Pace and Scale Deployment of a Real-Time Information System

In 2005, BP realised that the upstream operating business, with many assets, needed a set of standardised tools and processes for managing rotating equipment deferrals. As part of the Field of the Future programme, the Equipment Run Time Tracker (ERTT) was developed to automate the gathering of availability and reliability information which are the key performance indicators for rotating equipment. Where poor reliability is identified, other tools and methods including condition monitoring are used to understand the root cause of poor performance and fix the problem.This technology is applied across the segment to all types of surface facilities wherever rotating equipment is in use. This includes onshore, offshore, oil or gas producers and every geographical location. The solution is standardised, as is the deployment process to cover the whole range of upstream operations. This paper describes how automated reliability monitoring has been applied at scale across multiple assets as the first step in the management of production deferrals. It describes the BP Field of theFuture programme's experience of the development and delivery of Equipment Run Time Tracker, which has become the standard platform for monitoring reliability in a growing footprint of over 30 assets. Poor performers have been identified using the tool, along with instances of poor operation and control regimes. There are also examples where equipment has been moved to a condition based maintenance regime. Equipment Runtime Time Tracker is a significant development for the digital oilfield because it is a standardised solution for automatically capturing availability and reliability information across multiple assets at scale. As production deferrals are a major source of lost business value in oilfield operations and rotating equipment is a key source of these deferrals in the upstream oil business, addressing this problem at scale in a cost effective way is a strong driver of business value.

Section: Global Deploymentmentioning

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Reducing Production Deferrals from Rotating Equipment Using a Standardised Approach across Multiple Assets

Hickey¹,

Gamblin²,

Hocking³

et al. 2014

BP's Field of the Future Program: Delivering Success

Reddick¹,

Castro²,

Pannett³

et al. 2008

This paper details the progress made with the implementation of BP's FIELD OF THE FUTURE program over the past four years. It first describes the approach taken by BP to install real time data infrastructure in many sectors of its operations. To date this infrastructure has included the installation of 1800km of fibre optic cable, the registration of nearly two million real time data tags within a common real time data backbone, and construction of more than twenty Advanced Collaborative Environments supporting production and drilling operations. The paper then describes some of the activities underway in BP's operations, and the associated benefits, including:use of advanced well monitoring technology to manage sand production and other aspects of well performance in 20 fields (1–3% production benefit)examples of full field optimisation/visualisation and associated benefits (1–2% production benefit)the development of a new downhole flow control capability for high rate sand prone wells (resource/reserve benefit)early experience with the application of temperature profile monitoring and of life of field seismic (resource/reserve benefit) Finally, the paper describes the people, process and organisation activity undertaken in several of BP's large operating areas which have directly impacted many of the operational staff working in these areas through an extensive set of change management workshops and similar activity. The lessons learned from these activities over the past four years include the need to:define support and maintenance resources up frontidentify and standardize infrastructure requirements for new projectstake a centralized global approach to planning deployment but a local approach to implementationfully resource change management activity 1. Background to BP's FIELD OF THE FUTURE Program BP's FIELD OF THE FUTURE program (Ref 1) was established in 2003 with an initial focus on engagement and deployment, the objective being to deploy core technologies in a limited number of assets in order to build a track record, to re-affirm the prize and to build a technical and architectural foundation for subsequent 'bigger moves'. These early deployments, conducted over the period from 2003 to 2005, confirmed the potential of the program to add significant value across a broad range of asset types. Since that time the program has evolved to focus on the three areas, as described pictorially below in Figure 1. The common feature of most of the elements of the program is that they are related one way or another to real time data, and are aimed at high rate fields which form a significant part of BP's current and future portfolios. BP is also working on high well count fields onshore in North America where cost effective solutions for optimization of gas well deliquification is the focus. These and other technologies generally impact production, recovery or both. Over the next 10 years or so, it is expected that the program will contribute in excess of 1 billion barrels of recovery and 100 M/bd to BP's E&P segment.

The BP FIELD OF THE FUTURE Programme: The Continuing Mission To Deliver Value

Dickens¹,

Latin²,

Verra³

et al. 2010

BP's digital oilfield initiative, the Field of the Future Technology Flagship, has been developing and deploying distinctive operational capabilities since it's inception in 2005. This paper describes the growing track record of value delivery, achieved through pace and scale deployment. These capabilities, which continue to be developed, support a relentless drive for continuous improvement in our asset operations, aiming at delivery of significant production (100mboed BPnet) and reserve (1bnbbl) targets by 2017. We report significant progress toward meeting these targets and highlight new key lessons from our growing body of experience.The Field of the Future concept is now a routine part of how BP builds projects and operates fields across much of our portfolio. It impacts a significant and growing proportion of net production and routinely supports >80% of our top 100 wells. A range of monitoring, analytical, optimization and collaborative solutions are applied according to asset needs and value opportunities.The in-house solutions have delivered over a third of the production target so far -ahead of plan. When integrated with general bought-in solutions, base infrastructure and collaboration benefits, we are routinely adding more than 50mboed gross production per annum.The Paper presents examples of the variety of capability, technology and solution applications that have underpinned this continuing successful value delivery.Key to this success has been:• Establishing an effective, balanced approach to R&D, deployment and value realization;• Developing clear linkage to business needs and functional priorities as a basis for effectively engaging the customer.Areas of continuing challenge include:• Sustaining uptake and usage when faced with issues and barriers arising from technical, business and organizational diversity in the asset portfolio; • Competing or aligning with other business priorities and initiatives, especially in a cost challenged environment.Looking forward, the common challenge all operators face is firmly on making it an industry-wide reality, and to fully embed "intelligent energy" in all that we build and operate.