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Ocean Energy Safety Institute

Annual Report

November 2017 – October 2018

31 October 2018



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Outline

• Safety Moment

• Background

• 2018 Efforts

– Dialogue

– Research

– Training

– Other Efforts

• Path Forward

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Safety Moment

• 31 October 1926, Houdini Dies

– Don’t get punched in stomach…?

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Safety Moment • 31 October 1993, River Phoenix Dies

– Result of an overdose

– Today’s Opioid Crisis

– Many times prescribed as pain-reliever of choice

– Prescription misuse, and abuse

– Hard-working workforce offshore

– Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA, www.samhsa.gov)

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DoI Intent…

"The funding for this initiative was provided to establish an

institute that would operate independently of the Department of

the Interior while also supporting and enhancing Departmental

programs through collaborative research and

development and training to help identify operational

improvements in the areas of offshore drilling and production

safety and spill prevention.

This is an effort to establish an institute that can work with

academia, the oil and gas industry, regulators and non-

governmental organizations on the extremely important issues

of increasing worker safety and environmental

protection during the exploration, development and production

of the nation’s valuable offshore oil and natural gas resources."

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In memoriam

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OESI Leadership (early 2018)

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Principal Investigator

Dr. M. Sam Mannan TAMU, Regents Professor

Executive Director,

Mary Kay O’Connor

Process Safety Center

Co-PI Dr. Ramanan

Krishnamoorti University of Houston

Chief Energy Officer

Co-PI Dr. Eric Van Oort University of Texas-Austin

Petroleum Engineering

Co-PI

Dr. Rashid Hasan Texas A&M University

Larry Cress Fellow

Director of Operations

James Pettigrew, CAPT, USN(Ret)

Program Manager

Paul Robinson



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OESI Staff and Support (early 2018)

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Program Support:

Valerie Green

[email protected]

Research Support:

Dr. Yogesh Koirala

[email protected]

OESI Research Fellow:

Dr. Camille Peres

[email protected]

Human Factors

Program Assistant:

Alanna Scheinerman

[email protected]

Research Support:

Pranav Kannan [email protected]

Program Assistant:

Azucena White

[email protected]



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2018 OESI Leadership

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Acting

Principal Investigator

Dr. James Holste TAMU, Professor Emeritus

Acting Executive Director,

Mary Kay O’Connor

Process Safety Center

Co-PI Dr. Ramanan

Krishnamoorti University of Houston

Chief Energy Officer

Co-PI Dr. Eric Van Oort University of Texas-Austin

Petroleum Engineering

Co-PI

Dr. Rashid Hasan Texas A&M University

Larry Cress Fellow

Director of Operations

James Pettigrew, CAPT, USN(Ret)

Program Manager

Paul Robinson

Acting

MKO Director of

Operations

John Pappas TEES

Director,

Center Operations



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2018 OESI Staff and Support

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Program Support:

Sheera Helms

[email protected]

Research Support:

Nilesh Ade

[email protected]

OESI Research Fellow:

Dr. Camille Peres

[email protected]

Human Factors

Program Assistant:

Vicky Torres

[email protected]

Research Support:

Pranav Kannan [email protected]

Program Assistant:

Paola Camposeco

[email protected]



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2018 Efforts

Dialogue

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Dialogue

• Advisory Committee operating

– Forum topics and planning efforts from AC

– Quarterly meetings, hosted at member facilities

• Forums for Dialogue and Workshops

– Hilcorp Well Ignition Workshop

– Human Factors to Support Safer & Effective Offshore Energy Operations

• TAMU Energy Institute Annual Conference

– Panel member and presentation

• European Safety and Reliability Conference

– Dr. Mannan was Keynote, discussed offshore safety

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Dialogue

• SPE/GRP Workshop on Safer Offshore

Energy Systems

– List generated at workshop correlates well with

OESI list of topics

• NASEM Offshore Safety Culture Workshop

– Empowering deckplate workers

• GRP Gulf of Mexico Loop Current Workshop

• Continued participation in SPE Human

Factors Technical Section

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Dialogue

• SUBSAFE Presentation

• IADC Human Factors Conference

– Dr Peres presents research

• BSEE/BTS SafeOCS Workshop

• International Process Safety Symposium

– 3 Offshore Safety Tracks (1 track in 2017)

– 10 Presentations (Chevron, LLOG, Blade,

GRP, GexCon,…)

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2018 Efforts

Research

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Research

• Collaborative Research – Human Factors Engineering

– Zonal Isolation

– New Materials

• Hilcorp Liberty Project – OESI approached by Hilcorp to conduct selected research

– Provide science-based, academic review of work done by various researchers on burning efficiency of oil-gas mixtures

• Parameters effecting size distribution of droplets

• Dependence of burning efficiency on oil droplet size distribution and velocity

• Effect of flow field thermal environment on burning efficiency

– Peer Review Workshop, November 2017

– Final Report delivered December 2017

– Hilcorp continues through Permit process

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Research • Maersk Drilling Research project evolution

– Fatigue research, industry-desired and sponsored

– Developed into Gulf Research Program funded project led by Dr Peres and Dr van Oort

• Factoring in the Human in Offshore Operations: Forces for Scenario Planning

• OTC 2018 participation – Multiple OESI Student papers presented

– Increased industry interaction with OESI

• U.S. Chemical Safety Board Recommendation – Riser Gas Unloading Scenarios

• Developed multiple project proposals

• Gulf Research Program funded Project Partnership with LSU and TAMU

• Gulf Research Program funded Project at UH

• Presentation to BSEE personnel “In search of causes behind offshore incidents: Fire in offshore oil and gas facilities”

