API SUBCOMMITTEE 17 WINTER MEETINGJanuary 2015

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Subsea Industry Standardization Landscape

Terry Cook – API SC17 Vice-Chair

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Industry Standardization Status

Information Courtesy of IOGP(International Association of Oil & Gas Producers – formerly OGP)

Recognition to:• Dave Wilkinson – ExxonMobil• Roald Sirevaag - Statoil

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Industry Standardization Status

• OGP Subsea Installations Taskforce commissioned consultant to assess standardization within the subsea industry.

• The objective was to gain overall picture of ongoing/planned standardization efforts to provide starting point for discussions within the taskforce of initiatives to support and prioritize.

• Did not include API/ISO activity, as IOGP agreed these activities are well-known to most of the task-force members.

Project Description Project Lead Organization

Champion Timeline

UMSIRE (Umbilical Termination SizeReduction) JIP

OTM N/A 2010-15

Subsea Instrumentation InterfaceStandardization (SIIS)

OTM N/A 2007 - Present

Subsea Obsolescence OTM N/A 2009 - Present

Subsea Fiber Optic Monitoring (SEAFOM) Forum

OTM N/A 2006 - Present

MCS-DCS Interface Standardization (MDIS) OTM N/A 2009 - Present

Subsea Wireless Group (SWiG) OTM N/A 2011 - Present

Offshore Leak Detection JIP DnV GL N/A 2014 - Present

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Project Description Project Lead Organization

Champion Timeline

Wet gas ultrasonic flowmeters JIP DnV GL N/A 2014 - Present

System integrity assurance for new technology

Deepstar11904

N/A 2013-14

Standardization of subsea modules andinterfaces

DnV GL Statoil 2014 - Present

Subsea Electrical Power Standardization(SEPS)

OTM Statoil 2010-15

Subsea processing specification andqualification multi-operator survey

OTM PetrobrasShell

2015 +

SAFEBUCK (design guideline to mitigate lateral buckling and pipeline walking)

OTM Atkins 2011-15

Thermoplastic composite pipeline DnV GL Airborne 2015 +

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Project Description Project Lead Organization

Champion Timeline

Pipeline Repair JIP DnV GL N/A Not Started

Design of Pipeline Components JIP DnV GL N/A Not Started

Guideline for installation of rigid andflexible pipes, umbilicals and power cables

DnV GL N/A 2014-15

SafePark JIP (prevent pipeline corrosion during wet park lay-up stage)

Wood Group Kenny

N/A Not Started

Forging material JIP DnV GL N/A 2013-14

Standard for certification of subseaequipment and components

DnV GL N/A 2014?

Advanced Well Equipment Standardization(AWES)

OTM N/A 2011 - Present

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Project Description Project Lead Organization

Champion Timeline

Structural Well Integrity (fatigue loading on SS wellhead from riser/rig motions)

DnV GL N/A 2011-15

Industry standard for subseadocumentation

DnV GL Statoil 2014 +

Certification of Deepwater InstallationSystems (fiber rope-based, DW Installation)

DnV GL N/A 2014-15

AUV Interface Standards & Regulatory Standards for AUV Inspection

DeepStar11304

Lockheed Martin

2012-14

Subsea Lifting Operations JIP DnV GL N/A 2014

SECOMP JIP (Subsea Engineering Competency Assessment Framework)

DnV GL N/A 2014?

W2W (Walk 2 Work) JIP (alternative means of personnel transfer)

DnV GL N/A Not Started

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Summary of IOGP Consultant Observations/Conclusions (1)

• Standardization - current buzzword across major operators & vendors. Considered a key to cost reduction - most operators have implemented some sort of internal standardization.

• What seems to be missing is industry collaboration on what to actually standardize and how . . .

• There are only a few ‘vehicles’ that specifically enable a unified platform for collaboration (DNV, API/ ISO, OTM, Wood Group Kenny).

• It is difficult to look at the landscape of on-going activity and to conclude what additional activity is required: This is partly because of not being fully aware of what API/ ISO are either

working or what they have already delivered

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Summary of IOGP Consultant Observations/Conclusions (2)

• For subsea equipment, we see 3 core areas for standardization: Interface standardization (physical and communication based) Specification, qualification and testing standardization Recommended practices for operation, usage or some other activity

• Interface standardization normally allows future ‘plug and play’ options. This normally has the greatest amount of resistance from vendors

• Specification, qualification and testing standards need to be driven by operators. But few operators have either the will or the resources to participate

• Recommended practices, being non-binding, are the simplest However, these are seen as often having little impact in achieving true

standardization or eventual cost reduction

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Industry Standardization Status

• Questions?• The End . . .