Integrated Services

Total Field Development

Defining optimal concepts to achieve
commercial and performance goals.
Integrated Services
Total Field Development

Contents

03 What is Total Field Development?

04 Total Field Development Lifecycle
06 Sub+Surface
07 Development Planning
07 Value, Decision & Risk Management
08 Concept Engineering & FEED
09 Subsea & Pipeline Engineering
09 Flow Assurance
11 Facilities Engineering
11 Environmental Services
11 Using the Right Tools
13 Case Studies
15 About Xodus Group

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 What is Total Field Field development specialists use a
structured work process to identify,
Key skills for delivering Total Field
Development:
Development? evaluate and recommend concepts that ›› Subsurface including geology and
are aligned with these business goals. The geoscience, petrophysics, and reservoir
The Xodus Group Total
process is a combination of creativity and engineering
Field Development service efficiency – one that looks widely without ›› Well design and production technology
identifies and defines optimal preconception while, at the same time, ›› Flow assurance and production
concepts that create value supporting early decision-making. chemistry
›› Subsea and pipeline design
and achieve our clients’
The unique suite of consulting skills ›› Facilities and structures design
business goals. within Xodus covers energy production, ›› Environment impact and engineering
processing and transportation, technology ›› Technical safety and risk management
development and application, environmental ›› Cost estimation and scheduling n
performance, technical safety, regulatory
compliance and business risk analysis.
Our ability to apply and combine our
multidisciplinary skills is what makes us a
world leader in field development.

Field development demands adaptable,

quick-thinking, multi-skilled engineers
supported by the most advanced,
integrated tools and methodologies – the
very definition of Xodus Group.

Initiation and Assessment Option ID/Selection Definition Execution Operation

Value Feasibility decision Concept decision Investment decision

Good execution

Good definition
Poor execution

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Total Field Total Field Development

Defining optimal concepts to achieve
Integrated Asset Support
Enhancing and preserving the value
Development commercial and performance goals. of operational assets.
Total Field Development
is one of four integrated Integrated Projects Management Consultancy
services from Xodus. Applying inventiveness with Providing strategic advice and
Together they deliver expert engineering excellence to transform practical support based on a unique
support that spans the concepts into reality. set of specialist skills and
asset lifecycle. engineering experience.

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 Wells & Subsurface
Production Assurance
Process & Facilities
Our technical capabilities that deliver Total Field Development:
Wells & Subsurface
Geology and geoscience
Petrophysics
Reservoir engineering
Well engineering.
Production Assurance
Steady state flow assurance
Transient flow assurance
Hydrate management
Wax deposition studies
Slugging analysis and control
Solids transportation analysis
Production technology
Production chemistry
Integrated production/asset modelling
Topsides dynamic process modelling.
Process & Facilities
Fluid characterisation and simulation
Process design/optimisation
Machinery selection
Layout studies and optimisation
Weight estimation
Substructure selection and design
Materials selection
Advanced structural analysis (FEA non
-linear and dynamic)
Cost estimation and benchmarking.
Subsea
Environment
Vibration Engineering
Subsea
Subsea architecture development
Material selection
Subsea pipeline concept design
Subsea control system
Top assembly design
Flexible and rigid riser concept design
Flexible flowlines
Subsea structural design.
Environment
Baseline survey and data interpretation
Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Environmental screening and
comparative assessment
GHG and carbon footprint assessment
Dispersion and effects modelling
EIA and planning approval
Stakeholder engagement
Regulatory advice and compliance
planning.
Vibration Engineering
Vibration risk management
Simulation
Measurement and investigation
Vibration control.
Technical Safety & Risk
Technical Safety & Risk
Concept risk assessment
Safety Case development and
compliance documents reviews for
PFEER, DCR, SCR, COMAH
KP4 assessments
Pipeline major accident prevention
documents
Hazard identification technologies
(HAZID, HAZOP)
Quantitative risk analysis including
consequence and survivability analyses
Risk mapping
Project safety planning and
management
Safety philosophy development
SIL and LOPA reviews
RAM analyses
Value and decision risk management.
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Sub+Surface
Being unconventional isn’t
new for Xodus. So it follows
that we were the first energy
consultancy to add wells and
subsurface to an established
surface capability.
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Our clients benefit because our surface and
subsurface experts work seamlessly on
development concepts. For clients looking
to source a fully integrated service this
means continuity from the first identification
of an opportunity to the final abandonment
of a depleted reservoir. During the field
development phase we can create the
reservoir model and the field development
plan, optimise well locations, and even
carry out well design and engineering.
For clients who prefer to undertake
subsurface activities in-house, our
inherent understanding of the subsurface
issues enhances the capabilities of our
other services during field development.
Whichever approach you opt for, our
approach delivers optimum solutions to
secure maximum value, making Xodus
Group the ideal field development partner n
Development Our approach can be tailored to suit
specific regional requirements, from areas of
Our experience of project assurance and
execution enables us to identify the key
Planning mature infrastructure to greenfield emerging risks through the execution and operating
provinces. Xodus Group has undertaken phases. These risks are registered and
Development planning is a
field development projects around the managed to closure through our risk
core service line for Xodus. world, from small subsea tie-backs to management system, XRISK. We look
large scale deepwater developments, from at the big picture and understand what
waxy onshore production facilities to LNG happens if one piece of the jigsaw doesn’t
process optimisation. quite fit! n

