(WO) — DNV has agreed to amass Equinor’s WellSpot digital know-how and can commercialize the platform as Wellhead Fatigue Supervisor, increasing its capabilities for monitoring and managing fatigue throughout the lifecycle of subsea wells.
Equinor developed and operated WellSpot over the previous 15 years. The platform consolidates wellhead information, evaluation and standardized workflows to assist offshore operators monitor gathered fatigue injury, assess danger and plan interventions.
Wellhead fatigue may end up from repeated cyclic loading of subsea wellhead parts over time. DNV mentioned transferring from particular person engineering assessments and fragmented workflows to steady monitoring can assist operators determine dangers earlier, prolong effectively service life and make larger use of present subsea infrastructure.
Underneath DNV, the platform will incorporate the corporate’s DNV-RP-E104 methodology for wellhead fatigue evaluation with digital monitoring and information analytics capabilities. DNV plans to proceed creating the software program and including options as technical requirements and working necessities evolve.
“By integrating our industry-recognized methodology right into a scalable digital platform, we allow a extra proactive and steady strategy to wellhead fatigue administration, serving to to enhance security whereas optimizing operational efficiency,” mentioned Prajeev Rasiah, senior vice chairman and regional director, Northern Europe, Vitality Techniques at DNV.
Equinor and Aker BP would be the first customers of the DNV-operated Wellhead Fatigue Supervisor. DNV mentioned it plans to onboard further offshore operators and use {industry} suggestions to information additional improvement of the platform.
The acquisition builds on DNV’s present work in effectively integrity, subsea operations and structural engineering. Monetary phrases of the transaction weren’t disclosed.