Sub Sea Integrity Market Survey

Business Intelligence for the Offshore Oil & Gas Industry
Produced in conjunction with
Subsea Integrity Market Series:

Survey Findings & Analysis
Following Part I of the Subsea Integrity Market Series in which we took an indepth look at the subsea integrity market trends, challenges and opportunities
DecomWorld posed the most pivotal questions directly to a cross-section of senior
subsea industry experts from across the globe.
Operators are continuing to push the boundaries when it comes to both
subsea operating environment and lifetime. Growing deepwater, HPHT and
long-offset activity is driving a huge demand for more reliable systems, whilst
subsea brownfield developments require the necessary support to ensure useful
remaining life is safely and economically extended. Understanding how we can
maximize subsea production efficiency amongst these activities is critical for
operators to achieve production goals and avoid failures.
In constructing the survey we have attempted to gain a consensus of the biggest
issues and developments in the subsea integrity arena, including:

Subsea Environmental Challenges

Subsea Asset Failure Rates
Asset Integrity Strategy Limitations
Inspection and Monitoring Technology Opportunities
Industry Trends Impacting Subsea Integrity
These high-level survey findings have been produced in conjunction with the 2nd
Annual Subsea Integrity Conference (September 24-25, Houston) the only Gulf
of Mexico meeting point to address the challenges, strategies and opportunities
associated with maximizing subsea integrity across the entire subsea & SURF
portfolio.
To find out how BP, Chevron, Shell, Total EP RT USA, Anadarko, ConocoPhillips, Hess,
Cameron, Aker Solutions, GE Oil & Gas and many more are addressing these areas,
simply visit www.decomworld.com/subsea-integrity/conference-speakers.php
Expert subsea integrity
perspectives at this years
Subsea Integrity Conference
(September 24-25, Houston)
Including Anadarko, BP, Chevron,
ConocoPhillips, Hess, Shell, Total
and many more!
decomworld.com/subsea-integrity
For more information on subsea integrity, visit:
www.decomworld.com/subsea-integrity
SECTION 1
Who We Spoke To...
Q1.
What is your primary job role within your company?
16.3%
Business Development/Sales
39.5%
Engineering
9.3%
Procurement/Purchasing 2.3%
Product Development 7%
Research & Development 4.7%
Strategy 9.3%
Other 11.6%
Operations

and many more!
Equ
ip
Pro ment
vid
er
sea
18.6%
11.6%
IMR
/M
on
ito
rin
g
Sub
20.9%
In
Co tegra
ntr ted
act
or
tan
sul
Co
n
16.3%
Sp
e
Se ciali
rvi st
ce Sub
Pro se
vid a
er
25.6%
cy
Oil
Co
m
pan
y
Q2 .
What best describes what your company does?
7%

and many more!
In which region do you have the most subsea experience?

O RT H S
EA
Q3.
Q4.
In which country are you based?
32.6%
UK
AY
RW
NO
2.3%
A
APOR
WEST
SING
EXICO
2.3%
4.7%
BRA
ZIL
2.3%
AFRIC
4.7%
58.1%
-P
SIA
IF
AC I
USA
69.8%
23.3%
FO
UL F M

and many more!
SECTION 2
Subsea Market Opportunities
Q5.

How much of your time is dedicated to subsea inspection,

maintenance, repair and integrity management?

LIT
TL
MO
AL
RI
ER
TY
ATE
22.5%
37.5%
27.5%
Q6.

MA
12.5%
A lot of figures have been published to estimate the Gulf of Mexico subsea
market size. In your opinion, how large do you believe the market to be?

and many more!
32.5%
32.5%
30%
5%
$5bn
or less
$5-10
bn
$10-15
bn
$15bn
or more
Q7.

Where do you see the biggest opportunities in the subsea

market within the next 5-10 years?
Subsea
Boosting
Subsea
Power
Subsea
Tiebacks
Subsea
Processing
15%
2.5%
Other
20%
17.5%
45%
Including IRM, Integrity &

Intervention Opportunities.
Q8 .
What do you see as the biggest subsea challenge?
Deepwater
22%
16%
High Temperature
High Pressure
62%
and many more!
Q9.

What type of subsea projects receive the most asset

integrity support and investment?
BROWNFIELD
62.5%
37.5%
GREENFIELD
SECTION 3
Inspection to Monitoring
Q10.
For each of the following assets, state whether you think inspection,
monitoring or intervention strategies are the most applicable as part of
an operators integrity management campaign?
Subsea Manifolds
Subsea Trees
Umbillicals
Risers
Flowlines
Control Modules
Intervention
Monitoring
Inspection

and many more!
Dis
agr
ee
e
Ag
re
St
Dis rongl
agr y
ee
Intervention activities will be more predominant than inspection and monitoring

activities for subsea processing, pumping and compression technology.
Str
on
Ag gly
ree
Q11.
Agree or Disagree?:
5.9%
29.4%
8.8%
55.9%
Q12 .
Which subsea asset received the most asset integrity support

and attention within the last year of your subsea operations?
Risers 33%
Control Modules 35%
Umbillicals 3%
Subsea Trees 3%
Subsea Manifolds 3%

and many more!
Flowlines 23%
Q13.
In your experience, which asset has the highest failure

rate within the subsea industry?
Umbillicals
Risers
Flowlines
Subsea Trees
14.7%
11.8%
8.8%
5.9%
Control Modules
Other
52.9%
5.9%

and many more!
SECTION 4
Subsea Technology & Integrity Strategy
Q14 .
Which leading-edge technology do you see as the most crucial

for optimizing subsea operations and reducing failures?
Other
9.4%
Leak Detection Technology
12.5%
Ultrasonic Scanning Technology
12.5%
Condition Performance Monitoring
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
59.4%
6.3%
Q15.

