Design Class Detail

Pipelines, Flow Assurance and PROJECT Date

Subseas

Capacity

Design Design Class

Item Class 1
General Deploy regional
‘standard’ technology
solution accounting for
early to mid life flow
assurance conditions to
achieve minimum
economic value
Reservoir Designed for P50
Uncertainty and production profile
Chemistry without contingencies
Characteristics for system or field life
uncertainties
Tight range on BfD
parameters
Expandability
Class 2
Selective design upgrading
to meet off-design conditions
or to assure higher
performance and/or
availability
Selective inclusion of mid-life
production chemistry risks in
design
Class 3
Robust design catering
from early to late life flow
assurance conditions with
the ability to
accommodate upside and
future volumes
P10 to P90 subsurface
realizations and
uncertainties accounted
for

Design Design Class

Item Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
Flexibility and No installed facility Some selected ability for Future expansion
Expandability expansion capability expansion considered throughout
design and capability
installed
Capacity Utilization

Design Design Class

Item Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
Availability No sparing, no Some sparing, some 95% to 99%.
redundancy redundancy
Min 75%
Operability and Maintainability

Design Design Class

Item Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
Operability and No operating envelope
Maintainability outside design basis Operating envelope includes
Most operational “what-if”
some selected off-design
Significant operational scenarios designed for
contingencies
response required
Instruments,
Basic pressure, temperature and choke position
Controls, and SMART Well/Field
monitoring
Automation

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