ASSET INTEGRITY

 

The ability to understand and react to the levels of performance of your rig assets is essential when managing risk and profitability. Ensuring systems and equipment remain ‘fit for purpose’ is key in enabling you to stay in control of the rig environment.   

 

In supporting their clients in this area we have become experts in providing detailed engineered studies for the following key areas:   

 

FEASIBILITY STUDIES:

Examples include:

- Banking and Finance House support in drilling rig valuation activities.

- Detailed investigation into the reinstatement of a drilling package.

- Comprehensive studies covering areas such as power generation, loading, costing and procurement.

- Investigation into reducing the need for man-riding operations while running and pulling the BOP stack.

 

RESEARCH PROJECTS:

Projects have included:

- Equipment operability in extreme climates ranging from -40˚c to +40˚c.

- Drilling operations in hostile environments, covering issues such as drilling rigs and related equipment, well planning and local infrastructure. Investigation into cuttings re-injection vs old ‘skip and ship’ system. 

 

QUALITY ASSURANCE:

ADC is fully proficient in the implementation of quality assurance systems. In the areas of equipment assurance, we aim to implement systems to ensure that equipment is ‘right first time’. These processes are designed to be used from the earliest stages of procurement through to receiving the equipment on location.  

 

TECHNICAL STUDIES:

By utilising close links with our technology partners, we are able to offer a comprehensive quick response, failure investigation service for all types of oil and gas-related equipment. Analysis is carried out by a combination of detailed mechanical investigation of the failed components and complex engineering modelling, including finite element analysis.