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RESEARCH ARTICLE (Non peer reviewed)

SEAR JIP: the value of sharing of lessons learned on subsea integrity and reliability

Adriana Botto
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Wood Group House, 432 Murray Street, Perth, WA 6000, Australia. Email: Adriana.Botto@woodplc.com

The APPEA Journal 59(2) 767-769 https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ18103
Accepted: 7 March 2019   Published: 17 June 2019

Abstract

The award-winning Subsea Equipment Australian Reliability (SEAR) Joint Industry Project (JIP) is a partnership led by Wood and has participation of a group of OGAS Operators namely Chevron Australia, ConocoPhillips, Inpex, Quadrant, Shell Australia and Woodside. Now delivering Phase 6, the JIP is focused on collaboration and knowledge sharing, so as to improve the competitiveness of Australia’s oil and gas sector by addressing critical challenges associated with equipment that is failing prematurely subsea. The SEAR JIP was initiated in 2014 and has since developed a reliability database to collect failure information from SEAR members with Australian offshore operations. The SEAR database provides a low cost–high value method of capturing and sharing failures and lessons learnt for Australia. Over the years, the JIP has focused on different but common industry challenges, such as the impact of marine fouling affecting operability during interventions. To address this challenge, the JIP is deploying ‘living laboratories’ at different geographical locations and water depths across various Australian waters, in collaboration with suppliers and local universities to identify game-changing technology. The ability to better understand failures and intervention requirements has the potential to offer operators significant cost savings, by optimising equipment reliability and availability. This paper will provide an overview of SEAR JIP and outlines lessons learned and value created, and discusses how a similar collaborative approach can create value in other parts of the Australian LNG value chain.

Keywords: Australian waters, calcareous deposits, equipment reliability, living laboratory, marine fouling.

Adriana has over 15 years of technical leadership experience working with integrity management. Adriana has extensive experience developing strategies and driving and facilitating collaboration for impact. She has worked for Wood since 2006, where she has been responsible for various technical and management roles over the years, including Americas’ VP for the SURIFIM department. She has gained considerable experience by managing strategic Joint Industry Project, including the global SURF Integrity Management Network and the SEAR JIP in Australia. Prior to joining Wood, Adriana worked with Petrobras where she was a member of the Integrity Management Group. Adriana has a Master’s Degree in Ocean Engineering from COPPE/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Adriana has published numerous papers at leading offshore conferences, such as OTC, OMAE and DOT.