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Ocean Energy Safety Institute
Annual Report
November 2017 – October 2018
31 October 2018
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Outline
• Safety Moment
• Background
• 2018 Efforts
– Dialogue
– Research
– Training
– Other Efforts
• Path Forward
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Safety Moment
• 31 October 1926, Houdini Dies
– Don’t get punched in stomach…?
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Safety Moment • 31 October 1993, River Phoenix Dies
– Result of an overdose
– Today’s Opioid Crisis
– Many times prescribed as pain-reliever of choice
– Prescription misuse, and abuse
– Hard-working workforce offshore
– Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA, www.samhsa.gov)
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DoI Intent…
"The funding for this initiative was provided to establish an
institute that would operate independently of the Department of
the Interior while also supporting and enhancing Departmental
programs through collaborative research and
development and training to help identify operational
improvements in the areas of offshore drilling and production
safety and spill prevention.
This is an effort to establish an institute that can work with
academia, the oil and gas industry, regulators and non-
governmental organizations on the extremely important issues
of increasing worker safety and environmental
protection during the exploration, development and production
of the nation’s valuable offshore oil and natural gas resources."
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In memoriam
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OESI Leadership (early 2018)
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Principal Investigator
Dr. M. Sam Mannan TAMU, Regents Professor
Executive Director,
Mary Kay O’Connor
Process Safety Center
Co-PI Dr. Ramanan
Krishnamoorti University of Houston
Chief Energy Officer
Co-PI Dr. Eric Van Oort University of Texas-Austin
Petroleum Engineering
Co-PI
Dr. Rashid Hasan Texas A&M University
Larry Cress Fellow
Director of Operations
James Pettigrew, CAPT, USN(Ret)
Program Manager
Paul Robinson
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OESI Staff and Support (early 2018)
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Program Support:
Valerie Green
Research Support:
Dr. Yogesh Koirala
OESI Research Fellow:
Dr. Camille Peres
Human Factors
Program Assistant:
Alanna Scheinerman
Research Support:
Pranav Kannan [email protected]
Program Assistant:
Azucena White
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2018 OESI Leadership
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Acting
Principal Investigator
Dr. James Holste TAMU, Professor Emeritus
Acting Executive Director,
Mary Kay O’Connor
Process Safety Center
Co-PI Dr. Ramanan
Krishnamoorti University of Houston
Chief Energy Officer
Co-PI Dr. Eric Van Oort University of Texas-Austin
Petroleum Engineering
Co-PI
Dr. Rashid Hasan Texas A&M University
Larry Cress Fellow
Director of Operations
James Pettigrew, CAPT, USN(Ret)
Program Manager
Paul Robinson
Acting
MKO Director of
Operations
John Pappas TEES
Director,
Center Operations
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2018 OESI Staff and Support
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Program Support:
Sheera Helms
Research Support:
Nilesh Ade
OESI Research Fellow:
Dr. Camille Peres
Human Factors
Program Assistant:
Vicky Torres
Research Support:
Pranav Kannan [email protected]
Program Assistant:
Paola Camposeco
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2018 Efforts
Dialogue
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Dialogue
• Advisory Committee operating
– Forum topics and planning efforts from AC
– Quarterly meetings, hosted at member facilities
• Forums for Dialogue and Workshops
– Hilcorp Well Ignition Workshop
– Human Factors to Support Safer & Effective Offshore Energy Operations
• TAMU Energy Institute Annual Conference
– Panel member and presentation
• European Safety and Reliability Conference
– Dr. Mannan was Keynote, discussed offshore safety
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Dialogue
• SPE/GRP Workshop on Safer Offshore
Energy Systems
– List generated at workshop correlates well with
OESI list of topics
• NASEM Offshore Safety Culture Workshop
– Empowering deckplate workers
• GRP Gulf of Mexico Loop Current Workshop
• Continued participation in SPE Human
Factors Technical Section
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Dialogue
• SUBSAFE Presentation
• IADC Human Factors Conference
– Dr Peres presents research
• BSEE/BTS SafeOCS Workshop
• International Process Safety Symposium
– 3 Offshore Safety Tracks (1 track in 2017)
– 10 Presentations (Chevron, LLOG, Blade,
GRP, GexCon,…)
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2018 Efforts
Research
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Research
• Collaborative Research – Human Factors Engineering
– Zonal Isolation
– New Materials
• Hilcorp Liberty Project – OESI approached by Hilcorp to conduct selected research
– Provide science-based, academic review of work done by various researchers on burning efficiency of oil-gas mixtures
• Parameters effecting size distribution of droplets
• Dependence of burning efficiency on oil droplet size distribution and velocity
• Effect of flow field thermal environment on burning efficiency
– Peer Review Workshop, November 2017
– Final Report delivered December 2017
– Hilcorp continues through Permit process
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Research • Maersk Drilling Research project evolution
– Fatigue research, industry-desired and sponsored
– Developed into Gulf Research Program funded project led by Dr Peres and Dr van Oort
• Factoring in the Human in Offshore Operations: Forces for Scenario Planning
• OTC 2018 participation – Multiple OESI Student papers presented
– Increased industry interaction with OESI
• U.S. Chemical Safety Board Recommendation – Riser Gas Unloading Scenarios
• Developed multiple project proposals
• Gulf Research Program funded Project Partnership with LSU and TAMU
• Gulf Research Program funded Project at UH
• Presentation to BSEE personnel “In search of causes behind offshore incidents: Fire in offshore oil and gas facilities”
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Research
• Fastener Coatings for Subsea Critical Equipment – Finalizing extensive Literature Review of
