Subsea Production Systems

Subsea Forum - Young Engineers Day

Paris, 13th June 2007

Paul Betteridge
Subsea Business Development Director
Agenda
Typical Subsea Development Overview
• The Building Blocks
Subsea Xmas Trees
• Overview
• Conventional Dual Bore
• Horizontal
Production Control Systems
• System Overview
Manifolds
• Overview
Connection Systems
Questions

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Subsea Development Overview

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 Host Facility The Building Blocks

Flowline
Dual Jumper
Flowlines

PLET
Well
Main #1 Manifold #1
Umbilical Dual
Flowlines
SDU Well PLET
#2
Well
SUTA #3 Manifold #2
In-field
Well Slot
Umbilical
#4
Pigging
SDU
Loop
EFL/HFL
(typ.)

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Exploration and Production Frontier

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Xmas Trees

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Xmas Tree Overview
Provides a pressure containing method to safely cap
the Well via its interface with the subsea Wellhead

Xmas Tree features:

• Control, monitor and condition either produced or injected media.
(Designs for either 5000, 10000 or 15,000 psi wp)
• Provides normal and failsafe methods of shutting the Well at the mudline
• Provides a interface to re-enter the Well at any time during the life of the
field
• Provides a platform/interface from which to monitor down hole pressure
temperature or ‘smart well’ systems & applications
• Provides a platform/interface from which to inject chemicals either down
hole or at the Xmas Tree
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Subsea Production Systems
Tree Systems
Horizontal Tree
Deepwater

Dual Bore Tree

Diverless

Dual Bore Tree

Deepwater

Mono Bore Tree Mono Bore Tree

Shallow Water Deepwater

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Horizontal vs Conventional Tree
= Gate Valves

Tree Cap Tree Cap

Crown Plugs
Tubing Hanger
Master Valve Block
Treehead

Tree Connector
Tree Connector

Tubing Hanger
Wellhead

Wellhead

Horizontal Tree Conventional Tree

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Controls

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Subsea Production Control Systems
Multiplexed Electro-hydraulic Control Systems
Control system fully integrated with
host facility
Deepwater diver less intervention
(retrievable)
Fieldbus comms and instrument
architecture
Long Offset (200km +)
Qualified to 3000m Water depth
Combined or separate comms and
power
Intelligent (smart well) Completion
interfaces
Optional Fiber Optic comms
HP/HT compatible

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Subsea PCS Functional Requirements

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System Overview - Topsides
Topside Equipment

• Master Control Station Pump

control ESD
• Hydraulic Power Unit panel UPS PSD

• Methanol / chemical Chemical

injection skids Injection
Skid PC
MCS
• Accepts platform ESD
Methanol Chemical
signals Injection
Skid Electrical
• Topside Umbilical Methanol
Cables
HFS
Termination Unit PJB

Hydraulic
HPS

Umbilical

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 System Overview - Subsea
Subsea Equipment
Electrical Hydraulic/
• Umbilical Termination Umbilical Chemical Umbilical Manifold
Termination
Assembly Assembly
• Control Pod on Tree /
Manifold
Subsea Tree
• Readback of pressure /
Subsea
temperature / choke Control
position / downhole data Module

Hydraulic Flying
lead

Electrical
Flying Lead

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Master Control Station
Typical well page on MCS

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Manifold Systems

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Subsea Manifold Systems
A large variety of Subsea Manifold configurations,
based on standard building blocks:
Template Manifolds
Cluster Manifolds
Internal or External Pigging Loops
Vertical or Horizontal Jumper Connections
Skirt, Monopile or Suction Anchor Foundations
Moonpool Installable Manifolds
Pipeline End Manifolds (PLEM), Pipeline End
Terminations ( PLET) and Riser Bases
5, 10 or 15k Pressure Ratings
Insulation Systems to meet Flow Assurance
requirements
Distribution System based on hard piped,
multibore connections or ROV Jumpers
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Product Overview / Key Features
Foundation Structures
Seven Heads
Piles – not very commonly
used. Special equipment
needed during installation .

Mudmat – Hard to medium

soil conditions. Large areas
required, high slamming
loads in splash zone.
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Product Overview / Key Features
Foundation Structures (cont’d)
Suction Pile, robust foundation concept from
soft to “ultra soft” soil conditions (typical West
Africa).
Guide mast on suction pile interfaces centre
column on manifold.

Levelling possible by adjustment of

position of guide cone
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Product Overview / Key Features
Foundation Structures (cont.)
Suction Piles (Lobito)

Suction Pile (Bonga)

PLEM Foundation Kuito 1B

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Product Overview / Key Features
Production Templates
Wellheads w/trees and Cost effective; infield jumpers
manifold located on one not required, connection
common foundation between tree and manifold
structure. normally through a Choke
Bridge Module.

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Connection Systems

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Connection Systems
Main type of connectors
Collet Mandrel (dogs) Clamp

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Connection Systems
Subsea connection systems
Subsea Connection Systems features
diverless connectors and tooling
systems for most applications:
Rigid Jumpers and Tie-in Spools
Flexible Flowlines
Umbilicals
Single bore and Multibore Hubs
Clamp, Mandrel and Collet Connectors
Horizontal and Vertical Configurations
Subsea Winch Systems
Stab & Hinge Over Systems
ROV Jumper / “Flying Lead” Systems
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Vetcogray Experience –
Subsea Production Systems

Subsea Trees – 900 (300 pcs

Horizontal & 600 pcs Conventional)

Subsea Controls – 500 pcs

Subsea Manifolds – 80 pcs
Subsea Connections 1000
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Questions?

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Thank YOU for attending!