There are multiple interdependencies within
field development. By applying proven
techniques for option identification, option
analysis and option screening, we identify
Concepts are examined against technical,
commercial, operational, safety and
environmental performance goals to
Surface
ensure robustness during start-up, normal disciplines

the optimum plan, from a single well early operation and shutdown (including Subsurface
disciplines
Economics

production facility through to a complex planned and unplanned activities) and then
multiwell, multifacility development. benchmarked against industry experience.
Comparative performance against Wells Commercial

We apply an integrated multidisciplinary quantitative and qualitative criteria is then

approach across traditional interfaces. undertaken using weighted scores or
We challenge conventional thinking and matched pair analyses. This fully traceable
Contracts &
Operations
propose innovative solutions. We identify process is usually undertaken with the procurement

the key decisions that need to be taken key client stakeholders and has been
and create a work plan that generates the demonstrated to meet the requirements of HSSE Construction

information to support decision-making. their internal decision-making processes.

Value, Decision & Environmental

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Clients benefit from:
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Concept
Engineering
& FEED
Xodus has a strong global
track record in developing
business opportunities into
successful projects.
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Our understanding of the business drivers,
the key decisions and the project risks
ensures that the development engineering
work remains aligned to our clients’ needs.
Too often project teams compromise
success because they stray from the
original design intent. Continuity of our key
personnel with this understanding provides
efficiency and assurance.
We have been involved in numerous
projects from conception through to final
decommissioning. This means we have
the experience and resources to know
exactly when – and exactly how – to
address your technical challenges. We
develop the concept, engineer the scope,
manage the risks and establish project cost
and schedule n
Subsea & Pipeline
Engineering
Xodus has a complete range
of engineering skills to
deliver the optimum subsea
/ pipeline development and
provide our clients with
support at all stages of the
project from concept through
FEED and to detailed design.
In collaboration with reservoir, drilling, flow
assurance and facilities teams, our subsea
and pipeline team can identify and optimise
the subsea and pipeline architecture – from
wellhead to receiving facilities either on or
offshore. This collaborative approach allows
Xodus to meet and exceed the project
requirements from an environmental, safety,
cost, schedule and production perspective.
Xodus has a proven track record
of delivering all manner of subsea
developments including technically
challenging projects such as high
temperature and pressure pipeline systems
in a variety of corrosive services. This
pipeline experience is obtained from
successful completion of numerous
onshore and offshore pipeline projects
including projects with complex landfall
arrangements. Offshore project experience
spans from shallow to deep water, from
benign to harsh environments and includes
a range of riser system designs such as
rigid, flexible, SCR and hybrid types.
Our technical services include:
›› Field layout definition and optimisation
›› Wellhead and tree specification
›› Control system optimisation and
umbilical specification
›› Substructure and manifold design
›› Materials selection and corrosion
management
›› Integrity management planning
›› Riser configuration selection,
optimisation and analysis
›› Pipeline mechanical design
›› Protection design
›› Installation analysis
›› Cost estimation and installation
scheduling
›› Scope of work definition and ITT support
›› Cross discipline collaboration and
optimisation n

