norway. Last August, EMAS AMC announced a number of project wins worth close to US$110 million, including UT2options. October November 2014 surveillance hours. Real-time condition monitoring. OneSubsea FRIEND: optimizing equipment performance to maximize production As the leader in surveillance and monitoring of subsea pumps for eight years, the OneSubsea™ FRIEND™ Remote Surveillance and Diagnostic System provides real-time AD00642OSS condition monitoring to extend the life of your equipment. Currently, OneSubsea monitors more than 40,000 quality parameters from more than 100 different subsea systems worldwide. Our monitoring portfolio includes pumps and subsea processing systems, subsea trees and production systems, multiphase meters, and swivel and marine systems. Increased availability. Reduced intervention costs. Proven reliability. The FRIEND system enables a proactive service approach to continued optimal equipment performance, 7 improved lifespan and reduced operational costs. Visit www.onesubsea.com/increasedavailability UT2 October November 2014 ONESUB-236_Friend Ad_UT2.indd 1 8/1/14 5:28 PM The scope of work for the projects include the transport and installation of subsea structures in Africa, inspection, maintenance and repair work in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as support services for a deep-water project with an oil major in the Asia Pacific. 2H HMC 2H Offshore has been appointed by Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) to engineer hybrid risers for Total’s Kaombo Block 32 project. HMC, together with consortium partner Technip, were awarded the contract News for the EPCI and pre-commissioning of the SURF scope for the development by Total. Kaombo, located offshore Angola in water depths extending from 1425m to 1925m, will include the Bukit Tua Gindungo, Gengibre, Canela, Louro, Mostarda west and Caril fields tied back to two turret-moored McDermott has been awarded the FPSOs. The selected concept consists of a number of transportation, installation and pre- production loops with one insulated production riser commissioning contract by PETRONAS for the and one non-insulated service riser per field. Water Bukit Tua Development Project in the Ketapang injection risers will also be required. block of East Java, Indonesia. Bukit Tua field is located approximately 21 miles from Madura The project is currently in the detailed engineering Island, in approximately 190ft of water. stage with 2H also contracted to support HMC through the procurement, fabrication and installation phases. “This is the second award we have received related to the Bukit Tua Development this Troubador and Glenlivet year,” said Hugh Cuthbertson, Vice President FMC Technologies has received an order from Total to and General Manager, Asia Pacific. supply subsea systems for its Edradour and Glenlivet fields offshore in the West of Shetland area. “We are currently fabricating the 1212t BTJT-A wellhead jacket at our Batam Island fabrication FMC Technologies’ scope of supply consists of facility in Indonesia, where construction work subsea equipment including manifolds
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