Karoline Skogen
Senior Administrator
Technology readiness (TRL)
We aim to achieve a situation where operators can tie-back remote fields to existing subsea facilities over longer distances than is currently possible. We are currently identifying design drivers to define the optimal distance for passive insulated, actively heated and cold flow transport pipelines for thermal management and their smart combination with subsea boosting.
In particular, by conditioning oil-dominated well-streams in cold flow systems, remote fields can be connected to central host facilities using uninsulated small-diameter transport pipelines over very long distances - valuable for arctic subsea developments.
This technology enables the prospect of total subsea production facilities with no requirement for manned platforms, transforming the economics of field development.