To what extent do the following industry trends impact your subsea

production operations and asset integrity management approach?
Subsea Standardization
Subsea Electrification

and many more!
Subsea Automation

Data intensive subsea

systems and solutions
Considerable Impact to Subsea

Operations
Aging Subsea Infrastructure
Moderate Impact - influential

but not critical factor
The move towards the

Subsea Factory
No Impact to Subsea
Operations
Q16 .
Rate the following subsea integrity challenges in order of magnitude
Anticipating & preventing early life failures

Capturing and leveraging subsea data

Life extension methods
Brownfield communication and power limitations
Gathering inspection data from harsh environments
Equipment obsolescence
Level of Challenge: MINOR - MODERATE - MAJOR
Q17.

TO
IN
IT E S
30% 33.3%
NS
B A N D W I DT H
SP
TIO
LI M
TI
S
ON
A CC E S S
EC
ITA
36.7%
BL
ILT Y
OF SENSOR
IA

and many more!

EL
What factor most impacts your ability to effectively gather information

on the condition and performance of your subsea assets?
Q18.
How long do you expect your subsea equipment

to be operating for?
Les
1 5-
2
5
1 5 Ye a r
ar
Ye
an
ar
Ye
th
9.7%
2 0-
12.9%
35.5%
s
2 5-
Mo
19.4%
22.6%
s
Q19.
a n 3 0 Ye a r
ar
Ye
th
re
What aspect forms the biggest part of your subsea integrity strategy?
Implementing a lifecycle approach

to integrity management 45.2%
Developing risk based

inspection criteria 9.7%
Gathering subsea data 12.9%
Chemical injection 6.5%

and many more!
Implementing integrity
at the design phase 25.8%
Conclusion
In carrying out this survey, we have been able to clearly isolate and prioritize key challenges and opportunities experienced
first-hand by the subsea community.
Subsea processing, subsea tiebacks, deepwater operations and brownfield developments are key areas of focus for the
operators right now. The ability for contractors to provide tailored integrity solutions within these areas will be key to their
growth within the subsea space.
The shift towards monitoring (vs. inspection) is also a trend identified from the responses, especially in providing asset
integrity support for subsea control modules and umbillicals. Condition performance monitoring solutions are evidently the
next step that the industry is taking in ensuring optimized subsea operations.
In developing the most robust subsea integrity management strategy, its clear that anticipating and preventing early life
failures, effectively supporting brownfield developments, implementing a lifecycle approach to integrity management and
gathering subsea data must all form the core focus in order to effectively maximize production uptime and reduce failures.
All these themes, challenges, opportunities and strategies will be discussed in-depth at this years 2nd Annual Subsea Integrity
Conference, taking place in Houston on September 24-25.
Subsea
Integrity
Conference
2014
Top industry
speakers include:
Mayra Sanchez
Subsea Program
IM Lead
BP
Greg Kusinski
DeepStar Director
Chevron Energy
Technology
Company
Herve de Naurois
Deep Offshore
Technology RD &
Development
Manager
Total EP RT USA
John Vicic
Technology
Program Manager
Deepwater & Arctic
ConocoPhillips
Gary Giordano
Subsea Engineering
Manager
Chevron
Join over 200 subsea operations and engineering managers, integrity and maintenance professionals for 2 days of intensive
subsea integrity insight, networking and business development.
Companies confirmed to attend include: BP, Chevron, Shell, Total EP RT USA, Anadarko, ConocoPhillips, Hess Corporation,
Aker Solutions, Cameron, GE Oil & Gas, Intecsea, OneSubsea, TransOcean and many more.
Save an extra $100 on your ticket with discount code SURVEY when you register online here before
Friday June 13: https://secure.decomworld.com/subsea-integrity/register.php
Phil Chadney
Project Director | DecomWorld
+44 (0)20 7422 4341

pchadney@decomworld.com
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2014 FC Business Intelligence

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Subsea Integrity Market Series:

Subsea Environmental Challenges

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Business Intelligence for the Offshore Oil & Gas Industry

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Who We Spoke To...

What is your primary job role within your company?

Expert subsea integrity

For more information on subsea integrity, visit:

Business Intelligence for the Offshore Oil & Gas Industry

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What best describes what your company does?

Expert subsea integrity

For more information on subsea integrity, visit:

Business Intelligence for the Offshore Oil & Gas Industry

Produced in conjunction with

In which region do you have the most subsea experience?

In which country are you based?

Expert subsea integrity

For more information on subsea integrity, visit:

Business Intelligence for the Offshore Oil & Gas Industry

Produced in conjunction with

Subsea Market Opportunities

How much of your time is dedicated to subsea inspection,

Expert subsea integrity

For more information on subsea integrity, visit:

Business Intelligence for the Offshore Oil & Gas Industry

Produced in conjunction with

Where do you see the biggest opportunities in the subsea

Including IRM, Integrity &

What do you see as the biggest subsea challenge?

For more information on subsea integrity, visit:

Business Intelligence for the Offshore Oil & Gas Industry

Produced in conjunction with

What type of subsea projects receive the most asset

Expert subsea integrity

For more information on subsea integrity, visit:

Business Intelligence for the Offshore Oil & Gas Industry

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Intervention activities will be more predominant than inspection and monitoring

Which subsea asset received the most asset integrity support

Control Modules 35%

Expert subsea integrity

For more information on subsea integrity, visit:

Business Intelligence for the Offshore Oil & Gas Industry

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In your experience, which asset has the highest failure

Expert subsea integrity

For more information on subsea integrity, visit:

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Subsea Technology & Integrity Strategy

Which leading-edge technology do you see as the most crucial

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

To what extent do the following industry trends impact your subsea

Including Anadarko, BP, Chevron,

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