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Research

• Fastener Coatings for Subsea Critical Equipment – Finalizing extensive Literature Review of

Fastener Coating topics, to include: • The use of zinc electroplating for subsea critical

applications

• The availability of new and alternative coatings for subsea fasteners

• Current industry research efforts on alternate zinc replacement metallic coatings

• Subsea critical equipment fasteners corrosion performance criteria

• Implementation of alternate fastener coatings for offshore operations

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OESI-related Student Research • Human Factors in the Selection of New Technology for the Oil

and Gas Industries – Jehova Arenas (TAMU)

• Cumulative Risk Assessment Model to Analyze Increased Risk Due to Impaired Safety Critical Elements in Offshore Resources – Zohra Halim (TAMU)

• Self-learning control of automated drilling operations – Parham Pournazari (UT)

• Resilience Engineering Framework Incorporating Prediction, Survival and Recovery Analysis – Prerna Jain (TAMU)

• Determining Pressure Drop and the Minimum Fluidization Velocity across a Gravel Pack Completion to confirm its Integrity – Ankit Bhowmick (UH)

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OESI-related Student Research • Leading Indicators Analysis for Offshore Operations with Emphasis

on Drilling – Nafiz Tamim (TAMU)

• Behavior of Nano Calcium Carbonate Modified Smart Cement Contaminated with Oil Based Drilling Mud – Niousha Amani (UH)

• Field Test for Real Time Monitoring of Piezoresistive Smart Cement to verify the Cementing Operations – Sai Anudeep Reddy Maddi (UH)

• A Novel X-Ray Based High Pressure Mass Flow Rate Sensor for MPD Operations – Vivek Singhal (UT)

• Gas Kick Early Detection – Ala Eddine Omrani (UH)

• Development of PZT based Impact Detection System for Subsea-Tree Structures – Junxiao Zhu (UH)

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OESI-related Student Research • Blowout Preventer (BOP) Maintenance Schedule for

Optimal Cost and Reliability – Denis Su-Feher (TAMU)

• Monitoring Wellbore Quality in Real-Time Using a Geometrically Derived Tortuosity Metric – John D’Angelo (UT)

• Safety and Training in Oil and Gas Companies – Zachary Roberts (UH)

• Improved Zonal Isolation in Ultra-Deepwater Wells – Xiangyu Liu & Qian Wu (UT)

• Development of a Smart Sensor for the Detection and Mitigation of Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) – Pranav Kannan (TAMU)

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2018 Efforts

Training

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Training

• Real-Time Monitoring classes and simulator training

– New Orleans

– Austin

– Classes on pause

• Completed Review of BSEE Offshore Training Plan for Engineers

– Interviews with Lake Jackson and New Orleans engineers

– Work with HETC on document review

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Training • Continuing Education opportunities

– Alarm Management

– Layer of Protection Analysis

– Management of Change

– Safe Automation in the Process Industry

– Human Factors Engineering and Offshore Drilling: Designing for Safety (13-14 Nov 18)

– Hazard Analysis for LNG Facilities, Onshore and Offshore (28-29 Nov 18)

– New Materials for Offshore O&G: From Molecule to Design (FULL)

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2018

Other Efforts

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Communications

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Communications

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Communications

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Other Efforts • 19 April 2018 BSEE Visit

– Update Director on status of Cooperative

Agreement

– Validation of OESI requirement

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Other Efforts • 21st Century Ocean Energy Safety

Research Roadmap

– Working with RPSEA

– Builds on early OESI Roadmap efforts

– Leverages

• RPSEA R&D Plan

• SPE/GRP Safer Offshore Energy System Summit

• IADC Safety Workshops

– OTC Paper accepted

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Other Efforts • Well Control Institute presentation

– Tom Burke, President, Rowan Companies

– Early Kick Detection status and research

• Digital Twin discussion

– Dr. Gutierrez, Transocean

– Research project opportunities

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Metrics

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Overall Forum Attendance

LinkedIn Membership

2014

320

2015

1060

2016

1320

2017

1480

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Path Forward

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FY18 Review

• Continue Forums for Dialogue

• Develop Sustainability

– Build out,

• Business Plan

• Strategic Plan

• Deliver Initial Research Results

• Develop Further Opportunities

– Research Proposals

– Offshore Equipment Reliability

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Project Extended

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No-cost Extension

granted through

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FY19 Path Forward • Complete No-Cost Extension Tasks

• Develop Sustainability – Determine future BSEE investment

• Reviewing Data for trends

• Underwater leak detection technology

– Mature Consortium

• Initial Research Follow-ons

• Develop further Dialogue opportunities – Cyber

– Well Control

• Develop Continuing Education portfolio

• Develop Further Opportunity

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Mission…on Track

An Institute

…operating independently to collaborate research for

technology advancement and continuing education to

support operational improvements and advanced academic programs in

the areas of offshore drilling and production safety and spill prevention.

…promoting dialogue and forums revealing technology

gaps through stakeholder engagement and collaborative

communications to support the advancement of world-wide ocean energy

safety through industry-prioritized, science-based research.

…developing strategic relationships with academia, the oil

and gas industry, regulators and NGOs to increase worker safety

and environmental protection .

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Thanks for your time, any questions?

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Jim Pettigrew

Director of Operations 3122 TAMU

400 Brown Building

College Station, TX 77843-3122

(979) 458-2759

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Paul Robinson

Program Manager 5000 Gulf Freeway, Building 4, Rm 117

University of Houston,

Energy Research Park

Houston, TX 77204-5016

(713) 743-6773

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