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Looking DEEP into the 21st century Evolution of subsea technology

Paul W. White Director – Subsea Technology

GE Oil & Gas

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2012 Subsea Production 9%

Significant growth Opportunity & Technical Challenge

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2020 Subsea Production 15%

Deepwater Complex Reservoirs Cost effective Improved Recovery



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• 3000m WD is the new benchmark • DW rigs equipped to drill in 3600m (12,000ft) • Oceanic average depth 4200m • Impacts loads, valve / actuator design,

accumulated power etc.



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• 15,000 psi now • 20,000 psi next • BOP and Wellhead design on-

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• Beyond 250°F required • Maybe beyond 350°F • Implications for materials • Implications for design



• Low environmental temperature • Environmentally sensitive • Arctic operations • Leak detection systems • Low temp multiphase transport • Ice interaction with subsea

equipment….

• Increasing offset • Decreasing infrastructure



Well Intervention

Leveraging new technology to deliver value

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SS Improved Oil Recovery Target

Global average

Typical Subsea Well

Hydrocarbon Recovery Rate %

Subsea Processing

IOR /EOR

+ = 60% Target



• Subsea intervention is costly difficult in bad weather or under ice…

• Improved reliability delivers significant value

• Assets are ageing

• Sensors, more data enable extended life

• Key is understanding performance and change







Industrial Revolution

Internet Revolution

Industrial Internet

Trees Manifolds Processing Controls Structured deepwater VT & HT tree systems

World record offset control

Structured manifold systems

Power and Processing systems

Building blocks of highly reliable integrated systems



7” Large bore gas production System with Choke Bridge Module Enabling LNG production in Asia

Chevron - Gorgon



Photo: Svein Roger Ivarsen / Norske Shell

GE Scope: Long Stepout Power Supply Switchgear, UPS, Compressor VSD, Pump VSD, BlueC Compressor



• CFD is in our DNA • Advanced capability • System optimisation • Improved prediction

• Model verification • Flow optimisation • Hydrate management • Predictive modelling

• Design for flow assurance

• Designing for cold flow • Life enhancement • Closing the loop

• More consumers subsea

• More demand for power • Enables SS2B • High Voltage connectors • VSD’s • Pressure tolerant power

components



Deeper, higher pressure, higher temperature, colder, longer offset, older

Challenging environments

Industrial internet, asset Integrity and condition monitoring

More Sensors, more data

More rotating equipment, longer offsets,

improved recovery More complex machines

Lower temperatures, longer offsets, multiphase transport

Flow assurance challenges



How do we catch the next wave?

Carry proven design features forward

Inject latest technological advances

Minimize uncertainty

Boost performance



Leading fundamental research

Breakthrough technologies

Continuous improvement

Investment in People &

Technology