The paper “Methodology, tools and services for integrity of TLPs/A case study for the Matterhorn TLP” was presented by the author, DNV Software’s Heidi Johansen.

The oil and gas industry has increased focus on how assets are managed. Relevant information regarding the various assets in operation is required and must be made available to operators, engineers and managers, and in some cases also to classification and regulatory agencies. Demand is mainly driven by increased focus on environmental issues, but also by the fact that assets are operated beyond their initial design life.

The development in the IT industry makes it possible for engineers to collaborate more extensively. Engineers from oil companies,operators, consultants and vendors are working on the same asset. Efficient decision processes require that the data from the computer systems are made available to the different contributors.

In the future, integrity management of assets for the offshore industry will be supported by software systems with centrally stored databases that are accessible worldwide. The asset integrity management systems will offer configuration to meet the customer specific needs as well as tailored integration to other in-house applications, e.g. SAP or ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems. Thus the same platform will serve a wider range of personnel with an invested interest in the asset management.

The paper provides an overview of the vision and methodology of integrity management, including life cycle aspects and decision making challenges. It further looks into the possibilities of asset integrity management software and how new technology can service the management of asset integrity. It also presents a case study of how DNV provides technical services and software support, through our asset integrity management software Field Life Cycle Manager, to meet the various challenges with respect to managing the Matterhorn TLP.