DeepStar Advanced Materials Program for Offshore HPHT Development

Abstract

DeepStar is a member funded industry technology development program focused on advancing technologies to meet its members’ global offshore business needs in collaboration with oil companies, technology vendors, service providers, and academic/research institutes. This paper outlines DeepStar's strategies related to its holistic approach to technology development and the current and previous projects the program has completed related to High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT). Within this paper, four technical projects will be highlighted summarizing the technology development lifecycle that was developed within our program that incorporates a systematic approach to the development of HPHT equipment. Starting with Standardized Material Selection Basis of Design(MSBOD) and Equipment Testing Guidelines Criteria, follow by 20 ksi Systems Verification which reviews the API 17 TR8 standard. Follow by qualification testing of ultra-deepwater 20 ksi Composite Tubular, and completing this paper by highlighting work on 20 ksi Systems Validation testing reviewing API 17 TR8 standard on simple, moderate and complex geometry components. Our CORE membership including over 20 organizations including international oil and gas companies, technology developers, service companies, EPC companies, and academic universities whom employ hundreds of thousands of people and operating in all of the world's deepwater and ultra-deepwater basins. Our members provide the guidance of the technical program to ensure that the program is focused on the right technical challenges and leveraged to produce meaningful and value-added results. While the manufacturing and service sector members compete fiercely, the projects completed by our program are considered non-competitive area between the operators and our other members, thus a suitable space for collaboration. This includes projects which are critical to support reliable and safe operations in which solving a problem for one deepwater operator can be integrated into the entire offshore industry. As such, the program provides an outstanding opportunity for Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to collaborate and foster the exchange of ideas and potential solutions. For more information on DeepStar program, please visit www.theDeepStar.com.