Operations and maintenance of oil and gas platforms under Arctic conditions
Master thesis
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Sammendrag
In the Master thesis presented here, operations and maintenance challenges for offshore
oil & gas (O&G) industry in Arctic regions shall be discussed.
As oil prices remain on a high level Arctic oil and gas becomes more interesting. The
higher price level allows for development of fields in this challenging remote environment.
Understanding the environmental conditions is the key for successful projects. As
there is still a lack of experience with equipment in these regions, maintenance of offshore
oil and gas platforms will face many challenges. The cold and harsh climate, the
remoteness, the poorly developed infrastructure and many other factors require new
designs with optimal performance for these conditions.
In the first part of this thesis, a general overview of the Arctic development shall be
given. This part is followed by a discussion about challenges that developments will
face in the Arctic will be discussed. Here especially the cold weather influence, remoteness
and other factors are discussed in depth. In the third main part, maintenance of
equipment shall be discussed under an Arctic perspective. Emphasis will be put on the
selection of an appropriate maintenance strategy, the design for human factors/ ergonomics
and the design for performance and availability. In the last part, the Goliat offshore
platform will be presented as an industry example. Some of the winterization
measures will be discussed.
Beskrivelse
Master's thesis in Offshore Technology