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Advanced tools for complex asset management
 Developed for Owner/Operators, Walkinside and ProcessLife provide strategic advantages to upstream and downstream facility managers and valuable functionality for both green- and brown-field assets by merging CAD and point-cloud data obtained from 3D laser scans of the facility into a unified model.The user can, for example, walk through the virtual model, jump off the FPSO, swim to the subsea infrastructure, and drill down wellbores to the reservoir. Users see the linking infrastructure, such as the umbilical and flow lines.
Subsurface
When the scope of a project includes subsurface equipment, it is possible to integrate the reservoir with engineering models to develop a collaborative VR environment that supports closed-loop systems.
The user can navigate from the seabed to the reservoir through wellbores. By selecting sensors and downhole production equipment tags, users access data at the indicated coordinates through links to discipline-specific applications.
With both reservoir and engineering models of production equipment, the user can ‘see’ the equipment in the reservoir to improve analysis of fluid flow movement and depletion scenarios. Geologists and engineers are provided a common communication tool for production optimization, mitigation, and simulation, regardless of specific domain tools.
Simulations in the VR model are enhanced through record/playback functionalities. Options allow users to view historic and real-time data, and multi-disciplinary teams can demonstrate strategies using the common 3D VR model.
Seabed
At the seabed it is necessary to incorporate terrain models with equipment, as well as oceanic environments, to complement existing subsea surveillance solutions. Additional benefits are gained through virtual intervention runs for training, planning, and optimization. Subsea interventions are linked to the virtual model in real time and are recorded for future playback or integration with simulations and planning scenarios.ROV monitoring data is tied into the model to dynamically mimic real-time movement of the ROV in the virtual model.The VR model is linked to sensors and can contain equipment status information, such as damage and corrosion. Users can measure distances, add comments, and access underlying data and applications from the VR session.
Topside
The co-location of the topside with subsea in a 3D virtual environment gives users a platform for communicating about intra-asset issues. ProcessLife links the 3D virtual model of the asset with the data server processing real-time operations data, including SCADA and DCS systems.
The key requirement for topside facilities is a user-friendly interface for simulation and training—not an engineering-specific portal. To reduce redundancy in the production environment, some engineering functionality is built in for measuring and object tagging. Discipline-specific applications are linked to the model using object tag information. CAD databases and client equipment tag lists are leveraged to create the necessary links. A tag-centered philosophy was chosen over one that is object-real-time applications, such as SCADA and DCS
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real-time data, including productivity indexes and people location using ultra-wideband technology
- video feed and other specialized developments
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