Offshore staff
NEUILLY, France – Bureau Veritas (BV) claims its digital twinning/smart data asset management tool can cut offshore decommissioning costs by 9-15%.
The company’s data, which it has shared with the UK’s Oil and Gas Authority, indicates that the Veristar AIM3D system could save operators more than £2 million ($2.46 million) on project costs for platforms with topsides of 10,000 metric tons (11,023 tons), rising to above £8.5 million ($10.47 million) for topsides up to 40,000 metric tons (44,092 tons).
BV developed Veristar AIM3D with Dassault Systèmes to provide a four-dimensional picture of an asset’s condition instantly, on any platform or device, at any time.
It combines a digital twin of an offshore or marine facility with smart data, and according to the company allows operators to speed up decisions on improving efficiency, safety, integrity, performance, returns on investment, and reducing carbon footprint.
The system, said to provide a mirror image of an asset, is designed to improve work scope definition and execution efficiency while at the same time lowering costs. The increased visibility is also said to support risk mitigation and safety leading potentially to lower insurance premiums.
Bureau Veritas estimates savings from 9% to more than 30% are possible for decommissioning activities ranging from topsides and jacket removal to subsea infrastructure, facilities ‘de-energizing’, operator costs, onshore recycling and site remediation and monitoring.
It has identified 54 North Sea facilities with topsides of 10,000-40,000 metric tons that it believes could benefit from use of Veristar AIM3D to cut decommissioning costs, and 35 others of less than 10,000 metric tons that could benefit in late life operations through to decommissioning phases.
04/21/2020
