Subsea Awareness Advanced Class
Target Audience:
- Senior and mid-level engineers in offshore/subsea engineering
- Project managers and technical leads
- Engineering consultants and subsea operations personnel
- Graduates seeking expert-level understanding of subsea systems
Course Objectives:
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Understand the full life cycle of subsea systems from concept to decommissioning
- Analyze and select appropriate subsea hardware for specific field conditions
- Design and evaluate subsea installations, pipelines, and control systems
- Interface with ROVs, vessels, and other marine support systems
- Identify best practices, risk factors, and technological advancements in subsea operations
Module Highlight
Overview of Subsea Engineering and Field Development
- Introduction to subsea field development strategies
- Fixed vs floating systems interface
- Subsea production vs dry tree systems
- Subsea project phases: Pre-FEED, FEED, execution
- Environmental and regulatory factors
- Typical subsea field layout (templates, trees, manifolds)
Components of Subsea Production Systems (SPS)
- Subsea Christmas Trees (Vertical vs Horizontal)
- Manifolds and Flow Modules
- Jumper Assemblies
- PLETs, PLEMs, ILTs, SDUs
- Subsea Control Modules (SCMs)
- Umbilical Termination Assemblies (UTAs)
- HIPPS (High-Integrity Pressure Protection Systems)
Subsea Hardware Design and Material Selection
- Engineering design standards (API 17D, ISO, DNVGL)
- Material selection: CRA, Duplex, Inconel, etc.
- Pressure and temperature ratings
- Sealing, connectors, and stab plates
- Corrosion protection: Anodes, coatings, CP
- Fatigue and thermal analysis of hardware
Subsea Drilling and Well Intervention Systems
- Subsea wellhead systems
- Blowout Preventers (BOPs) and LMRPs
- Subsea riser systems
- Riserless mud recovery
- Intervention via LWIVs and ROVs
- Riser-based vs riserless interventions
- Well integrity and barrier management
Subsea Installation Engineering
- Planning and sequencing of subsea installation
- Loadout and transportation logistics
- Lifting operations, rigging, and subsea deployment
- Wet parking and recovery
- Suction pile and mudmat installation
- Touchdown monitoring
- Installation analysis and software (OrcaFlex, SIMO, etc.)
Marine Vessels and Support Systems
- Types of offshore vessels (DSV, CSV, FPSO, pipelay, anchor handlers)
- Vessel capabilities and DP (Dynamic Positioning) systems
- Deck layout planning and equipment mobilization
- Marine assurance and sea-fastening
- Weather constraints and operational limits
- Coordination between marine and subsea teams
Subsea Flowlines, Pipelines & Umbilicals
- Flow assurance (wax, hydrate, slugging, etc.)
- Rigid and flexible pipeline design
- Pipe-in-pipe, insulation and coating types
- Umbilical contents and configurations
- On-bottom stability and trenching
- Tie-ins and hot tapping
- Pigging and pre-commissioning activities
Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) and Intervention Tools
- ROV classes and capabilities
- ROV tooling (manipulators, torque tools, FLOTs)
- Subsea visual inspection, CP surveys, FMD
- Flying leads installation
- Emergency disconnects and ESD systems
- ROV interface with subsea equipment
- Intervention philosophies and tooling skids
Subsea Integrity, Monitoring & Decommissioning
- Integrity management plans (IMPs)
- Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) operations
- Integrity threats: corrosion, fatigue, erosion
- Monitoring systems: sensors, fiber optics, AUVs
- Subsea abandonment and plug & abandonment (P&A)
- Regulatory compliance and environmental considerations
- Cost estimation for decommissioning
Case Studies and Emerging Technologies
- Deepwater field development case study (e.g., Gulf of Mexico or West Africa)
- Lessons learned from subsea failures
- Subsea processing and boosting
- All-electric subsea systems
- Subsea digital twins and AI integration
- Carbon capture and subsea storage applications
- Interactive Q&A / Group assignment or quiz