Fundamentals of Subsea Systems & Installations

Course Overview

This course aims to provide an overview of subsea systems and installation ranging from basic definitions of hardware, configuration and production control to selection, design, and installation in shallow and deep water depths

Module Highlight

Introduction to Subsea Production

  • Background to offshore production systems
  • Global oil and gas reserves and field
  • Introduction to offshore exploration and drilling
  • Subsea Production Systems (SPS) and Umbilicals, Risers and Flowlines (URF)

Types of Subsea Completions

  • Extensions to existing platforms
  • Tie-backs to existing production host
  • Production systems for floating hosts: Floating Production, Storage and Offloading systems (FPSOs) and Floating Production Vessels (FPVs)

Flow Assurance for Subsea Production Systems

  • Hydraulics
  • Wax
  • Hydrates

Wellheads and Xmas Trees

  • Wellheads
  • Drilling subsea wells
  • Wellheads as part of drilling and production operations
  • Blowout Preventers (BOP)
  • Design and functions
  • Installation
  • Examples
  • Xmas Trees
  • Types of trees
  • Design and function
  • Installation

Pipelines and Flowlines

  • Pipelines and Flowlines
  • Design and functions
  • Route survey
  • Pipe selection of materials and coatings
  • Installation methods
  • Operations
  • Examples

Risers

  • Requirements and Functions
  • Flexible Dynamic Risers
  • Design
  • Operations and use
  • Manufacture
  • Current developments
  • Hybrid Riser towers
  • Steel Catenary Risers
  • Examples

Control Systems

  • Subsea Production Control systems
  • Types
  • Electro-hydraulic multiplex control systems
  • Equipment and Suppliers
  • Operations
  • Installations
  • Examples
  • Umbilicals
  • Functions
  • Design and manufacture
  • Installation
  • Examples
  • Costs of subsea equipment

Underwater Operations & Subsea Maintenance

  • Underwater Engineering Operations
  • Subsea Installation Activities
  • Inspection and Survey
  • Shallow water diver operations
  • Deepwater Diver-less Operations
  • Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs)
  • Automated Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)
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