DNV Software has been awarded a contract by TOTAL Exploration & production USA to deliver Field Life Cycle Manager for the Matterhorn TLP in the Gulf of Mexico.The project is a joint co-operation between DNV Software and DNV Technology Services, which will deliver a range of asset integrity management services to TOTAL through Field Life Cycle Manager.
Field Life Cycle Manager is DNV Software’s configurable and scalable software solution for managing integrity and enhancing performance of offshore assets. For the Matterhorn TLP, the system will be configured for cost-efficient inspection and risk assessment while improving the overall integrity management. The contract is the result of an extensive pre-project with the TOTAL head office experts in Paris, assisting them in
developing a tailor-made methodology for the integrity management of their floating units worldwide. Several workshops were concluded before DNV Software won the tender for the Matterhorn TLP in sharp competition with a number of companies.
Says Øystein Goksøyr, now Regional Manager for Greater China, who led the DNV Software bid: “We are very pleased that TOTAL has chosen DNV Software as vendor for their inspection, maintenance and repair management system for Matterhorn. We have worked very hard for this contract, and will do our best to ensure that this is only the beginning of a fruitful business relationship with TOTAL. Our aim is to see more of their floaters in Field Life Cycle Manager in the near future.”
DNV Software will deliver a global configuration of Field Life Cycle Manager to TOTAL; the asset database and application will be hosted by DNV Software in Norway. TOTAL Exploration & Production USA and TOTAL Paris will monitor and manage the integrity through a web portal, while DNV Technology Services will act as TOTAL’s integrity consultant delivering extensive integrity and risk management services through the same portal.
Structural and global response models of the Matterhorn TLP have been developed to be run periodically with residual fatigue life assessed through models and monitoring. The inspections will be performed and reported to the asset database through an inspection management tool hosted in TOTAL E&P USA.
A key benefit of the system is that it allows all parties instant access to inspection findings and integrity status and thereby enables fast and accurate decision support. Bertrand Lanquetin, Floating Supports and Marine Terminals Expert at TOTAL E&P in Paris stated, ‘We have great expectations of Field Life Cycle Manager’s effect on the long-term safety and integrity of Matterhorn. Field Life Cycle Manager will be helpful in the implementation of common integrity management procedures across our global fleet of floating units.”
The asset integrity management services from DNV Technology Services are an important part of the overall delivery to TOTAL. Typical services include integrity management, risk management, structural reassessment and emergency response.