Xodus has a broad understanding of the

most prominent design codes including
ISO, NORSOK, API and ASME to ensure
the project meets the requirements of the
local government agency. Projects are
delivered by utilising industry standard
software such as OrcaFlex, ANSYS and
FS2000 alongside our own in-house design
tools, such as XSMART, for the optimisation
of manifold design and verified MathCad
templates for code checking.

Flow Assurance Our expertise in steady state and transient

Developing subsea fields
requires advanced skills in
multiphase flow and flow
assurance analysis.
thermohydraulic analysis provides a solid
basis for developing newly discovered
fields, optimising existing operations, and
supporting existing systems with suitably
robust operating strategies.
Our integrated approach ensures that
the key flow assurance interfaces with
subsurface, materials and mechanical
design are optimised at the early stages of
a development. We devise strategies and
procedures for managing transient issues
such as hydrate formation, wax deposition,
slugging, corrosion and other potentially
disruptive phenomena. We can then help
our clients to implement, monitor and fine-
tune those procedures in operation.
Our flow assurance toolset embraces
all the major process modelling and
multiphase flow simulation tools, including
industry standards such as OLGA®,
HYSYS® (including Upstream), PIPESIM®,
PIPE-FLO®, PVTsim®, Multiflash®, GAP®
and PROSPER® n

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Facilities
Engineering
Our extensive range of
engineering skills covers the
full range of disciplines needed
to develop your facility.
Our facilities team has a wide range of
experience including heavy/waxy oils,
condensate and LPG rich fields, sweet
and sour gas, CNG and LNG. We have
developed projects in greenfield and
brownfield environments and in a wide
range of locations encompassing mature
and emerging producing provinces.
Our technical services include:
›› Process engineering
›› Process control
›› Instrument and electrical/power
generation
›› Structural engineering
›› Materials selection and integrity
management
›› Piping design
›› Machinery/rotating equipment
›› Cost estimation and planning n
Environmental Using the
Services Right Tools
While compliance with Our front-end work is
regulations is essential supported by a number of
in working and natural software tools – many of them
environments, we go further developed in-house.
by helping you to reduce and
even remove environmental They cover the full suite of reservoir
engineering software, fluid characterisation,
impact by design.
hydrate prediction, flow assurance,
automated equipment sizing and weight
With our practical and innovative support,
estimation (XSIZE), topsides and structural
clients who work with us at the early
weight and cost estimation, subsea and
stages of a development realise even
pipeline costing.
greater benefits in the short and long-term,
with reductions in environmental impact
Our cost analysis tool, XPERT, allows us
enhancing their operational performance.
to produce order-of-magnitude costs for
rapid concept screening. It also enables
Our personnel have skills, experience and
us to drill down into the conceptual detail
techniques that have been acquired over
by taking account of industry norms,
years of learning and practice in the field.
up-to-date equipment costs, drilling and
vessel costs (we maintain a comprehensive
The services they deliver at field
database), and equipment sizes (based on
development stage include:
our proprietary algorithms).
›› Environmental, Social and Health Impact
Assessments (ESHIA)
Our risk analysis software, XRISK,
›› Preparation of Environmental
simplifies the risk management and
Statements (ES)
transfers seamlessly from the concept
›› Stakeholder engagement via
phase into project execution n
Environmental Issues Identification
(ENVID) workshops
›› Developing Environmental Management
Plans (EMP)
›› Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
›› Environmental engineering:
–– BAT, BPEO and BEP assessments
–– Dispersion modelling
–– Carbon assessment
–– Environmental sustainability planning
–– Materials and emissions inventories
–– Acoustics and vibration assessments n
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Jordbær field development

