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Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
| Project
Number |
393 |
| Date of Summary |
October 25, 2001 |
| Subject |
Total Lifecycle Cost Model for
Subsea Multiphase Boosting Operations |
| Performing Activity |
Det Norske Veritas (USA) |
| Principal Investigator |
Havard Brandt |
| Contracting Agency |
Minerals Management Service |
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Completion |
August 2001 |
| Description |
In deeper waters, well fluids must travel longer distances
(both horizontally and vertically), to reach offshore treatment facilities.
The ability to boost (or pump) these untreated fluids has the potential to
increase ultimate recovery and accelerate production. Multiphase pumps have
become a mature technology onshore, but there is still little experience
with their use offshore. This JIP was aimed at developing a tool to support
the selection of cost-optimum solutions and maintenance strategies for
subsea multiphase boosting in deepwater. This tool was a probabilistic model
for assessing the reliability-based lifecycle cost for subsea multiphase
boosting in deepwater. The model can be applied to evaluate the cost/benefit
of different systems and maintenance strategies to find the most optimum
solution. |
| Progress |
The project was
completed in August 2001. |
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Reports |
AA
(115 pages)
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Brandt, Havard, et al., Life
Cycle Cost Analysis of Subsea Multiphase Booster Pumps, Det Norske
Veritas(USA), Final Report, December 2001. |
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