Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 03/2014
A modern approach to integrated asset management
MONITORING CONCEPT Increasing demand for hydrocarbons is making exploration and production in ultra-deep water ( > 1,500m) more attractive and remunerative. These areas are often characterised by challenging conditions such as ice coverage. To cope with them, modern production techniques work with completely submerged facilities and do not employ surface-piercing fixed or floating platforms. Relevant developments are focused on the northern part of the North Sea as well as the Barents Sea (e.g. Snøhvit, Statoil). Here Dr Sven Hoog of Hamburg-based IMPaC Offshore Engineering describes the ECUP 3000 project.