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Case Studies
Jordbær (Knarr)
Project: Greenfield
Development
Client: BG Norge
Location: Norwegian
Continental Shelf
Description
Jordbær is located in 410 metres of
water in the North Tampen region of the
Norwegian Sector of the Northern North
Sea. Xodus was initially engaged by BG
Norge in September 2009 to carry out
the Concept Select Phase for the full field
development. We carried out a structured
identification and screening process,
considering a wide range of greenfield
development options using alternative
structures as well as long tie-back options.
Confidential
Project: Debottlenecking
Client: Confidential
Location: Onshore
Kazakhstan
Description
The design improvements sought
to increase availability, flexibility and
robustness of operation whilst reducing
brownfield construction and minimising
cost. Oil production problems were resolved:
Accumulation of solids by:
›› Benchmarking of the production
gathering system hydraulics (pressure
and temperature) to establish wax
deposition profiles and development of a
pigging regime
›› Design of a solids separation and
treatment system.
Scale and wax formation by:
›› Diluting the well fluids with treated
Being in excess of 400 metres water
depth, the subsea system relied totally on
deepwater technology for its development
solutions. A new build ship-shaped FPSO
option was selected based on a thorough
technical, economic and risk assessment.
Following completion of the initial phase,
Xodus was engaged by BG Norge to
perform the full Facilities and SURF Pre-
FEED Engineering. The objective of the
SURF study was to recommend an optimal
technical and cost effective solution for the
Jordbær SURF concept including Jordbær
Central and Jordbær West drill centres. This
consisted of a full technical assessment and
cost evaluation of all subsea options and
Xodus were responsible for the evaluation
and development of the subsea, umbilical,
riser and flowline systems in readiness
for the FEED phase of the project. Xodus
also carried out the pre-FEED engineering
for the FPSO topsides engineering and
seawater to reduce scale formation,
thereby allowing for elevated process
operating temperatures and keeping wax
in solution/suspension
›› Analysis by Xodus production chemists
identified H2S scavenger chemicals
as a key factor in scale production
– an alternative injection regime was
implemented.
Corrosion of equipment and pipework by:
›› H2S gas scavenger injection regime and
corrosion inhibitor injection
›› Reduction of sulphate reducing bacteria
activity in the reservoir through injection
water treatment.
LPG debottlenecking was addressed by:
›› Addition of new injection pumps and
heaters to operate alongside the existing
equipment
›› Process control modifications to maintain
the LPG temperature above the hydrate
formation temperature.
Scope
›› Increase oil and gas production through
managed all naval architecture consultancy
services. Subsequently Xodus has provided
engineering design review services during
the FEED phase of the project.
Scope
›› Process and facilities
›› FPSO hull/moorings design
›› Flow assurance
›› Materials and corrosion
›› Pipeline design
›› Riser analysis
›› Control system design.
Key features
›› North Sea cross border gas export
system tie-in expertise
›› Inter-office delivery on topsides and
subsea engineering design
›› Specialist knowledge of materials and
corrosion design
›› Practical application of construction
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elimination of operating problems
including wax and scale formation, solids
accumulation in processing systems and
corrosion of equipment and pipework
›› Evaluate options for LPG extraction
and sale
›› Brownfield debottlenecking and
upgrades – gas compression, dew-
pointing and H2S treatment
›› Greenfield development – new oil
processing train, solids handling facilities,
produced and seawater treatment and
new oil storage
›› Utilities upgrades and integration with a
new power station.
Key features
›› Benchmarking of gathering system
pressure and thermal performance
including wax deposition rates to develop
a robust operating regime
›› Integrated production chemistry and
process team to solve major operating
problems
›› Debottlenecking analysis of existing
processing facility whilst reducing onsite
construction and cost n
