Analysis LED Design in Subsea Engineering

Abstract

This article highlights some of the analysis challenges, which must be resolved, such as the examples of complex subsea equipment analyses conducted on trees and manifolds, and a vision for the future as it pertains to modeling and simulation in the context of an analysis-led design {AQ: Some edits are made in this sentence, “This article…led analysis.”. Please check and correct if necessary.}. This is just one roadmap that can have a profound impact on innovation within the Oil & Gas Industry, especially, for subsea and onshore production equipment and systems engineering. The advantages of optimization in design, especially in the early up-front engineering stages, can be best illustrated when designing a heat exchanger. While technical challenges still exist with respect to developing more accurate models, whether fluid, structural, acoustic, magnetic or multiphase flow models for boosting pumps, for subsea applications, the concept of using analysis led design methods in the up-front engineering phase has been well proven in many industries. The challenge still lies in gaining its acceptance as a routine practice for offshore and onshore applications to increase engineering efficiency.