Real-time integrity monitoring for oil and gas assets
Michael A. PutrinoXodus Group, Level 5, 1 William Street, Perth, WA 6000, Australia. Email: michael.putrino@xodusgroup.com
The APPEA Journal 60(2) 650-653 https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ19100
Accepted: 14 February 2020 Published: 15 May 2020
Abstract
Integrating design and operating envelopes of an asset with live operations data allows operators to see exceedances in real time and precisely understand the health of their asset. This technology is a direct stem of the rapidly growing digitalisation philosophy of many operators, whereby data that have traditionally been locked in PDF documents, Excel spreadsheets and other silos can be digitised, structured and connected to many different end points. For asset integrity monitoring, this means digitising and integrating design envelopes, data historians, enterprise resource planning systems and calculation tools with a unified front-end visualisation, to display what is really happening on an asset. By integrating and visualising these data sources, it is possible to create a single location for monitoring the health of all operator assets and generating reports for continued assessment. Once established, the platform provides a base for deployment of other intelligent toolkits, such as pattern recognition for valve signature monitoring, or predictive modelling for corrosion management over the life of field. This extended abstract uses a case study to discuss the benefits of standardising the visualisation landscape for monitoring the health of assets, the improvements and efficiencies delivered to the integrity monitoring process, the ability to highlight flaws in the design envelopes, and the engineering required to ensure that the right instrument is monitoring the right equipment.
Keywords: API, asset integrity, data integration, data management, design envelope, digitalisation, historical data, integrity management, operating envelope, PHD, PI system, SAP, structured data, subsea, system integration, virtual metering, visualisation.
Michael Putrino is Xodus Group’s lead in data analytics and digital technology in Australia. He has 15 years of engineering and project management experience in production assurance, process engineering, and subsea and process monitoring. Michael’s experience covers both offshore and onshore environments at various project stages, including operations support back to conceptual engineering. In recent years, he has focused on helping clients integrate their operational data with visualisation platforms, and to use higher-powered analytical tools to get more out of their existing datasets. Mike is an alumnus of the University of Western Australia School of Oil and Gas and has held positions in the UK and Australia with some of the world’s leading energy consultancies. |
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