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Huntington
Project: Field Development
Client: OilExco / E.ON
Rhurgas UK Ltd
Location: UK Central
North Sea
Description
The Huntington field is situated in
the Central North Sea. The field was
discovered in June 2007 by well 22/14b-1,
and was further appraised with sidetracks
in 2007 resulting in two reservoir horizons:
a Palaeocene Forties sand and an Upper
Jurassic Fulmar sand. Xodus completed
a concept screening study for the
development of the Huntington field. This
carried on into a concept selection and
definition phase. OilExco and subsequently
E.ON Rhurgas and their partners wanted
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to identify, define and screen a range
of development concepts ranging from
subsea tie-backs to existing facilities, to
standalone development options such as a
fixed platform or FPSO.
Xodus carried out preliminary process
design activities and then developed
various concepts (seven in total) to a level
where cost estimates could be generated
and feasibility issues assessed. Concepts
were ranked against criteria such as safety,
environmental impact, technical risk and
flexibility and the output was used by the
Huntington partnership to decide which
concepts to take forward into the next
phase. The next phase concentrated on
providing sufficient detail for a number of
leading concepts to allow the Huntington
partnership to select a single concept for
development. The study benefited from our
integrated approach to field development
studies and involved expertise from several
teams within Xodus.
Scope
›› Option definition workshop
›› High level option screening study
›› Detailed conceptual analysis including
subsea engineering, impact on existing
facilities and flow assurance
›› HSE factors
›› Cost estimation for each option
›› Risk analysis
›› Concept screening matrix.
Key features
›› A truly multidisciplined team
›› Ability to be flexible and bring in
additional options
›› Running of fast track option to a higher
definition in parallel
›› Early identification of EIA requirements
and fast track to move off of critical path
›› Cost/benefit analysis of various
processing scenarios
›› Minimising manning requirements
›› Developing contracting strategy that
minimised costs n
 About Xodus Group analysis and risk-based decision-making
through to technology development, project
Xodus Group is an delivery and operational support. Xodus
independent, international has gained the trust of major players in
the energy industry by delivering a unique
energy consultancy founded
combination of cross-disciplinary expertise,
on an integrated approach to versatility, clarity and transparency.
energy challenges. Operating
in two key energy markets – Integrated
Oil & Gas and Low Carbon What sets Xodus apart from other
consultancies is our integration. Our team
– Xodus fosters a dynamic
members work as a tightly co-ordinated
culture that encourages unit, sharing data, managing risks and
strategic thinking. delivering true value to our clients quickly
and cost-effectively.
Independent
Optimised process for optimum value Xodus is also fully independent. With no
Over a short period of time, Xodus has conflicts of interest or hidden agenda, our
established a formidable reputation for recommendations are 100% impartial. Our
integrated strategic support. Thanks clients can relax in the knowledge that
to a comprehensive suite of technical our tight-knit group of specialists is totally
competencies, we can add value to every focused on optimising and adding value to
phase of a study or project – from front-end their systems.
Intelligent
Our integrated business model enables
us to attract and retain the best and
brightest consultants and engineers in all
of our specialist fields. With formidable
intellectual resources backed by man
years of pragmatic experience in the field,
Xodus can maximise ROI by delivering
value-adding services along the whole
length of the supply chain and project or
asset lifecycle.
Interfacing
There are many kinds of interface in the
energy sector, but the most crucial of
all is the human interface. Our cross-
disciplinary expertise anticipates issues
across all interfaces in the processing
chain, devising appropriate operating
strategies and procedures and providing
practical support.
No matter how detailed the work, we never
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