Fastener Coating topics, to include: • The use of zinc electroplating for subsea critical
applications
• The availability of new and alternative coatings for subsea fasteners
• Current industry research efforts on alternate zinc replacement metallic coatings
• Subsea critical equipment fasteners corrosion performance criteria
• Implementation of alternate fastener coatings for offshore operations
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OESI-related Student Research • Human Factors in the Selection of New Technology for the Oil
and Gas Industries – Jehova Arenas (TAMU)
• Cumulative Risk Assessment Model to Analyze Increased Risk Due to Impaired Safety Critical Elements in Offshore Resources – Zohra Halim (TAMU)
• Self-learning control of automated drilling operations – Parham Pournazari (UT)
• Resilience Engineering Framework Incorporating Prediction, Survival and Recovery Analysis – Prerna Jain (TAMU)
• Determining Pressure Drop and the Minimum Fluidization Velocity across a Gravel Pack Completion to confirm its Integrity – Ankit Bhowmick (UH)
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OESI-related Student Research • Leading Indicators Analysis for Offshore Operations with Emphasis
on Drilling – Nafiz Tamim (TAMU)
• Behavior of Nano Calcium Carbonate Modified Smart Cement Contaminated with Oil Based Drilling Mud – Niousha Amani (UH)
• Field Test for Real Time Monitoring of Piezoresistive Smart Cement to verify the Cementing Operations – Sai Anudeep Reddy Maddi (UH)
• A Novel X-Ray Based High Pressure Mass Flow Rate Sensor for MPD Operations – Vivek Singhal (UT)
• Gas Kick Early Detection – Ala Eddine Omrani (UH)
• Development of PZT based Impact Detection System for Subsea-Tree Structures – Junxiao Zhu (UH)
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OESI-related Student Research • Blowout Preventer (BOP) Maintenance Schedule for
Optimal Cost and Reliability – Denis Su-Feher (TAMU)
• Monitoring Wellbore Quality in Real-Time Using a Geometrically Derived Tortuosity Metric – John D’Angelo (UT)
• Safety and Training in Oil and Gas Companies – Zachary Roberts (UH)
• Improved Zonal Isolation in Ultra-Deepwater Wells – Xiangyu Liu & Qian Wu (UT)
• Development of a Smart Sensor for the Detection and Mitigation of Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) – Pranav Kannan (TAMU)
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2018 Efforts
Training
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Training
• Real-Time Monitoring classes and simulator training
– New Orleans
– Austin
– Classes on pause
• Completed Review of BSEE Offshore Training Plan for Engineers
– Interviews with Lake Jackson and New Orleans engineers
– Work with HETC on document review
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Training • Continuing Education opportunities
– Alarm Management
– Layer of Protection Analysis
– Management of Change
– Safe Automation in the Process Industry
– Human Factors Engineering and Offshore Drilling: Designing for Safety (13-14 Nov 18)
– Hazard Analysis for LNG Facilities, Onshore and Offshore (28-29 Nov 18)
– New Materials for Offshore O&G: From Molecule to Design (FULL)
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2018
Other Efforts
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Communications
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Communications
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Communications
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Other Efforts • 19 April 2018 BSEE Visit
– Update Director on status of Cooperative
Agreement
– Validation of OESI requirement
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Other Efforts • 21st Century Ocean Energy Safety
Research Roadmap
– Working with RPSEA
– Builds on early OESI Roadmap efforts
– Leverages
• RPSEA R&D Plan
• SPE/GRP Safer Offshore Energy System Summit
• IADC Safety Workshops
– OTC Paper accepted
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Other Efforts • Well Control Institute presentation
– Tom Burke, President, Rowan Companies
– Early Kick Detection status and research
• Digital Twin discussion
– Dr. Gutierrez, Transocean
– Research project opportunities
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Metrics
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Overall Forum Attendance
LinkedIn Membership
2014
320
2015
1060
2016
1320
2017
1480
1720
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Path Forward
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FY18 Review
• Continue Forums for Dialogue
• Develop Sustainability
– Build out,
• Business Plan
• Strategic Plan
• Deliver Initial Research Results
• Develop Further Opportunities
– Research Proposals
– Offshore Equipment Reliability
• Continue Training and Education Opportunities 35
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Project Extended
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No-cost Extension
granted through
31 July 2019
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FY19 Path Forward • Complete No-Cost Extension Tasks
• Develop Sustainability – Determine future BSEE investment
• Reviewing Data for trends
• Underwater leak detection technology
– Mature Consortium
• Initial Research Follow-ons
• Develop further Dialogue opportunities – Cyber
– Well Control
• Develop Continuing Education portfolio
• Develop Further Opportunity
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Mission…on Track
An Institute
…operating independently to collaborate research for
technology advancement and continuing education to
support operational improvements and advanced academic programs in
the areas of offshore drilling and production safety and spill prevention.
…promoting dialogue and forums revealing technology
gaps through stakeholder engagement and collaborative
communications to support the advancement of world-wide ocean energy
safety through industry-prioritized, science-based research.
…developing strategic relationships with academia, the oil
and gas industry, regulators and NGOs to increase worker safety
and environmental protection .
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Thanks for your time, any questions?
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Director of Operations 3122 TAMU
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College Station, TX 77843-3122
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Program Manager 5000 Gulf Freeway, Building 4, Rm 117
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